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Thailand’s Crypto Utopia — ‘90% of a cult, without all the weird stuff’

Published 06/30/2022, 09:47 AM
Updated 07/01/2022, 10:20 AM
Thailand’s Crypto Utopia — ‘90% of a cult, without all the weird stuff’
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The story of how a Bitcoin OG set up a Libertarian crypto community and commune for digital nomads on beautiful islands in Thailand three times and why he hasnt yet given up on the dream.

Its a wild tale involving unchecked merrymaking, crypto-influencers, police grillings, seasteading, a reported $20,000-a-month burn rate, rumors about shamans and drugs and a major collision between idealism and reality. It was also, by all accounts, a whole lot of fun.

Cryptopia became the House of DAO, and a new version is planned.
Tone Vays, Kyle Chasse and Didi Taihuttu on Koh Pha-ngan.
Willy Woo and Tone Vays featured in promotional images.

Kyle Chasses story

The gang took over Utopia resort and renamed it Cryptopia.
The view from Cryptopia

Reality bites

Available at all good book stores, and plenty of bad ones too.
Does this pool look penis-shaped to you?
A nice drone shot from the House of DAO video.

How it ended

Jessica Gonzales and Kyle Chasse Source: Twitter (NYSE:TWTR)

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The House of Dao website pays tribute to the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

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