The Good Tech Companies - “Farewell to Westphalia” Explores Blockchain as a Model for Post-Nation-State Governance

Episode Date: September 19, 2025

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/farewell-to-westphalia-explores-blockchain-as-a-model-for-post-nation-state-governance. Logos Press Engine has announced the release of "Farewell to Westphalia: Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #web3, #chainwire, #press-release, #blockchain-development, #crypto-exchange, #blockchain-adoption, #cyberspace-governance, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @chainwire. Learn more about this writer by checking @chainwire's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Logos Press Engine has announced the release of "Farewell to Westphalia: Crypto Sovereignty and Post-Nation-State Governance" The book examines the historical foundations of the modern nation-state and argues that its governance model, formalized in 1648, is no longer suited to contemporary digital realities.

This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Farewell to Westphalia explores blockchain as a model for post-nation state governance by Chainwire. Zug, Switzerland, September 19, 2025, Chainwire, Logos Press Engine Haas announced the release of Greater Than, Farewell to Westphalia, Crypto Sovereignty and Post Nation State Governance, a new book by Jared Hope and Peter Ludlow, available in print and online starting September 18th. The publication examines the historical foundations of the modern nation state and argues that its governance model, formalized in 1648, is no longer suited to contemporary digital realities. In its place, the authors introduce the concept of the greater than cyber state, a new political

model enabled by blockchain technology and voluntary digital communities. Jared Hope, founder of Logos, a movement and technology stack dedicated top reserving digital Freedom, and Peter Ludlow, Director of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Technology, are releasing their radical collaborative project, Farewell to Westphalia, Crypto Sovereignty and Post-Nation State Governance on September 16th. Published by the Logos Press Engine, The Bookergs that the modern nation state has become obsolete, with its successorling in a surprising place, the blockchain. Hope and Ludlow envision a future belonging to cyber states and communities organized around

blockchain, new political entities tailored to the digital age and the increasingly global issues we face today. These entities leverage blockchain technology, the same infrastructure supporting Bitcoin to enshrine trust, accountability, and civil liberties, while reducing corruption in the power of unelected intermediaries at all levels of human coordination. The concept of a cyber state, first introduced by early cypherpunk communities, is now receiving renewed attention due to recent advancements in blockchain technology. The authors define them as greater than online communities, which greater than carry out functions usually associated with traditional nation states. They might provide security, assist with health care, sponsor arts and culture, or support business through

negotiating trade agreements and encouraging business development. Unlike nation states, however, the book explains that cyber states should be organized around shared values and voluntary membership rather than greater than arbitrary political boundaries. They describe them as geographically unencumbered, with a cyberstates territory defined by greater than its footprint in cyberspace, to unlimited in scope and scale. Furthermore, and most radically, cyber states would conduct all governance activities using blockchain technology, a shared, digital ledger permanently recording information across a network of computers. Just as anyone can view the full history of of cryptocurrency transactions on such a ledger, so too wouldle votes, policies, and communications

undertaken by a cyber state be viewable on one too, ensuring complete transparency. Greater than governance, whether it comes in the form of public governments or other forms greater than of human governance, is absolutely critical to every aspect of our lives. The greater than trouble is that it often seems to be broken, the authors write in the book's opening pages. However, for hope and ludlow greater than crypto shines a bright light on activities that today take place behind greater than curtains and in smoke-filled rooms with little to no accountability providing the greater than tools that make government activity transparent and immutable and are greater than personal business personal and private hope and ludlow greater than

farewell to westphalia makes it crystal clear that the nation state is no greater than longer the best governance system for today's digital society more important greater than than formulating the problem is to develop an alternative societal governance greater than system that serves citizens, and this is exactly the main strength of the greater than book. It imagines a future society built on blockchain technology, creating greater than what is desperately needed today. A human society. Bob DeWitt, author of Society 4. Zero an emeritus professor of strategic leadership at Nyan Road Business University. Greater than, it's a compelling manifesto on the future of governance. A critique of the greater than nation-state and a visionary look into blockchain-based

political systems. Greater than its mind-boggling how well research and multidisciplinary it is, Frederico asked Clero's founder. The collaboration of these two foundational voices in post-Nation state theory is dedicated to Julian Assange and the memory of pioneering developer and activist Hal Finney. As such, farewell to Westphalia is steeped in cypher punk and hacktivist culture, establishing itself as an essential text for the future of such ideals. It demands serious consideration from anyone interested in the intersection of technology, politics, and human freedom. As governments worldwide grapple with declining public trust and the challenges of governing in an increasingly digital world, farewell to Westphalia offers a timely and provocative roadmap for the future.

Hope and Ludlow's vision of blockchain-powered communities and cyber states goes further than theoretical speculation, marking out a blueprint for a future where communities seeking alternatives to traditional governance structures can build new networks that's or their needs. Readers can learn Morit H-T-TPS colon slash-slash Logos. Co. Farewell to Westphalia will be available in print and online on September 18th, marking a pivotal contribution to ongoing conversations about governance in the digital age. It is published by Logos Press Machine and will be licensed under Creative Commons to encourage free remixing, redistribution, translation, and copying, with attribution to the authors. Readers can learn more at HTTPS-Colon slash-slash-logos.

Co. Farewell to Westphalia about Jared Hope. Jared Hope is a pioneering developer in blockchain technology, as well as being one of the earliest contributors to Ethereum. He has since founded logos to build digital systems to protect civil liberties, digital freedom, and practically support the building of future cyber states. About Peter Ludlow Peter Ludlow is a philosopher specializing in linguistics, digital technologies, and virtual communities. He edited the classic MIT press anthology crypto-anarchy, Cyberstates, and pirate utopias, 2001, which explored the early political structures emerging on the internet in the 1990s as laboratories for new societies and governance. About Logos describes itself as greater than an open-source movement to create a self-suffer.

sovereign network state. It provides a decentralized technology stack that enables the formation of autonomous digital territories. Logos embeds privacy directly into its technology, ensuring transactions and governance remain censorship-resistant and confidential. In doing so, Logos is working towards the cypherpunk vision often shrining user sovereignty and privacy in technology by default. Contact Public Relations Laura Guzic Logos, Status Laura at Status. I'm This story was published as a press release by Chainwire under Hackernoon's business blogging program. Do your own research before making any financial decision. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by artificial intelligence. Visit hackernoon.com to read, write, learn and

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