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At a basketball game in New York, Philippe, originally from Lisbon, on why he is there: “for me it’s the best way to meet new people network is doing sports.” He has spent five years on Talent Protocol, “a platform to basically attract builder reputation so that ecosystems can find and reward the best builders and attract them to their ecosystem and to use their tech.”

Maceo says what he is after, “content that’s for people outside crypto,” and asks what those people are not getting. Philippe’s answer is about scale. “Just pigeonholing crypto into speculating and trading, it’s as if you would think the entire economy is just Wall Street trading and banks, there’s a lot more that adds value to the economy.” He sees “crypto and on-chain as like a new layer for the economy.”

What is ETH? “For me it’s a community first of all,” held together by “the values, the openness and the curiosity.” And his message for the builders: “don’t give up, keep building. You’ll eventually get the recognition you deserve.” His handle, spelled out, is one letter from Maceo’s name. “Pretty close.”

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0:00Philippe: I’m Philippe. Philippe. Nice to meet you. What brings you to basketball games?

0:04Maceo: Sweating a little bit. Okay, I like that. I think it’s, for me it’s the best way to meet new people network is doing sports. I like that, I like that.

0:13Philippe: Are you any good at basketball?

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0:14Maceo: I was probably 10 years ago, maybe not anymore, but we’ll see. But you still get to have fun, right? Yeah,

0:20Philippe: yeah. And so where are you in town from?

0:24Maceo: I live here in New York. Oh yeah? Yeah, but I’m originally from Lisbon, Portugal. Yeah, very sick, very sick And what are you working on? Working on Talent Protocol I’ve been working on it for 5 years It’s a platform to basically attract builder reputation so that ecosystems can find and reward the best builders and attract them to their ecosystem and to use their tech

0:48Philippe: Okay, that’s super sick And so I’m here, I make content, I’m really focused on content that’s for people outside crypto And I’m curious, what are some misconceptions or things you feel like people outside crypto just aren’t getting

1:00Maceo: I mean, just pigeonholing crypto into speculating and trading, it’s as if you would think the entire economy is just Wall Street trading and banks, there’s a lot more that adds value to the economy and I see like crypto and on-chain as like a new layer for the economy, so there’s all types of economic activities going on that can be interesting and valuable. Besides trading and speculation

1:33Philippe: And what is ETH?

1:35Maceo: Good idea, I mean for me it’s a community first of all

1:39Philippe: And what makes this community unique or important to you?

1:43Maceo: I think the values, the openness and the curiosity

1:48Philippe: And do you have a message for builders?

1:52Maceo: Yeah, don’t give up, keep building You’ll eventually get the recognition you deserve

2:01Philippe: Thanks man,

2:02Maceo: and do you want to shout out your ex? Yeah, my ex is 0xMaceo, so M-A-C-E-D-O Okay, my name is Maceo, M-A-C-E-O Yeah Pretty close

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