2018 was the year that blockchain tech stamped an indelible mark on SXSW and its intersection of tech, music, film, business, and culture. In 2019, the decentralization movement grows into its own in Austin with the debut of the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency track at South by Southwest Interactive, this March 8–17.

ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin will be delivering a keynote address at SXSW, appearing alongside speakers as diverse in expertise as New Left scion Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, tech mogul Tim Ferriss, evergreen music provocateur David Byrne, and architectural iconoclast Bjarke Ingels alongside leaders from companies as diverse as Amazon, MIT, BBC, CAA, Google, NASA, PBS, and Gucci.

The robust blockchain programming at SXSW 2019 features four days of blockchain-centric discourse and over 48 panels and talks that bring together technologists, thinkers, provocateurs, and entrepreneurs from every end of the blockchain ecosystem. With leaders from ConsenSys, IBM, MIT, Gemini all speaking, and thousands of tuned in startups and developers in attendance, SXSW 2019 is shaping up to be a momentous waypoint as the blockchain industry races towards Web3.