BitNation

= tools for constructing a virtual nation via the Blockchain

URL = http://www.bitnation.world [1]

Description

1.

"organization that offers services typically provided by governments. The group has grand plans to create a geographically neutral alternative to every national institution — courts, a police force, even a space agency — and to organize it all with the bitcoin blockchain, a globally shared public database that was introduced as a mechanism for processing and recording bitcoin transactions, but which can also hold all sorts of records." (https://medium.com/backchannel/the-radical-politics-of-the-blockchain-b3e36b169e01#.qy01kovh1)

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"BITNATION is a decentralized, open-source movement, powered by the Bitcoin blockchain 2.0 technology, in an attempt to foster a peer-to-peer voluntary governance system, rather than the current ‘top-down’, ‘one-size-fits-all’ model, restrained by the current nation-state-engineered geographical apartheid, where your quality of life is defined by where you were arbitrarily born.

We’re a holacratic organization and we strive to become a fully functional Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). In non-geek terms, this means that there are no formal management structures, there are no barriers to entry, and everyone can join and create their own operational centers (“holons”) whether for-profit or nonprofit, or join an existing one, all while benefiting from the greater support and technology from the BITNATION community." (https://bitnation.co/join-the-team/)

Discussion

Morgenpeck:

"BitNation is not the only organization applying blockchain technology to a state’s activities. The government of Honduras has reportedly partnered with a company called Factom to begin documenting land titles on the bitcoin blockchain.

Peter Kirby, CEO of Factom, says that the company will begin with a single city in Honduras, and that the blockchain will be used primarily as a backup. “The records will exist in the title system separately without the Blockchain components for the court to review,” Kirby wrote in an email interview. “The Blockchain verification simply allows us to know the records are time stamped and have not been tampered with. It’s like a notary stamp on each document with a signature from a trusted party.” Ultimately the courts will have to decide how important that stamp is, he adds.

A notary service is a far cry from the virtual utopia that Tempelhof champions, one in which refugee crises and xenophobia are erased. But advocates of digital nationhood have another strong ally in their camp: Estonia, a country so forward-thinking that anyone in the world can apply to become an e-resident of it. As an e-Estonian — such as Edurne and Mayel, of course — one can register a business, cryptographically sign digital documents, and open a bank account. As of this month Estonia now offers its e-residents blockchain-backed notarization through a partnership with BitNation. (The contract that the couple loaded onto the blockchain will also be tied to their Estonian e-identification.)

Byrne, the Eris Industries COO, sees the most potential in such collaborations. “The best way to figure out how to use blockchains in conjunction with government systems such as the Estonian e-ID is to actually build and prototype systems that bridge them,” he says. “This is a great first step in that direction.” (https://medium.com/backchannel/the-radical-politics-of-the-blockchain-b3e36b169e01#.qy01kovh1)

More Information

→ http://cryptonewsday.com/bitnation-releases-proof-of-concept-for-decentralized-government-platform/