Free State Project reaches the 20,000 person goal, dubbed Bitcoin Capital of USA

[Elwar]

Great video about the Free State Project announcement of reaching pledges from 20,000 liberty minded people to move to New Hampshire to create liberty in our lifetime.
It also shows how many of those participating in the project have been exposed to and use bitcoins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzN35DA4xbo

I actually signed up for the FSP back in the early 2000s. The challenge is that the 20,000 people that signed up have 5 years to move to New Hampshire to get active and help bring about positive change toward freedom.
I'll have to contemplate what this means for me though. I had not, and do not really plan on ever returning to live in the US and I really don't like the idea that my income taxes go toward things like arming ISIS and the many other horrible things they do. Living in NH, I would be subject to US income taxes so I'm not very comfortable with that. However, a lot can change in 5 years. I could always change my residency from Florida to NH though for voting purposes.

But it does look like it is a very welcoming state for Bitcoin and I am sure as more people move there it will only grow. Great news for New Hampshire and great news for Bitcoin.

[alani123]

This sounds interesting but such projects have a long history of failure. I hope bitcoin will receive some real worldexposure if itheles success.

[Elwar]

This sounds interesting but such projects have a long history of failure. I hope bitcoin will receive some real worldexposure if itheles success.

It's been going on for over a decade. 2000 people already moved to New Hampshire and with just that small number have changed things for the better. It's only going to get better as those numbers increase.

[alani123]

This sounds interesting but such projects have a long history of failure. I hope bitcoin will receive some real worldexposure if itheles success.

It's been going on for over a decade. 2000 people already moved to New Hampshire and with just that small number have changed things for the better. It's only going to get better as those numbers increase.

I hope so, the plan seems long term and so far I don't see significant wrongdoings. It'd surely bee great for bitcoin, hope this project can have a better fate do better than GGC.

[franky1]

its great that the freestate project has moved forward.

the only bad thing i think they have done in the past was to attempt to get state tax offices to try accepting bitcoin..(luckily it got turned down)
i think the state should just be left to play with their monopoly money(fiat) and let the citizens keep bitcoin in the circulation of the citizens(not state hoarding)

the women being interviewed at 3:00 said it perfectly
"i think its a great way to do transactions with other people and keep the government out of it, so that we can liver free-er in our communities"

im not for the whole "take down government utopian dream" but bitcoin works best when they are not taxing, stealing and hoarding peoples funds without giving back to the community (as they should)

that aside. the free-state project is on my list of travel destinations in the future, once i see it functioning more.

[countryfree]

This is a GREAT PROJECT. If I were American, I would seriously consider joining it. My biggest worry would be winter, though. I've been living in the South for so many years, it would really tough to go back to the cold. I wish something similar could be launched in Italy. The Italians are already well advanced, 95% of them already distrust their government.

[Tavos]

It's nice that the FSP reached it's goal. Never heard of it until now, and it seems like a interesting project.

[Elwar]

the only bad thing i think they have done in the past was to attempt to get state tax offices to try accepting bitcoin..(luckily it got turned down)
i think the state should just be left to play with their monopoly money(fiat) and let the citizens keep bitcoin in the circulation of the citizens(not state hoarding)

The law specified that the state would use a third party service (BitPay, CoinBase, etc.) to convert the bitcoins to fiat. Everyone who was against the law tended to skip right over that little tidbit focusing on making up the idea that New Hampshire would be holding bitcoins.