Semi serious question.
Should Bitcoiners found their own country?
Discussion
I feel like Bitcoiner country is the internet. An internet native digital currency!
being that bitcoin has the power to be a global financial tool, I don't think we need a specific geography - although it may help actualize the goal more quickly.
but wtf do I know?
No, good point, the Internet is a kind of a country already.
Perhaps we are evolving into a purely online society.
I kind of hope not, I like the real world, but who knows?
I'm not sure what we are evolving into or towards, but I agree, I like the real world too.
physical reality will demand our participation at some level, but I think (mostly hope) that bitcoin has the potential to make both the internet and physical reality better than we ever could have imagined.
there needn’t be any distinction between the internet and the real world.
the internet is an interface we use to interact with the world, the connection layer.
bitcoin is not the land or the operating system, it’s the language we speak.
Semi serious reply: It depends on the rules. Therefore only a decentralized construct could work. Only node owners? Interesting debate.
Centralization is bad. We should abolish countries and define legal borders around value alignment and behavior protocol.
I mean, who doesn't want to see a war between the Mormons and the Confucians?
Culture is rich tho, we want to preserve individual cultures. In fact, more than we do today.
Right?
Our culture stands a better chance of being preserved, if there isn't a physical place it can be vaporized.
Maybe a covenant community but Bitcoin is no where near enough of common ground to form a privatized city upon. At least one that will last for a long time and not be swayed in a way you don't like anymore.
There is a very interesting pod of #lunaticoin about this, but it is in spanish.
But you can always read about Vaclav Benda and his concept of parallel polis
That would make us too centralised.
I would prefer safe-havens spread around the world.
Good point 💜
Working on this. Look up "Liberland".
Not 100% focused on Bitcoin, but interesting concept. There's even 7 km2 of physical land between Croatia and Serbia, so maybe more of a "Free Private City" or a micro-nation than a country in yhe traditional sense.
How's about we get our own cruise ship, instead of our own country?
If it's good enough for Scientologists!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freewinds
https://cointelegraph.com/news/virgin-voyages-launches-annual-pass-cruise-accepts-bitcoin
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