Building Network States
No frills, no shills, just real conversation about building the futures we want to live in because no one else is going to do that for us.
Rome wasn't built in a day, neither is the network state.
Join us on March 1st in Denver, Colorado for a series of conversations from the pioneers and practitioners exploring the frontier of statecraft.
Hear from builders debate and discuss their different approaches to building a parallel establishment, and the lessons they've learned along the way across four main verticals: Culture, Coordination, Land, & Sovereignty.
Venue is located less than one-mile from ETH Denver main event. 100-person capacity.
Culture
Everything begins with culture. From Plato's Republic to the X hive-mind, competing ideologies vie to create social drivers, revealing a group's values, history and politics.
Culture articulates our shared aspirations, highlights our social [smart] contracts, and drives collective action.
Panels
- Precedents & Paradigms: The Cultural, Economic, and Political Lessons for Network States
- Cultural Economics: How Culture Drives Local & Network Economies
Talks & Debates
- Are we already in a Network State?
- BTC vs. ETH
- Presentation TBA
Highlighted Speakers
Dryden Brown
CEO/Founder at Praxis
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Jonathan Hillis
Cabin Founder
Tang Han
Founder of SeeDAO
Coordination
Multiple countries, multiple languages, multiple platforms, a singular mission.
How can we coordinate across several dimensions to achieve shared objectives? What can we learn from history when digital-first coordination is a first for humanity? What does the next generation of coordination tools look like, aided by technology like AI, crypto and space travel?
Panels
- Coordi-NATION: Bridging URL & IRL
- Machi-NATION: AI's Role in Network States
Talks & Debates
- Systems Design of Network States
- Debate TBA
Highlighted Speakers
Andrej Berlin
CEO of Deep Work
Prasanna Sankar
Co-Founder of Rippling and Founder of 0xPPL
Zach Anderson
Co-Founder of Coordinape
Land
A core tenet of the network state is the ability to "crowdfund territory around the world" yet this has never really been done before at scale let alone profitably on a smaller scale.
We have shiny new mechanisms and stodgy regulations making the acquisition of land one of the biggest challenges of creating a network state.
Panels
- DIY: Getting Started with Real Estate
- How to Crowdfund Territory at Scale?
Talks & Debates
- Startups Should Build Cities
- DePIN's role in the Network State
Highlighted Speakers
Salvador Gala
Co-Founder at Escape Velocity
Spencer MacDonald
Co-Founder/CEO at Spearbit
Zach Caceres
OG Startup Cities Pioneer
Sovereignty
Everyone deserves to be free.
As technology evolves, more and more people are exploring paths to complete self-sovereignty. From practical advice to moral manifestos, hear from people who are intentionally designing a more sovereign world.
Panels
- What is Sovereignty?
- Building Parallel Institutions
Talks & Debates
- The Sovereign Nomad
- Closing Remarks
Highlighted Speakers
Angelo Alessio
Co-Founder at build_republic
Sondre Rasch
Co-founder/CEO at SafetyWing
Logistics
Frequently Asked Questions
It's got everything you need: heater, bathrooms, main stage and lounge area. Think more cypherpunk, less Consensus conference. It's less than a mile from the main ETH Denver venue.
The biggest companies were started out of garages; countries will be started out of our venue.
We're running running this thing lean and mean. We'll have coffee and maybe some muffins if you tell your friends to buy a ticket. Beer will flow after the show's over.
We can promise you some thoughtful, pragmatic, and sci-fi tinged dialogue. We can't promise you stickers, tote bags, or water bottles you're going to throw away anyways.