As I'm sure you all know Antartica is the southernmost region in the world and the only continent to have no native population, In accordance with this 7 countries have maid claims to Antartica (claims not even recognized by other nations). However One large piece of land Marie Byrd Land lays unclaimed with a land size of 1,610,000 km2 (620,000 sq mi) it is the largest unclaimed land mass in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Byrd_Land *note: The intent of this is not to claim the entire land mass of Marie Byrd Land
To achieve this a scientific Micronation/Nation/Assocation will be established with an intent to further gains/research in cryptography, this will not be a country in the traditional sense but more of an Assocation or Union that will grant a membership/citizenship of sorts to Assocation/Union members.
To understand the "law" some treaty nations abide by here's a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty_SystemI was one of the people vocal about centralization and the bad the Bitcoin Foundation was doing they were corrupt and getting away with to much, I commend advancements like the Lighthouse project and the such that advance crypto in an unprecendented way, so this may lead people to wonder why I would be in favor of something "centralized" like this? Well to put it truthfuly a bank/exchange is heavily needed that does not fall under the jurisdiction of any government and can work in favor of the crypto community. It should be well established that an actual tangible exchange is needed for fiat exchanges to work and not be constantly frozen by 3rd parties. Wouldn't you be in favor of exchanging your crypto/fiat as you see fit without a 3rd party needlessly nosing in making things more difficult?
I stress this is a new kind of "Nation" it isn't like a conventional one but gives self determination to the individual allowing them to take care of their own affairs. Diplomatic relations will be under way with Nations that we feel fall under the same direction such as St Kitts and Nevis. Things such as a free travel treaty could be under way with nations like this and:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River.
The Bitcoin/Bank Exchange will have it's location set as the Nation/Assocation in Marye Byrd Land to give ourselves scientific self governing rights and operate outside the jurisdiction of other Governments while still being in accordance and not breaking any laws(see the Antartic Treaty System).
This is the next step in Crypto and brings a new age away control and brings power to the individual to govern there own affairs.
In that vein I would be happy if anyone in the Crypto community would like to join me and expand this project and help it gain fruition this is an ambitious goal and one I'm sure many of us would like to achieve. If you would like to be involved in this project reply here or send me a private message.