English edit

Etymology edit

Coined by Balaji Srinivasan in The Network State (2022).[1]

Noun edit

network state (plural network states)

  1. (neologism) A hypothetical community of common interest on the Internet that digitally crowdfunds physical territory around the world, eventually becoming large enough to be legally recognized as a sovereign entity.

References edit

  1. ^ “The Network State in One Sentence”, in The Network State[1], 2022