The Boston Blockchain Podcast EP.7 | State Rep Josh Cutler Talks Blockchain

[Music] cubic Labs presents Boston blockchain week stepping into the future celebrating the creators innovators and heroes of blockchain and web 3. I'm Mike Joshua from Mud House media reporting from Boston blockchain week 2022 presented by cubic Labs with me now State Rep Josh Cutler Josh welcome thank you very much great to be here so tell me a little bit about uh why you're here this week and what's going on with Boston blockchain week with you yeah so I have the honor of representing the sixth Plymouth District which includes uh towns of Pembroke expert Hanson Halifax and Marshfield then I'm also the chair of the House labor and Workforce Development Committee and we've done a lot of work in the blockchain technology area we have a blockchain caucus that we started up last year and we're trying you know in our in our capacity through the committee trying to make sure that uh here in Massachusetts we have the skilled Workforce that's needed to you know be the pipeline for this growing emerging blockchain field and so that's sort of one Focus that we're you know looking at but you know more broadly we want to make sure Massachusetts is poised to take advantage and leverage all the natural assets that we have you know our high-tech institutions our skilled Workforce and make sure that you know we continue to embrace erase these you know new technologies whether it's blockchain technology automation robotics you know whatever it may be so that's sort of our our goal as policy makers and also make sure you know as I say you know first Do no harm making sure that uh when we're looking at regulations and so forth that we're you know really taking a good look at the industry making sure we understand you know what we're looking at before we you know may take any precipitous type of uh steps absolutely talk a little bit about the importance of Boston blockchain week and being here and what it means to the community well I think it's fantastic that there is even a Boston blockchain week and then it's here in Quincy um you know it really it's it's it's um for me it's been uh you know a really great learning opportunity to kind of hear from folks who are doing really cool Innovative stuff really truly and so to be here with with that eclectic mix of of uh folks it's been really eye-opening so I'm really pleased that um you know that uh everyone's been able to pull this event together it's our first year as I understand it it's always a challenge to put off a pull off an event in the first year but they've done a great job and look forward this becoming an annual tradition hopefully I'll get welcome back well I would hope so um yeah obviously so many you know such an education Hub uh in so many um in so many different Industries Why should Business Leaders be embracing the blockchain technology if they if they haven't yet uh just generally and then and here at Boston blockchain week specifically well I think you know as a policy maker and as someone who used to work in the private sector always looking at ways we can do operate more uh cost effectively more transparently and I think you know blockchain technology offers a tool a solution that really you know hits both of those uh checks both of those boxes in a big way so I think you know whatever the application is there's a lot of different applications of blockchain technology and we're actually looking right now to try to come up with some sort of pilot programs that we can look at through state government to kind of as a demonstration project as it were but one of the things I think is really just fascinating about this whole topic is just the Myriad of different applications that are out there and I think I hear a new one every time I come to an event like this right so that's part of the attraction so you're becoming a blockchain tech person I wouldn't go that far I'm still I'm still uh the initial stages of uh understanding it all but I I do I do try uh how do listeners uh get in touch with you Josh to find out more uh more about this well they're welcome to reach out and I'm a state representative so I have you know my constituents are you know who reach out all the time and delighted to hear from folks they can call me at the State House such as 617-722-2013 or or www.joshkutler.com it's my website awesome Josh thank you so much thank you [Music] for more on Boston blockchain week go to bostonblockchainweek.com for more about cubic Labs go to cubiclabs.

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