“Farewell to Westphalia” investigates Blockchain as a model for post-Nation-State Governance

[PRESS RELEASE – Zug, Switzerland, September 19th, 2025, Chainwire]

Logos Press Engine has announced the release of “Farewell to Westphalia: Crypto Soevereiny and Post-Nation-State Governance”, a new book by Jarrad Hope and Peter Ludlow, available in printing and online from September 18. Instead, the authors introduce the concept of the “Cyberstate”, a new political model made possible by blockchain technology and voluntary digital communities.

Jarrad HopeFounder of Logosa movement and technology -dedicated to the preservation of digital freedom, and Peter LudlowDirector of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Technologyrelease their radical cooperation project, Farewell to Westphalia: Crypto sovereignty and Post-Nation-State Governanceon September 16. Published by the Logos press motorThe book argues that the modern nation state has become outdated, where his successor is in a surprising place: the blockchain.

Hope and Ludlow present a future of cyberstates and communities organized around blockchain, new political entities that are tailored to the digital age and the more and more global problems with which we are confronted today. These entities use blockchain technology, the same infrastructure that supports Bitcoin, to anchor trust, accountability and bourgeois liberties, while corruption and the power of non -chosen intermediaries at all levels of human coordination reduce.

The concept of a cyber state, first introduced by early Cypherpunk communities, now receives renewed attention due to recent developments in blockchain technology. The authors define them as “online communities”, which “perform functions that are usually associated with traditional nation states”. They can offer security, help with health care, sponsorship arts and culture, or support the business community through negotiations on trade agreements and encouraging business development.

In contrast to nation states, however, the book explains that cyberstates must be organized around shared values ​​and voluntary membership instead of “random political boundaries”. They describe them as “geographically non -competed” with the territory of a cyber state defined by “the footprint in Cyberspace” – “unlimited in reach and scale”.

In addition, and the most radical, cyberstates would carry out all management activities using blockchain technology, a shared digital ledger that permanently absorbs information on a network of computers. Just as everyone can view the entire history of cryptocurrency transactions on such a ledger, all voices, policy and communication that is undertaken by a cyber state could also be visible, which guarantees complete transparency.

“Governance, whether it comes in the form of public governments or other forms of human administration, is absolutely crucial for every aspect of our lives. The problem is that it often seems to be broken,” the authors write in the opening pages of the book. For Hope and Ludlow, “Crypto, however, sheds a bright light on activities that take place today behind curtains and in rooms filled with smoke with little or no responsibility”, which means that the “tools that make government activity transparent and invariably and make our personal business personal and private.” Hope and Ludlow.

“Farewell to Westfalen makes it clear to the Kristal that the nation state is no longer the best management system for today’s digital society. More important than formulating the problem is the development of an alternative social administrative system that serves citizens, and this is precisely the most important power of the book. It represents a future society: a human society, which in the Blockchain.” Technology, “” technology, “technology,” technology. – Bob de Wit, author of Society 4.0 and emeritus professor of strategic leadership at Nyenrode Business University.

“It is a compelling manifesto about the future of the board. A criticism of the nation state and a visionary view of blockchain-based political systems. It is astonishing how well investigated and multidisciplinary it is.” – Frederico Ast (founder of Kleros).

The collaboration of these two fundamental voices in the theory of the post-nation states is dedicated to Julian Assange and the memory of groundbreaking developer and activist Hal Finney. As such, farewell to Westphalia is steeped in Cypherpunk and hacktivist culture and settles as an essential text for the future of such ideals. It requires serious consideration of everyone who is interested in the intersection of technology, politics and human freedom.

As governments worldwide struggle with decreasing public trust and the challenges of rule in an ever -digital world, Farewell to Westphalia Offers a timely and provocative route map for the future. Hope and Ludlow’s vision of blockchain-driven communities and cyber states goes beyond theoretical speculation, so that a blueprint is marked for a future in which communities are looking for alternatives to traditional management structures that can build new networks that meet their needs. Readers can learn more on https://logos.co/farewell-to-westphalia

Goodbye to Westphalia will be available in Print and Online on 18 September, which marks a crucial contribution to current conversations about governance in the digital age. It is published by Logos Press Machine and is given license under Creative Commons to encourage free remixing, redistribution, translation and copying, with attributing to the authors.

Readers can learn more on https://logos.co/farewell-to-westphalia

About Jarrad Hope

Jarrad Hope is a groundbreaking developer in blockchain technology, and is also one of the earliest contributors to Ethereum; Since then he has set up logos to build digital systems to protect bourgeois liberties, digital freedom and practically supporting the construction of future cyber states.

About Peter Ludlow

Peter Ludlow is a philosopher who specializes in linguistics, digital technologies and virtual communities. He edited the classic MIT Press Anthology Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates and Pirate Utopias (2001), who investigated the early political structures that emerged on the internet in the nineties as laboratories for new societies and administration.

About Logos

Logos describes itself as “an open source movement to create a self-sovereign network status”. It offers a decentralized technology stack that makes the formation of autonomous digital areas possible. Logos exclude privacy directly into its technology, so that transactions and governance remain censorship -resistant and confidential. Logos works towards the Cypherpunk vision to anchor the sovereignty of users and privacy in technology as standard.