Mariana Carmona

Blockchain provides a new institutional architecture, reshaping how societies coordinate, govern, and build trust at scale

Beyond finance, blockchain is changing how collective decisions are made and enforced. New forms of organisation are challenging traditional hierarchies and experimenting with more open governance models.

Social Institutions in the Era of Blockchain-Based Governance

Dr. Corey Petty

Surveillance begins before your transactions do. It begins in your browser.

Your Browser Has Already Betrayed You

Bathang

Reclaiming agency in the digital panopticon

Even when content is encrypted, metadata reveals who we are, how we live, and how we behave. As artificial intelligence automates the analysis of these signals, freedom is constrained at scale.

Metadata in the Age of AI Inference 

Logos

Your roundup of recent developments for the Logos social movement

Parallel Society tickets go live, Logos Broadcast Network hits the airwaves, Logos Circles reach new territories, and Logos Testnet v0.1 preps for launch. Logos Press Engine recaps the movement’s progress during January 2026. 

State of the Logos Network: January 2026

Your monthly update on the development of the Logos technology stack.

Over the past month, focus centred on Logos Testnet v0.1 and the development of Logos Core, while steady progress was made across the core components of the technology stack.

Logos Dev Update: January 2026

How Mantle channels power secure bridging, atomic messaging, and cross-Zone coordination

Discover how Mantle channels connect Sovereign Zones with atomic transfers and flexible messaging. See how Logos enables powerful cross-Zone apps and what Native Zones will unlock in the future.

The Secret to Sovereign Zone Interoperability on Logos

The first iteration of a unified, modular stack to revitalise civil society.

Logos Testnet v0.1 marks a convergence milestone towards a socio-economic system powered by private-by-default infrastructure.

Logos Testnet v0.1: A Convergence Milestone

In February, development of the Logos stack prioritised the initial launch of Logos Testnet v0.1.

Logos Dev Update: February 2026

Your roundup of recent developments from the Logos social movement

Logos Testnet v0.1 imminent, Parallel Society final tickets and stage times available, Farewell to Westphalia translated into Spanish, and new Logos Improvement Proposal process. Logos Press Engine recaps the movement’s progress during February 2026.

State of the Logos Network: February 2026

If you understand how Linux works, you understand Logos

Logos is a modular, microkernel-based stack for decentralised infrastructure, built for privacy, composability, and resilience.

The Logos Tech Stack: An Operating System for Sovereignty

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

The Secret to Sovereign Zone Interoperability on Logos

Logos Testnet v0.1: A Convergence Milestone

Logos Dev Update: February 2026

State of the Logos Network: February 2026

The Logos Tech Stack: An Operating System for Sovereignty

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

Calendar

March 18, 2026 18:00 (UTC)

Logos Circle: Online (Español)

Freedom needs builders

Stay ahead with the latest updates