Founder of the P2P Foundation
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Hello everyone, My name is Michel Bauwens, and I'm the founder of the P2P Foundation, which operated until 2018 but still exists as a network. Farcasters might be interested in my review of my relationship with Satoshi, retold here at https://4thgenerationcivilization.substack.com/p/my-relationship-with-satoshi-nakomoto I maintain free versions of my Substack, where the last three months of my artices are also available for free, via our wiki, here at https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Fourth_Generation_Civilization_Substack_Newsletter_of_Michel_Bauwens
Thanks for reading and sharing my newest article: *The Network State in Context https://4thgenerationcivilization.substack.com/p/the-network-state-in-context On the essential contrast between the post-universalist Civilization States, Networked Sovereignty, and the Archipelago of Regenerative Projects “ the Network State is no longer an aspiration. It is an active, instantiated movement, a new geopolitical layer in a world where old layers are visibly fraying.” (Parallel Citizens)
* The # ZuKas 2025 report https://zukas2025.notion.site/ "ZuKas 2025 was organized in Kaş as an experimental gathering of builders, philosophers, academics, and Web3 community organizers. The guiding theme was to bridge **ancient democratic practices** with **contemporary decentralized technologies**, while testing the boundaries of governance, privacy, and community resilience. This report documents the sessions day by day, combining narrative and academic analysis. It highlights both the **intellectual explorations** and the **concrete outcomes** that emerged, particularly the design of a new governance protocol inspired by ancient models and adapted to blockchain-native communities."