https://3speak.tv/watch?v=networkstate.mp3/xgcmpcwz
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Now Network States can Form

A Network State is a globally distributed community that manages its own governance, has an internal economy, and cannot be easily shut down or censored by external forces. The idea is often associated with the concept of online nations that develop real world influence. Some may eventually purchase or acquire land and function with true sovereignty and a real world economy complete with trade deals and international agreements with other states. Achieving this requires:

Unlike typical blockchain projects with ICO's or heavy centralisation, genuinely decentralised Network States distribute tokens fairly, making it impossible for any single party to dominate. This fosters a robust, self-sustaining digital community.

When a community reaches critical mass, it can self-organize to:

Such communities can become de facto nation states. Traditional governments rely on force or laws to secure currency demand, while these blockchain based communities rely on voluntary adoption and network incentives. Community members hold their stake because they earned it or purchased it off the open market, not because they were ordained it in a pre-mine. If they grow large enough, they can challenge or complement legacy financial and governance systems by making them more efficient and transparent.

Many Network States will likely form at the "layer 2" level, meaning they build on top of an existing censorship-resistant, neutral base chain. with the following characteristics:

Communities can thus issue tokens without creating a central point of failure. Over time, these tokens govern the community's own rules, curation and distribution mechanisms, and reward pools.

To foster lasting engagement:

All of the above turns each community into its own mini economy, encouraging long term commitment rather than short term profit taking.

Instead of using a centralised exchange that extracts fees and can seize funds, each community maintains its own Layer 2, community specific decentralised liquidity pool for trading. Key benefits:

Over time, these pools can become self sustaining, generating enough fees to fund infrastructure or act as shock absorbers during market downturns, subsidising trusted, but unprofitable infrastructure in times of a down turn in the market.

Because communities operate socially, they need to manage on-chain discussions and incentives:

No single corporation is in control. Instead, collective rules, stake based voting, and front end policies govern how content is curated.

On certain architectures (like an off-chain video storage layer), validators or gateways can decide which content is acceptable for the community. They are elected or chosen based on stake-weighted votes, so the community's values and nuances ultimately guide what gets through via elected content validators.

Members with sufficient stake can force specific tags (e.g., NSFW, political, spoiler) onto content if they reach a voting threshold. This allows flexible, community-driven categorization without needing a central moderator.

If there is disagreement on how many rewards a piece of content deserves, or if someone has gamed the system, the community can downvote or re-allocate rewards. In advanced setups, a "jury" process might review disputes to decide whether to restore or remove tokens, or rally community support to re-upvote content that has been unfairly downvoted.