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Network State Wiki
  • The Network State Wiki
  • Introduction
    • ℹ️Why is it important to have a Network State Wiki?
    • ℹ️How do I contribute?
    • ℹ️Rules
    • ℹ️Content Moderation
    • ℹ️Who is maintaining the Wiki?
    • ℹ️Contribution Ideas
  • What is a Network State?
    • Network State
      • 1-Network
      • Network Union
      • Startup Society
        • Parallel Society
    • How to Start a Network State
      • 1️⃣Found a startup society.
      • 2️⃣Organize it into a group capable of collective action.
      • 3️⃣Build trust offline and a cryptoeconomy online
      • 4️⃣Crowdfund physical nodes.
      • 6️⃣Conduct an on-chain census.
      • 7️⃣Gain diplomatic recognition.
      • 5️⃣Link physical communities into a set of digitally connected physical distributed territories
  • Dictionary
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    • FIAT money
    • Bitcoin
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      • Ethereum
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    • Network State Explained Through Diagrams
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  1. Dictionary

Bitcoin

Bitcoin, represented by the token name BTC, is the first digital currency transacted and stored on a distributed digital ledger maintained by a consensus of the participants holding copies of the ledger which is also called a blockchain. Bitcoin is not issued by a government; it was created by an unknown entity (person or persons) called Satoshi. Once the blockchain and the tools to read and write to it were published, everyone is free to participate. Over 100,000 nodes now participate and the total market value of BTC in USD is measured in 100s of billions. Unlike other currencies issued by governments, BTC cannot be diluted unpredictably; a known and finite quantity of new BTC will be created for mining rewards until the specified number has been created.

How is Bitcoin relevant to the Network State?

Bitcoin has shown the world that people can use technology and voluntary cooperation to provide a competing alternative to one of the major functions of government - creating and maintaining a money supply. The Network State concept expands on this precedent to propose providing other services that have traditionally been provided by government using a new approach built on voluntarism and technology.

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