This is a great project, but it's a bit crazy when break into the sea. And it will be difficult without the support of anyone from the government.
Blue Frontiers is cooperating with the French Polynesian government to create a Special Economic Zone in one of their lagoons.
They are also in talks with several other nations.
Good to hear that there's some Government underwriting, or otherwise supporting (through Special Economic Zone setup), this enterprise. But, doesn't that conflict.with the basic libertarian (non-government) ethos?
Right now there are zero seasteads. The goal for libertarians is having seasteads in international waters. If we can take a step in that direction with a cooperative government then that's what needs to be done.
As I have learned with this project, it's not so much a libertarian project as it is a project where we can start a government from a clean slate. Sure, libertarians will be content if the slate stays clean, but it opens up the opportunity to try all sorts of different types of governments that have never been seen before. Maybe a completely blockchain based government. Maybe we try out some old systems that worked until they didn't, but learn from the past. Who knows?
We need to build these things. And that likely means building it on land. All land in the world is controlled by governments.
We'll be doing the same thing in space but nobody is complaining to rocket companies that they are following Earth laws when they build their rockets.