An early Bitcoin investor and self-confessed libertarian has built the first seastead with his BTC profits. For those who do not know, a seastead is a floating home designed to stay in international waters, thus allowing its inhabitants to live outside of the laws of any nation.
Wouldn't a good boat be enough? like a Yacht or something with nice habitation inside? I mean what could possibly warrant a "seastead" or "floating home" when many regular ships can do the same thing and be easier to move and more reliable should weather conditions worsen? OK i guess a floating home could do in a lake or such, but i think this couple is in open sea, which in itself could spell trouble...
Seasteading is all about sovereignty. Living on a boat on a lake makes you subject to all of the laws of your nation.
Seasteading is about not being under any laws of any nation and building a new society with a blank slate.
The only way to do that in the past was through a violent revolution. Seasteading is doing so peacefully.
As for waves (and the inevitable "pirate") questions, check out
https://ocean.builders/faqWhat kind of laws can you break when you are the only human in your house? You need to have both a victim and an aggressor to commit a crime. Seasteading sounds the same as reclusion. And not because you are not under the jurisdiction of any government but because you physically can't break any law.