The nation-state model is only 380 years old and has been hollowed out by corporations and competing centralized structures, Jarrad Hope said.
The nation-state model is eroding and losing relevance, according to Jarrad Hope, author of “Farewell to Westphalia: Crypto Sovereignty and Post-Nation-State Governance” and co-founder of Logos, a project developing blockchain tools and decentralized digital infrastructure for network states, sovereign communities that exist in cyberspace.
“Modern nation-states are nearly 380 years old, predating even the scientific discovery of oxygen and gravity,” Hope told Cointelegraph, adding that the internet and blockchain present new tools for organizing society that allow people to build across geographies.
These tools include inflation-resistant decentralized digital currencies, immutable ledgers for tamper-free records, smart contract platforms for automated financial and legal agreements, privacy-preserving protocols, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) for transparent community governance. Hope added: