Citizenship in the Era of Blockchain-Based Virtual Nations

Abstract

International audience ; With the advent of blockchain technologies, a new wave of innovation is underway in the realm of governance. This innovation is one that will benefit multiple categories of actors: the insiders, i.e. governmental authorities relying on blockchain technology to increase the transparency and accountability of public administrations; the outsiders trying to create new self-sovereign nations with the intention to escape from the laws and control of existing nation-states; and the beyonders, like Bitnation, eager to use the technology to support the coordination of transnational communities of voluntary association that operate independently of traditional nation-states, but are capable of peacefully coexisting with them.