Building a Digital Nation with Chika Uwazie from Afropolitan | Overpriced JPEGs #61

Nov 2, 2022

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🌐 SINTRA | NFT SOCIAL NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Sintra ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 3:59 What Is a Network State? 6:28 Learning From The Federalist Papers 7:44 Focusing on the African Diaspora 9:49 Chinatown and US Embassies Are Blueprints 11:40 Establishing a Shared Ideology 13:33 Phase One: Build a Network 16:04 Abundance as a Core Principle 19:02 Phase Two: Build a Platform 20:16 What Kind of Super App Is It? 22:23 Phase Three: Minimum Viable State 26:40 How Is Governance Decided? 27:50 Why the Why Is Important 29:44 A Collaborative Constitution 30:45 The First NFT Drop 32:18 Phase Four: Seeking Diplomatic Recognition 35:16 The Future of Network States 38:21 Africa's Rapid Crypto Adoption 44:34 How Colonial Rule Is Still In Effect 47:55 The Global Impact of African Talent 51:58 Afropolitan's Community-Funded Beginnings 54:18 What Is the Legal Structure? 55:43 How Do VCs Back a New Country? 58:06 Dealing With the Doubters 59:10 Outro and How To Get Involved ------ Resources: Afropolitan Site: https://www.afropolitan.io/citizen

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