With a two-person staff and dozens of devoted volunteers, we accomplished a decade’s worth of milestones in 2020, and we plan to achieve a lot more in 2021. In the plan “Seastead Flag to Free the World” I explain how we are forging the legal framework so that more than two-thirds of this planet becomesRead more
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The epic story of the First Seasteaders has closed one chapter and opened a new one. The roadblocks encountered by our friends at Ocean Builders have strengthened our conviction that the world needs seasteading immediately. Today we planned to release Rüdiger Koch’s paper, revealing his plan to convert the cruise ship he co-owns with ChadRead more
When you think of 2020, I want you to think of the number of people the first Crypto Cruise Ship can accommodate. We are excited to announce that our friends, Chad Elwartowski (First Seasteader) and Rüdiger Koch (First Seastead Builder), have just purchased an 804-foot cruise ship with 777 passenger cabins. The individual cabins willRead more
What did Chad and Nadia do wrong? In Episode 8, rogue admirals in the Royal Thai Navy submit a long list of alleged crimes to the media, while Chad and Nadia sail for their lives, yet remain firm in their seasteading vision amidst violent trolls, specious media coverage, and home searches and interrogations of Nadia’sRead more
What could be worse for Chad and Nadia than being chased by the Thai navy and police? When Malaysia denies them entry and joins the hunt. A terrifying encounter while trying to get food and diesel creates a new manhunt the First Seasteaders must escape. Don’t miss any episodes in The First Seasteaders series: THERead more
In episode 6, Chad and Nadia inspire many entrepreneurs to build a community of businesses to support the first seastead. Nobody imagined the Thai navy would charge them with a crime punishable by death or life in prison. The Thai navy surround the tiny home with warships, not knowing the couple had fled on aRead more
Things are starting to move forward in Panama. Now is the time to get involved! Are you ready to spend a month or more in paradise creating the next seasteads? Participants of the incubator will develop technology for seastead homes that will be available on the Sensoricaopen source development platform to benefit the worldwide seasteading movement. Ocean BuildersRead more
The first small step to humanity’s future on the seas has been taken. Are you ready to make the leap and live free on the sea? In Episode 4, Chad and Nadia share what it’s like to live on the seastead and their hopes for the future. (Directed by: Joe Quirk) (Nadia mentions “Zero toRead more
The hits keep coming for our seasteaders, Chad and Nadia, as they work to lift the platform on to the spar. In Episode 3: Lifting the Stead, carefully made plans are demolished by uncooperative, underwater structures. (Directed by: Joe Quirk) Learn more about the first seastead at https://ocean.builders. Don’t miss any episodes in The FirstRead more
Making history is not always smooth sailing for The First Seasteaders, Chad and Nadia. In Episode 2: Raising the Spar, they face the challenges of towing out a 20-meter-long spar to international waters and making it stand upright. The spar supports the single-family apartment platform above the waves. (Directed by: Joe Quirk) Learn more aboutRead more