Crypto Anarchists Are Building Tools to Resist the State in Eastern Europe

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Citing new surveillance infrastructures, relentless taxation, and the adoption of blockchain by state actors, Luptak called for a return to the political vision that underpinned bitcoin at its inception - or what he calls a "Crypto renaissance."

Luptak - the co-founder of the Paralelni Polis in both Bratislava and Prague in the Czech Republic - and his associates are fixated on the question of how to use decentralized technologies to liberate individuals from state control.

Paralelni Polis stands out for its open refusal to cooperate with governments; its role in nurturing projects that actively antagonize the state; and its mission of providing individuals with the tools to disassociate themselves from it.

"We are a minority, and we use crypto technologies to build our own parallel society with the same or similar-minded people. That's why we have the Paralelni Polis."

Pavol Luptak presenting at the opening of the Paralelni Polis, Bratislava.

"Our goal is to make the state obsolete, to build, develop and improve a parallel society, so finally people stop noticing that the state exists. They won't need it," Luptak told CoinDesk.

Bitcoin is more readily accepted in Prague than in most European cities - a state of affairs that becomes more notable the closer in the city you are to the Paralelni Polis.

Speaking at the opening event of the Paralelni Polis, Bratislava, Luptak painted a picture of a future without governmental control.

Still, for the Paralelni Polis to maintain a fully antagonistic relationship to the state isn't an easy approach to take.

Police enter the building at Paralelni Polis, Bratislava.

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