Best place to build the Bitcoin island in the international waters

[bryant.coleman]

A better name is needed.

The name won't be Bitcoinia. Sounds too lame. But right now I am not worrying too much about the name. It is one of my last concerns.    First let's get the plan finished. 

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[Kiki112]

the name is the least of our problems, we could simply create a new thread where people would propose new ideas for the name and later on a poll where we would vote..

certainly some of us would think of an awesome name

currently I can only think of funny ones (except Bitcoin Islands, that really sounds cool )  for example

United states of Bitcoin (USB)

Bitconistan

in the meanwhile (while writing this)got some good ideas

Bitcoin republic

Bitland

Liberty Island

Cryptoland (not a cool name but looks like a country name )

[bryant.coleman]

Liberty Island

May be we can have a poll later for the name. Liberty Island seems to be a good name for me.

[Bit_Happy]

Liberty Island

May be we can have a poll later for the name. Liberty Island seems to be a good name for me.

Liberty Island does not need an Emperor.
Why are you calling yourself The Emperor? (under your avatar)

[Malin Keshar]

Why constraint yourselves to earth? Moon and Mars are here, with lots and lots of unclaimed lands waiting to be populated. Mars one will send the first colonization mission to mars in 2023, we can do that too.

Y, internet a bit laggy, but soon they will make computers based in the quantum entanglement and this will not be a problem anymore

[blacksails]

Why constraint yourselves to earth? Moon and Mars are here, with lots and lots of unclaimed lands waiting to be populated. Mars one will send the first colonization mission to mars in 2023, we can do that too.

Y, internet a bit laggy, but soon they will make computers based in the quantum entanglement and this will not be a problem anymore

Erh, you thinking of Mars One? Cool project for sure, but that's a one way trip. They can only live in their small houses and there's a heavy delay on the internet. Why would we wanna do that? And now I'm not even mentioning how much it would cost.

[bryant.coleman]

Why constraint yourselves to earth? Moon and Mars are here, with lots and lots of unclaimed lands waiting to be populated. Mars one will send the first colonization mission to mars in 2023, we can do that too.

Mars won't be inhabitable for the next 100 years or so. I don't want to wait until then.

[sgk]

How about creating one of our own, just like UAE built Palm Islands by infilling the sea waters with sand?

[Bicknellski]

Here is a map of the international waters (deep blue).



Can anyone recommend me the ideal place to build the bitcoin island?

My choice would be the Saya de Malha Bank, but I am open to other ideas. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saya_de_Malha_Bank

Space.

[Kiki112]

How about creating one of our own, just like UAE built Palm Islands by infilling the sea waters with sand?

that is the general idea

@for those saying space


too expensive + we couldn't trade with other nations and therefore could not force them to purchase our currency + no tourists

[john641]

I think we need to create a small main island first then just expand it when we have enough funds.

[Kiki112]

I think we need to create a small main island first then just expand it when we have enough funds.

how small are you thinking?

[john641]

I think we need to create a small main island first then just expand it when we have enough funds.

how small are you thinking?

If I were to decide. I would create the first island using floating concrete. A design that when we need to expand we can easily add another floating island concrete. The size big enough to be stable and hard anchor it on the seabed. Ten football fields is ok? When government near is not favorable we can transfer it to another location. Then we can create a permanent island if the idea is proven feasible.

[Kiki112]

I think we need to create a small main island first then just expand it when we have enough funds.

how small are you thinking?

If I were to decide. I would create the first island using floating concrete. A design that when we need to expand we can easily add another floating island concrete. The size big enough to be stable and hard anchor it on the seabed. When government near is not favorable we can transfer it to another location. Then we can create a permanent island if the idea is proven feasible.

I don't like that idea where someone can simply sink us down, we need an island, not a ship

[john641]

I think we need to create a small main island first then just expand it when we have enough funds.

how small are you thinking?

If I were to decide. I would create the first island using floating concrete. A design that when we need to expand we can easily add another floating island concrete. The size big enough to be stable and hard anchor it on the seabed. When government near is not favorable we can transfer it to another location. Then we can create a permanent island if the idea is proven feasible.

I don't like that idea where someone can simply sink us down, we need an island, not a ship

Its not permanent its only temporary, it is not ship. hardly a ship. it like a floating match with multiple waterproof compartment inside with wall thinniest dimension is 2 meter thick of hard concrete. It can only be sink if you broke all air compartments.

[bryant.coleman]

How about creating one of our own, just like UAE built Palm Islands by infilling the sea waters with sand?

That is the entire idea. Check my previous posts here. And we might have to use concrete pillars and plenty of rock along with the sand, for stability. And it is likely to be expensive.

[CoinDiver]

The UAE islands are more rock than sand. There is plenty of information regarding how it was build, look it up.

Concrete is hygroscopic... so no matter how well you build this island, you will get water inside everything. Salt creep would also be a major issue. The salt crystallization would also likely destroy the concrete from the inside. Strong concrete is reinforced with rebar. I imagine the cost of rebar that would not be very quickly corroded beyond use would be very high. Pykrete might be a better short term, floating island solution.

[bryant.coleman]

Pykrete might be a better short term, floating island solution.

Sorry. No floating temporary structures. We are going for a permanent artificial island.

[blacksails]

The UAE islands are more rock than sand. There is plenty of information regarding how it was build, look it up.

Concrete is hygroscopic... so no matter how well you build this island, you will get water inside everything. Salt creep would also be a major issue. The salt crystallization would also likely destroy the concrete from the inside. Strong concrete is reinforced with rebar. I imagine the cost of rebar that would not be very quickly corroded beyond use would be very high. Pykrete might be a better short term, floating island solution.

Maybe we could cover the concrete foundations with a thin layer of aluminum? Aluminum 5754 is pretty resistant to salt water if understand it correctly.

[CoinDiver]

Sorry. No floating temporary structures. We are going for a permanent artificial island.

You'll need some sort of a planform to work from to build the permanent structure. A barge with a solar/wind powered pump and a dredge might get you going... but you're going to need something large that floats.