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Crypto lets us print the cloud onto the physical world
  • The internet’s code can be instantiated as tangible infrastructure, much like printing a Google Doc onto paper.
  • By layering social networks, cloud services, and decentralized finance onto land, we create new forms of governance that are not tied to traditional nation‑states.
  • This “printing” enables communities to own and operate their own economic zones, bypassing legacy regulatory frameworks.
  • Balaji sees this as a core function of the emerging network state model.
Balaji SrinivasanNetwork State Podcast00:27:21

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“We can print that cloud community onto the land... like we have a Google doc we can print that out.” — Balaji Srinivasan
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“Can we take a social network, a cloud community, and print that out in the physical world... that's what we're doing at Network School...” — Balaji Srinivasan

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Network States: Printing the Cloud onto Physical Land

Balaji describes how crypto and decentralized infrastructure let us materialize digital communities as real-world jurisdictions--what he calls "network states." He draws parallels to how Christianity survived Rome and how today's tech projects are building sovereign zones.

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