DCTRL (pronounced Decentral or D-Control) is a clubhouse, makerspace, hackerspace, events and co-working space in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Founded in 2014, DCTRL has grown to create an IRL decentralized community commons. With over 10 years of history, DCTRL has hosted hundreds of meetups in the past and continues hosting events to this day. It has a has a rich history, and features a Crypto museum with relics on display such as old ASIC’s, Bitcoin and Crypto memorabilia, hyper-inflationary currencies, and stickers galore.

The space is run on donations and volunteers. Despite the challenging period during the pandemic lock-downs, we are now back on track to fully utilizing the space with several weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and annual events. All public events are free or donation based.

Currently, one of our main weekly events open to the public is the Ethereum Vancouver Meetup (Thursday nights) where we have speakers present various topics regarding Ethereum, Web3 and current events related to the crypto ecosystem. There are also Open Mic Poetry nights on Mondays, ‘Learn to DJ’ events and movie nights on Fridays, NFT meetups, ZK groups, bi-weekly music events, Bitcoin-centric events including the 2024 Halvening event, annual Jan 3rd Birthday celebrations, Bitcoin pizza day, and lightning node workshops.

Most of our educational presentations are live streamed and archived on X, YouTube, and Twitch, so anyone around the world can benefit from our meetups, and helping have a larger impact. If you are ever in Vancouver, please stop in and say hello!

Notable famous and infamous crypto personalities have visited, ideated, and/or presented in the space including: Vitalik Buterin (during the inception of Ethereum), Benny Giang and Jaden Windel (during the CryptoKitties launch), Erik Voorhees (ShapeShift and Venice.AI), Peter Rizun (Bitcoin Unlimited), Gerald Cotton (of the now defunct QuadrigaCX), Richerd (Manifold.xyz), Gary LaChance (Decentralized Dance Party), Andreas Antonopoulos (legendary Bitcoin educator and activist), Witek Radomski (Enjin), Willy Woo (Bitcoin analyst), Jacob Robert Steves (Founder of Bittensor), Griff Green (Giveth), Adam Soltys (Coinos and Raretoshi), and many more.

To Summarize, Our Space Features:

10+ years of history as a Makerspace and Hackerspace in downtown, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2000 square feet of events and co-working space
A rich history of meetups helping inform and educate the local public
Previous Meetup account with past events can be found here: https://www.meetup.com/decntrlvan/events/past
https://www.meetup.com/ethvancouver-meetup-group/events/
Invaluable cryptocurrency memorabilia featured in a mini museum
Ample historic community-derived art on the walls
A reconditioned Pepsi machine which has been repurposed and rewired and connected to a Raspberry pi, which allows users to make on-chain donations to get beverages: https://yvrbepsi.com.
A recently implemented rotating NFT collection display (thanks to a grant by public Nouns)
A mini library of interesting books
Many computers, monitors, electronics for shared use
A pool table and pool cues, balls
A digital keyboard, drumset, and other music equipment
A solo Bitcoin miner, working relentlessly, 24/7, just in case!
A workbench with a wide array of tools for various projects including, soldering equipment, voltmeters etc.
An antiquated Gaming PC and associated VR equipment

Please help keep our space alive and thriving!