Comprehensive definitions of key terms in alternative communities, DAOs, Network States, and digital nations. Based on extensive research and industry analysis.
A blockchain-based organization that operates through smart contracts and token-based governance, enabling collective decision-making without traditional hierarchical structures.
Digital-first communities that combine online coordination with physical presence, creating new forms of sovereignty and governance beyond traditional nation-state boundaries.
Fully virtual communities that operate as complete virtual nations with their own governance, economy, and cultural systems, often existing entirely in digital spaces.
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Eric Miki maps the next technological layers of society: network states, charter cities, pop-up cities and other new communities.
His current ventures are Cartographers, investment tours to new country projects, and NS Nodes, a hub and live map of network societies. More at ericmiki.com.
Alternative Communities is a guide to DAOs, network states, pop-up cities and digital nations, and how to navigate, join and invest in them.
It comes as the $5 Quick Start Booklet, a short introduction, and the Complete Guide: the 2025 edition at $50, and the new 2026 edition at $500 (coming soon). Compare editions.
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