What’s the context?
Libertarian supporters of self-declared independent island in the heart of Europe pin their hopes on a crypto-based future, but unstable technology paints an uneasy future for the micronation
- Liberland founded on libertarianism, blockchain, crypto
- Unrecognised internationally, dismissed by Croatia, Serbia
- Locals hope for investment, but concerns of inequality
APATIN, Serbia – Richard Strauss’s concerto ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ blared over a portable radio on the Liberty, a two-story houseboat off the self-proclaimed crypto micronation of ‘Liberland’, a muddy Danube island on the border of Serbia and Croatia.
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