I think this is important.

Via Slashdot it turns out that Patri's former employer thinks that this Seasteading thing is cool too and wants to take away a huge potential source of income from 'us.'

We need to find an angel to fund a challenge to this patent application.

Upon realizing that our current version of Seasteading was a serious thing I immediately thought of Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon.

"They see a business opportunity to make some cash in the Philippines, and then see an even better opportunity involving data transfer in that area of the world. A super-rich mini-state (think Brunei) is building the so-called Crypt, a data-haven that will be out of reach of any government interference."

Link to the patent application:

Here.

Link to the Slashdot post:

Here.

Link to Cryptonomicon review:

Here.