The Triumph of Fort Galt (Editorial)
Gabriel originally planned to build Fort Galt at Galt's Gulch Chile, but decided to relocate to the Valvidia area. The building and surrounding community will be a libertarian community of entrepreneurs, and accept Bitcoin for investments, purchases and membership fees. It should be fully operational this year. Gabriel Scheare is the staunchest anarcho-capitalist I’ve ever met. Although I disagree with his focus on economics as the centerpiece of libertarianism, I’ve always found his dedication to be inspiring. It’s for that reason that I’ve been a close follower of his Fort Galt....
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A libertarian-fashioned community in Chile is now accepting bitcoins in exchange for plots of land within its boundaries. The project is called Galt's Gulch Chile, a name inspired by the character John Galt in Ayn Rand's landmark novel Atlas Shrugged. Galt decided he no longer wanted to support a society that was oppressed, over taxed and over regulated, so created his own community. Galt's Gulch Chile is designed to be a fully self-sustaining community that is situated in a coastal mountain range 10 miles north of Curacaví, which isn't far from Chile's capital Santiago. The 11,000-acre....
Satoshi Nakamoto, the famous creator of the Bitcoin protocol, could be anybody in today’s modern world. During his process of technology creation, Nakamoto retained an essence of pure anonymity to thwart any sort of government intrusion. As a side-effect, Bitcoin critics have had trouble analyzing the merits of someone they can’t identify, and they can’t track him down for his fortune. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Bob Galt. In the comic book world co-authored by Alex Preukschat called “Bitcoin: The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto,” Galt is being chased by a mafia-type organization....
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