The First Political Zone to Officially Recognize Cryptocoins

[greyhawk]

Wait. Do they do clothing on your oil platform, OP? Like seaweed bandanas and whaleskin jackets?

Haha, gold!  

No, dummy, gold is horrible for armor purposes. Bullets go right through that crap.

Use Bitcoins instead, they are proven to stop bullets!*

No, see, what we'll have to do is do an A-Team and clad the whole thing in steel plating,

Actually if we get rid of the wholes in the roof we might catapult launch some F14s from there too.

No worries, I've flown those too and I only crash land about 2 out of 3 times.

[Pale Phoenix]

a new autonomous region that is going to come into existence by the end of this year.

I didn't think SeaSteading was far enough along to come into existence by the end of this year. Perhaps that points to a terrestrial "free enterprise zone" agreement with an existing nation?

[lebing]

a new autonomous region that is going to come into existence by the end of this year.

I didn't think SeaSteading was far enough along to come into existence by the end of this year. Perhaps that points to a terrestrial "free enterprise zone" agreement with an existing nation?

not sure when blueseed is going to launch, but seems like a damn good fit as well.

[Kluge]

What are the barriers to entry for someone interested in moving?

[MPOE-PR]

He's a seasteader. That's why he's talking about zones and regions instead of land. Have fun fighting off pirates.

Fighting pirates?!  With the prospects of life in modern society, this is probably one of the most fun I can think of.

I know, right? 

Is this more of that sealand abandoned oil rig selling prank passports and assorted trinkets in a doomed quest for relevancy?

What are the barriers to entry for someone interested in moving?

They have got to be married. No unattached herps allowed.

Or was that swapping not steading....

[greyhawk]

He's a seasteader. That's why he's talking about zones and regions instead of land. Have fun fighting off pirates.

Fighting pirates?!  With the prospects of life in modern society, this is probably one of the most fun I can think of.

I know, right?  

Is this more of that sealand abandoned oil rig selling prank passports and assorted trinkets in a doomed quest for relevancy?

Looking at the conference schedule I think it's going to be the Blueseed ship.

Session 1: "Here's our Bitcoin startups ship full of Bitcoin startups!"
Session 2: "Oh, and we're our own nation. Bitcoin!"

[oaxaca]

Seriously, after a little research I found out where this place is without a doubt:

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San Lorenzo is a tiny, rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea, positioned in the relative vicinity of Puerto Rico. San Lorenzo has only one city, its seaside capital of Bolivar. The country's form of government is a dictatorship, under the rule of ailing president "Papa" Monzano, who is a staunch ally of the United States and a fierce opponent of communism. No legislature exists. The infrastructure of San Lorenzo is described as being dilapidated, consisting of worn buildings, dirt roads, an impoverished populace, and having only one automobile taxi running in the entire country.

The language of San Lorenzo is a fictitious English-based creole language that is referred to as "the San Lorenzan dialect." The San Lorenzan national anthem is based on the tune of Home on the Range. Its flag consists of a U.S. Marine Corps corporal's stripes on a blue field (presumably the flag was updated, since in the 1920s Marine Corps rank insignia did not include crossed rifles). Its currency is named corporals, at a rate of two corporals for every United States dollar; both the flag and the monetary unit are named after U.S. Marine Corporal Earl McCabe, who deserted his company while stationed at Port-au-Prince during the American occupation in 1922, and in transit to Miami, was shipwrecked on San Lorenzo. McCabe, along with accomplice Lionel Boyd Johnson from Tobago, would together throw out the island's governing sugar company, and after a period of anarchy, proclaimed a republic.

San Lorenzo also has its own native religion, Bokononism, a religion based on enjoying life through its untruths. Bokononism, founded by McCabe's accomplice Boyd Johnson (pronounced "Bokonon" in San Lorenzan dialect), however, is outlawed - an idea Bokonon himself conceived for the purpose of spreading the religion and making the residents of the island happier. Bokononists are liable to be punished by being impaled on a hook, but Bokononism privately remains the dominant religion of nearly everyone on the island, including the leaders who outlaw it.

[FoBoT]

maybe that dude is an alien   

[greyhawk]

Seriously, after a little research I found out where this place is without a doubt:

I hear they've got a great air force too.

[RodeoX]

♫ I never thought I'd be on a boat...   

[greyhawk]

♫ I never thought I'd be on a boat...   

It's a big blue watery road

[Pale Phoenix]

Or was that swapping not steading....

Either way, unattached females always welcome.

[Pale Phoenix]

San Lorenzo is a tiny, rocky island nation located in the Caribbean Sea

Stay away from the ice nine.

[chsados]

My suspicion is OP has partnered up with Gingrich to start a colony on the moon.

[MPOE-PR]

Looking at the conference schedule I think it's going to be the Blueseed ship.

Session 1: "Here's our Bitcoin startups ship full of Bitcoin startups!"
Session 2: "Oh, and we're our own nation. Bitcoin!"

Quoting our esteemed leader:

<mircea_popescu> pula mea, is ticniti la cap. pai tu ai fost vre-odata pe nava ?
<mircea_popescu> pariu cu tine ca 50% din hecari isi varsa matele.

Translated in mook language:

<mircea_popescu> my cock, they're smacked in the head. you ever been on a ship ?
<mircea_popescu> i'll bet you half the haxxors will puke their guts out.

They really should feature that BlueVomit thing on Buttcoin Magazine, it's so incredibly retarded it lays comedy gold eggs. Imagine, taking a platoon of CRT tanned dorks to the high seas. Who, Cartman?

who is a staunch ally of the United States and a fierce opponent of communism. No legislature exists

Error?

[Theraty]

Is it not better to try and  get bitcoin accepted in our own local areas instead of going off and finding landing and starting from scratch?

[Elwar]

Honduras is still trying to get this stuff to go through with a willing president and willing Congress and they are still having trouble with the bleeding hearts that do not want unbridled freedom in their country. Even after promising that 80% of the jobs would go to locals.

There is no country in this world that is friendly enough to freedom to get this done in a year.

Honduras had the law all set, everything ready to go but the lawyers and liberals fought it all the way to their Supreme Court and got it overturned. There was a lot of money behind it too.

Just being in talks with someone high up in government is going to do you no good unless that person is a dictator, which means he can let you build your city and he can also take it away.

[MPOE-PR]

Honduras is still trying to get this stuff to go through with a willing president and willing Congress and they are still having trouble with the bleeding hearts that do not want unbridled freedom in their country. Even after promising that 80% of the jobs would go to locals.

There is no country in this world that is friendly enough to freedom to get this done in a year.

Honduras had the law all set, everything ready to go but the lawyers and liberals fought it all the way to their Supreme Court and got it overturned. There was a lot of money behind it too.

Just being in talks with someone high up in government is going to do you no good unless that person is a dictator, which means he can let you build your city and he can also take it away.

Details?

[Anenome5]

Wait. Do they do clothing on your oil platform, OP? Like seaweed bandanas and whaleskin jackets?

Haha, gold! 

I'm thinking a dolphin-head hoody, that would rock ^_~

[Elwar]

Details?

A good long read.

http://reason.com/archives/2013/05/13/the-blank-slate-state

Basically the Honduran president's chief of staff is a libertarian with dreams of free cities. He was able to talk the president into giving it a trial run. After some comprimises getting the law passed through their congress it was set to go. But then it was fought at the Supreme Court level and overturned. It was overturned mainly for political reasons dealing with backlash against some corrupt politician.

Now they are back at it drafting a new law that would fit within their Constitution and be able to face the scrutiny of the Supreme Court.

More than likely, as things tend to go, the better the idea the more special interests will want to get involved to get their cut thus diluting it to the point where when it finally makes it through it is a bastardization of the original idea and will fail for those very reasons.