[0:00] The people that love to be decentralized, you know what I'm saying? Just for y'all. And also, rest in peace Sugar Plum, that's my Shih Tzu, she died about 10 years ago. Appreciate you. Woo-hoo!

[0:13] Yeah, you have questions, right? Like, what did he just drink? Why is he honoring his late Shih Tzu at a basketball game? Who are the people even being decentralized? What does that mean? Well, that's why I'm here. Let's find out.

[0:33] New York doesn't ease you in. You step out and you're already in it. A few million strangers, all going somewhere all at once. I grew up a couple hours away until close enough that New York was never some distant idea It was a city you took the bus to or trained to, a place I get to go and see my friends from high school and college That's the thing about this city, it's stacked Odega's under glass towers, old New York holding up the new one And most new people have no idea what the old one even looked like Oh, not you, sorry This time I linked up with some friends out here in the city

[1:06] People are already connected, already part of what I came for An Ethereum conference The kind of room where we're negotiating, where technology is going But before any of that, you eat, you walk You let the city remind you why people around the world dream of being here And somewhere between these streets and the conference floor That's where the story really starts My name is Maceo Whatley and I'm the founder of We Them Media Over the last five years, we've been researching how cryptocurrency and decentralized technology can empower everyday people around the world And that's why I attended the Ethereum conference in New York City a couple weeks ago

[1:40] to better understand and share with you all how Ethereum is working to show Wall Street it is ready to be the global settlement layer for financial systems. And we're here to show you what it means. Let's go.
