Angel Investor & Founder
Network states, crypto as the foundation for digital nations and decentralized governance.
Network state infrastructure, decentralized identity, crypto nations
Small thinking, projects that fit within existing institutions
Balaji thinks in terms of network states and crypto enabling new forms of governance.
Digital communities organized around shared values that gradually acquire physical territory and diplomatic recognition
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“The network state is a social network with a moral proposition, a sense of national consciousness, and ultimately, a footprint of physical territory.”
— The Network State
“In the future, your network state citizenship will matter more than your nation-state citizenship.”
— Lex Fridman
Balaji is the founder of Network School, a former Coinbase CTO and former Andreessen Horowitz general partner, and an early investor in major crypto protocols including Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, Chainlink, NEAR, Polygon, and Zcash.