{"id":96181,"date":"2024-10-10T20:15:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T00:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=96181"},"modified":"2024-10-10T20:17:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T00:17:22","slug":"justin-sun-elected-prime-minister-of-liberland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/justin-sun-elected-prime-minister-of-liberland\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Sun Elected as Prime Minister of Liberland Micronation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liberland was established on April 13, 2015, by Czech libertarian politician V\u00edt Jedli\u010dka in a region between Croatia and Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tron founder Justin Sun <\/a>has been elected Prime Minister of Liberland, a micronation between Croatia and Serbia, following the nation's October 5 elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Sun, Liberland announced that entrepreneur Evan Luthra, journalist Jillian Godsi, former Croatian politician Ivan Pernar, and IT professional Dorian Stern Vukoti\u0107 were elected to its Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon announcing the results, Liberland issued a statement emphasizing the transparency of its election process, stating:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The election process, governed by a simple set of rules, was entirely algorithmic, providing transparency. This system has a unique ability to eliminate doubt regarding election outcomes, a challenge faced by many countries still relying on traditional methods.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The statement continued, “We hope to be a pioneering example of what will soon become common practice.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The flag of Liberland. Source: Liberland<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Network States and Sovereign Crypto Micronations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Liberland\u2019s announcement aligns with the growing trend among crypto enthusiasts and industry leaders to utilize blockchain technology<\/a> in the creation of micronations and decentralized network states and to reform outdated election processes in existing countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concept of a network state\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, popularized by entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan, refers to a geographically dispersed nation that uses blockchain and privately held land to operate as a sovereign state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, Bitnation became the first crypto microstate to declare sovereignty, inspiring other jurisdictions to seek independence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include locations like the 2.7-square-mile Liberland, as well as islands and ocean vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Futurists have even proposed “seasteading”\u2014constructing permanent structures in international waters to serve as independent nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 3D design of a futuristic seastead. Source: Arktide<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, no permanent seastead has been established to date, and the idea has faced resistance from established nations, which view these new entities as threats to their sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critics argue that blockchain alone cannot sustain these micronations, as they would need to defend their borders from larger, more powerful states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liberland was established on April 13, 2015, by Czech libertarian politician V\u00edt Jedli\u010dka in a region between Croatia and Serbia. Tron founder Justin Sun has been elected Prime Minister of Liberland, a micronation between Croatia and Serbia, following the nation’s October 5 elections. In addition to Sun, Liberland announced that entrepreneur Evan Luthra, journalist Jillian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":96186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[202,5291],"class_list":["post-96181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-blockchain","tag-justin-sun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Justin-Sun-Elected-as-Prime-Minister-of-Liberland-Micronation.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}