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Your roundup of recent developments from the Logos community and ecosystem

"Farewell to Westphalia" preorders live and publishing date revealed, LA Circle activates, Parallel Society date revealed, Waku vibe coding, Nomos v1 specs complete, and Codex collaborates with Qubetics.

State of the Logos Network: August 2025

Road to PSF arrives in Zanzibar, Logos Circles emerge online and IRL, new Nwaku release, Codex restructures, and Nomos specs finalised.

State of the Logos Network: July 2025

Upgrading governance would unlock trillions in value and protect the rights of billions underserved by the incumbent nation-state system

Network states are digital-first communities that form around shared goals and establish a degree of sovereign governance. These political formations offer significant advantages over the nation-state system at a time when trust in the latter is declining. They incentivise competition, encouraging optimisations that provide real value to their citizens, and participation in them requires explicit consent, giving them a far greater claim to legitimacy than the implied consent of the incumbent system. 

Why Build a Network State?

Brno Circle activates, a Keycard manifesto, Operators enter Epoch 3, building on Waku at W3PN Hacks, and Codex explores integrations.

State of the Logos Network: June 2025

JosiahWarren

Rekindling the flame that sparked a revolution

This op-ed on reigniting the Spirit of Freedom is part of a series of articles written by Logos community member JosiahWarren. Logos Press Engine is actively looking for community submissions to support our mission to educate about the promise of blockchain-based governance. <a href="https://discord.gg/logosnetwork" target="_blank">Join us in the Logos Discord</a> and ask about contributing to the LPE in the <a href="https://discord.com/channels/973324189794697286/1235020168456048680" target="_blank">#General channel</a>.

What Happened to the Spirit of Freedom?

Celebrating the innovators building much-needed privacy tools at the Logos-sponsored RealFi Hack

Starting 23 September, Logos unveiled a major campaign to bring privacy technologies and tools built on them to real people who need them. Privacy in Practice is a multipart campaign, the first of which was our sponsorship of RealFi Hack, a virtual hackathon supported by Funding the Commons, Internet Archive Europe, Tor Project, and others.

Hacking for Real World Impact with Funding the Commons & Tor

Democracy isn’t dying; it’s already dead. Here’s what we must build in its place.

This op-ed on the fall of democracy is part of a series of articles written by Logos community member JosiahWarren. The first, titled "What Happened to the Spirit of Freedom?" <a href="https://press.logos.co/article/spirit-of-freedom" target="_blank">is available here</a>. Logos Press Engine is actively looking for community submissions to support our mission to educate about the promise of blockchain-based governance. If you want to write for the LPE, visit the <a href="https://contribute.logos.co/en/" target="_blank">Logos Contribute portal and submit a proposal</a>.

The Fall of Democracy (and What Comes After)

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Sev Bonnet

Building a network of hyperlocal communities to revive civil society in the digital age

Logos Circles are grassroots, values-driven communities building local trust and belonging. From Lisbon to Berlin and beyond, they prototype parallel institutions to revive cooperation and connection in the digital age. This article was coauthored by Sev Bonnet, a Logos community member and steward of the Berlin Circle, with input from Logos. 

Prototyping Parallel Institutions: Learnings for Logos Circles

"Farewell to Westphalia" released worldwide, build needed activist tools with Privacy in Practice, Circles expand into new territories, new js-waku release, and Nomos advances Cryptarchia.

State of the Logos Network: September 2025

Revitalising civil society by solving local problems with local people

Logos Circles are self-organising groups that act as the local chapters of the Logos network. They are an effort to revitalise civil society by building local community hubs to solve local problems. 

Logos Circles: Tackling Winnable Issues With Grassroots Action

Peter Ludlow’s book 'Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias' inspired Jarrad Hope’s early interest in crypto anarchy. Jarrad Hope is the co-founder of Logos, a grassroots movement building the technology and community to launch corruption-resistant institutions. Together, they wrote Farewell to Westphalia, exploring blockchain's application to all levels of human governance. 

<p>Peter Ludlow’s book&nbsp;'<i>Crypto Anarchy, Cyberstates, and Pirate Utopias'</i> inspired Jarrad Hope’s early interest in crypto anarchy. Jarrad Hope is the co-founder of Logos, a grassroots movement building the technology and community to launch corruption-resistant institutions. Together, they wrote <a href="https://logos.co/farewell-to-westphalia/"><i>Farewell to Westphalia</i></a>, exploring blockchain's application to all levels of human governance.&nbsp;</p><section class="footnotes-container">&nbsp;</section>

Peter Ludlow: Crypto Anarchy and Cyberstates

Edward Snowden is a former intelligence contractor and whistleblower, responsible for alerting the world to the existence of a pervasive, secret, illegal surveillance program conducted by the NSA against the American people.Jarrad Hope is the co-founder of Logos, a grassroots movement building the technology and community that will launch corruption-resistant institutions. 

<p>Edward Snowden is a former intelligence contractor and whistleblower, responsible for alerting the world to the existence of a pervasive, secret, illegal surveillance program conducted by the NSA against the American people.</p><p>Jarrad Hope is the co-founder of Logos, a grassroots movement building the technology and community that will launch corruption-resistant institutions.&nbsp;</p><section class="footnotes-container">&nbsp;</section>

Edward Snowden: Censorship Resistance, Cyberstates, Privacy

In this Logos Podcast episode, Jarrad Hope interviews Federico Ast, founder of Kleros, a decentralised arbitration service. Federico shares his journey into the crypto world, influenced by Argentina's economic challenges, and describes how he envisioned Kleros as a tool to globally democratise access to justice through low-cost arbitration.  They explore the mechanics of Kleros, emphasising its use of blockchain for transparency and economic incentives to ensure fair decision-making. The conversation also highlights Federico's thoughts on the necessity of blending historical governance insights with modern decentralised systems to create efficient and legitimate solutions. READING & COURSES: The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age Yale Introduction to Political Philosophy Yale Power and Politics in Today’s world Oxford Very Short Introduction series 

<p>In this Logos Podcast episode, <a href="https://twitter.com/jarradhope_">Jarrad Hope</a> interviews <a href="https://x.com/federicoast">Federico Ast</a>, founder of <a href="https://x.com/Kleros_io">Kleros</a>, a decentralised arbitration service.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Federico shares his journey into the crypto world, influenced by Argentina's economic challenges, and describes how he envisioned Kleros as a tool to globally democratise access to justice through low-cost arbitration.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They explore the mechanics of Kleros, emphasising its use of blockchain for transparency and economic incentives to ensure fair decision-making. The conversation also highlights Federico's thoughts on the necessity of blending historical governance insights with modern decentralised systems to create efficient and legitimate solutions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>READING &amp; COURSES:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://parents.simonandschuster.com/9781797103389">The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://online.yale.edu/courses/introduction-political-philosophy">Yale Introduction to Political Philosophy&nbsp;</a></p><p><a href="https://online.yale.edu/courses/power-and-politics-todays-world">Yale Power and Politics in Today’s world</a>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/v/very-short-introductions-vsi/?type=listing&amp;subjectcode1=1805239%7CSOC00010&amp;subjectcode1=1805239%7CSOC00010&amp;subjectcode2=1806191%7CSOC02270&amp;lang=en&amp;cc=us ">Oxford Very Short Introduction series</a>&nbsp;</p><section class="footnotes-container">&nbsp;</section>

Federico Ast, Kleros: Decentralised Arbitration System

This week Jarrad Hope spoke to Jameson Lopp to discuss his decade-long effort to promote self-custody in Bitcoin by lowering technical barriers for users, emphasizing the fight against human nature's preference for convenience over security. Lopp traces his journey into Bitcoin and Cypherpunk ideology, highlighting the appeal of cryptography in creating open and fair systems resistant to manipulation. Both Lopp and Hope explore various technological solutions and the challenges inherent in privacy and decentralization, such as the pitfalls of centralization in legacy protocols and the need for vigilant, iterative improvements in Bitcoin. Finally, Lopp underscores the importance of evolving Bitcoin's base protocol to foster more innovation at the second layer, while maintaining the decentralized ethos of the network.

<p>This week Jarrad Hope spoke to <a href="https://www.lopp.net/">Jameson Lopp</a> to discuss his decade-long effort to promote self-custody in Bitcoin by lowering technical barriers for users, emphasizing the fight against human nature's preference for convenience over security.&nbsp;Lopp traces his journey into Bitcoin and Cypherpunk ideology, highlighting the appeal of cryptography in creating open and fair systems resistant to manipulation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Both Lopp and Hope explore various technological solutions and the challenges inherent in privacy and decentralization, such as the pitfalls of centralization in legacy protocols and the need for vigilant, iterative improvements in Bitcoin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finally, Lopp underscores the importance of evolving Bitcoin's base protocol to foster more innovation at the second layer, while maintaining the decentralized ethos of the network.</p><section class="footnotes-container">&nbsp;</section>

Jameson Lopp: Technology to Empower Individuals

Jarrad Hope talks to ⁠Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar⁠, Chairman and Co-founder at IOVLabs and co-founder of ⁠Rootstock.io⁠, about his lifelong mission to create an equitable society by integrating technology and social work. He believes that Bitcoin can transform society by establishing a peer-to-peer monetary system, merging his passion for technology with social transformation, particularly in financially unstable regions such as Latin America. By collaborating with governments and NGOs, Diego aims to scale and implement decentralized digital trust frameworks, ensuring financial inclusion while preserving individual freedom.

<p>Jarrad Hope talks to <a href="https://x.com/dieguito">⁠Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar⁠</a>, Chairman and Co-founder at IOVLabs and co-founder of <a href="http://Rootstock.io">⁠Rootstock.io⁠</a>, about his lifelong mission to create an equitable society by integrating technology and social work.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He believes that Bitcoin can transform society by establishing a peer-to-peer monetary system, merging his passion for technology with social transformation, particularly in financially unstable regions such as Latin America.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By collaborating with governments and NGOs, Diego aims to scale and implement decentralized digital trust frameworks, ensuring financial inclusion while preserving individual freedom.</p><section class="footnotes-container">&nbsp;</section>

Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar: Bitcoin & Building Communities

<p>Logos Podcast is a bi-weekly interview show about building sovereign communities: the people, philosophies, challenges, and solutions. We invite the world's foremost experts and radical thinkers to discuss how to emancipate from repressive systems through new social, political, and economic institutions.</p><section class="footnotes-container">&nbsp;</section>

Logos Podcast is a bi-weekly interview show about building sovereign communities: the people, philosophies, challenges, and solutions. We invite the world's foremost experts and radical thinkers to discuss how to emancipate from repressive systems through new social, political, and economic institutions.

Logos Press Engine

Hacking for Real World Impact with Funding the Commons & Tor

The Fall of Democracy (and What Comes After)

Prototyping Parallel Institutions: Learnings for Logos Circles

State of the Logos Network: September 2025

Logos Circles: Tackling Winnable Issues With Grassroots Action

Podcasts

Logos Podcast

Peter Ludlow: Crypto Anarchy and Cyberstates

Edward Snowden: Censorship Resistance, Cyberstates, Privacy

Federico Ast, Kleros: Decentralised Arbitration System

Jameson Lopp: Technology to Empower Individuals

Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar: Bitcoin & Building Communities

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