Topic: Sealand - turned into BitcoinLand? (Read 2018 times)

These utopia's never work though the fantasy of them is nice. Have your seen or read The Beach book/film? That's what usually happens.

There's gotta be a point that we can start getting better than the government and banks that we have now.

If people genuinely want to create a Bitcoin friendly state, the best thing to do would be to pick out a small country that isn't landlocked and work from there, contact the finance minister and offer investments etc.

If people genuinely want to create a Bitcoin friendly state, the best thing to do would be to pick out a small country that isn't landlocked and work from there, contact the finance minister and offer investments etc.

For me Sealand is far too small to accommodate millions of Bitcoiners. The total area of the Principality of Sealand is just 2.5 hectares (i.e 25,000 sq.m).

I saw a document about Sealand. That platform is in a state of decay, they could use some cash to restore it and maybe rebuild so it doesn't look like one of those abandoned Russian military bases I wonder why they didn't turn to Bitcoin earlier.

I think most of us would like a Bitcoin fund that is regulated like Bitcoin is, by the mathematical programming protocol in the program itself, that nobody can manipulate.

Remember, regulation isn't regulation of anything. It is only regulation of the people. People want freedom because the regulators often turn out to be worse than the common criminals among the people. Freedom, not regulation.

In the summer of 2014 the Island of Jersey (the largest of the Channel Islands under the British Crown) had announced that it would become home to the first ever regulated Bitcoin fund.

no as long as the new Christian church (and the like), will say they can repent, don't hurt them, they are innocents etc etc... they are playing their game, they are their backers. the priest and the chief... the spirit (deceit, lies) and the flesh (backed by violence) working for the soulless (I didn't say more). Once upon a time what I just wrote would have been considered as self evident... why did it change? Remember in ROME they crucified a Kid from Bethlehem... and then burn Girls that were smart and independent, invaded the new world, enslaved the people there, destroyed their culture and way of life... but now, it's about making us as docile as sheep... why... ahhh I know... it must be about the Children... (I fake smile here).

Actually, we should keep our eyes open for a bunch of different place to start a "Bitcoinland." We could be a worldwide federated group of Bitcoinland States. We could have our Bitdoin address as identification, and under a new form of Bitcoin client that is still in the works, have total anonymity with regard to our business transactions. Can't wait.

Luxembourg and Lichtenstein are two small countries that depend on financial favorability to clients for their livelihood. Think of all the people who would be drawn to our Bitcoinland States with Bitcoin anonymity. We might even wind up ruling the world... ruling in freedom of course.

Our infrastructure of world-class financial services and digital expertise gives us the tools to be an early leader in the field. Innovation will be central to Jersey’s future prosperity. We are keen to support local businesses by helping to create a well-regulated and responsive environment for investment in the sector

Sealand is a joke, for sure. They used to issue passports that you could buy, just for the novelty of it. But in order for something like a kickstarter to work, you'd have to build an island essentially in international waters, because all the current land is claimed by some nation or another. And building an island is kind of cost prohibitive.An interesting idea though, if only to think about.

There's gotta be a point that we can start getting better than the government and banks that we have now.

and end up with an economy full thieves, murderers, pimps and consorts.

You're making the mistake of me taking issue with your poor logic skills and worthless conclusions to be a defense of fiat. I'm merely pointing out the obviously false conclusions you're peddling as meritless. For example, you said "it's impossible to have a functioning fiat economy." I pointed out there are hundreds of functioning fiat economies. You responded with that in the history of the world, some have failed, as if that proved your point. It doesn't. In order to prove your point, there would literally have to be zero functioning fiat economies. The fact that there are hundreds proves you wrong. If you can't understand the difference between having a bad point, that's on you mate. I'm sorry for you.

As for being a defender of fiat, the thing I find most amusing is the most rabid btc supporters think that if fiat fails, btc won't. But btc only has value because it's convertible into fiat. I love btc just fine, but it has no value without fiat because it's use is extremely limited in the real world. All the major merchants who accept btc convert it to fiat immediately because they have no interest in holding btc because it has no value for them, they only offer it as an avenue to bring in the fringe customer who might want to pay with it. Maybe in the future that will change. But the people who were buying btc in 2013 that sent it over $1200 weren't buying because they were believers in btc, they were chasing the bubble because they thought it would make them fiat rich. Now that the bubble has popped, you're left with people like you and me. One of us believes btc will be the secret to surviving the next financial crisis. One of us is just interested in the technology and doesn't assign fantasy superpowers to something that isn't a reliable currency. If you think hard enough, you might be able to figure out which is which.

Actually, we should keep our eyes open for a bunch of different place to start a "Bitcoinland." We could be a worldwide federated group of Bitcoinland States. We could have our Bitdoin address as identification, and under a new form of Bitcoin client that is still in the works, have total anonymity with regard to our business transactions. Can't wait.

Luxembourg and Lichtenstein are two small countries that depend on financial favorability to clients for their livelihood. Think of all the people who would be drawn to our Bitcoinland States with Bitcoin anonymity. We might even wind up ruling the world... ruling in freedom of course.

No countries recognized it because its a joke in the eyes of the world, too little to be taken seriously, but i find the idea fascinating (other than the selling of titles).
It would be a perfect getaway for anyone who had enough of this so called democratic world, but it would need to be much larger and greater to be able to provide enough for the self sustaining system.
I bet that if someone seriously tries to create some similar project on kickstarter, there would definetly be some takers.