So it has begun; a group of crypto wealthy people are building a crypto utopia in Puerto Rico in effort to show the world what crypto living would look like.
Motivation
Now the initiative seems like a great one, but let's also realize its a good business move for new found crypto millionaires to relocate and establish residency in Puerto Rico as the tax advantages are large indeed.
I mean, if I had over a million in crypto I'd do it!
There is no federal personal income taxes, no capital gains tax and favorable business taxes in Puerto Rico. Best part, you don't need to renounce your U.S. citizenship.
Puertopia
Now let's get back to what the initiative is looking to accomplish. The goal is literally to build a city of it's own; we are talking it's own airport and infrastructure with everything being done with cryptocurrency and publically visible smart contracts.
According to the article attached in this post the group is close to getting approval from the Puerto Rican government on a cryptocurrency bank too.
Leading the Charge...
Obviously there are many people involved in this project, but the gentleman that is getting the most attention for leading this initiative is Brock Pierce.
After seeing some of the reporting, he seems like an eclectic individual to say the least, but I suppose that's in order for society shifting living.
I do hope this works out as I'd love to see the impact of a cryptopian city on the world's view of crypt.
Though, gotta say what I read about Pierce's rituals and just seeing him in the picture below makes me wonder if this could also go the route of scientology - yeah, whatever I'm always a skeptic....I'm the scaredycat for a reason ;-)
To read the entire article, go here: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/02/making-a-crypto-utopia-in-puerto-rico.html
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The article doesn't say how much it cost to buy citizenship...I need more cryptos!
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For real!
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How did that Brock Pierce guy made his crypto fortune? Early adopter?
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Well, I mean...you could read the CNBC article to find out ;-P Hint: Mostly from mining Bitcoin, alot of it!!!
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Damn... i feel like i came late to the party, the drinks are half over and there are only like 3 or 4 guys REALLY drunk
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Yeah, for real. I got into crypto July 2016 and didn't really jump in until early 2017. One year earlier and I'm headed to crytopia! :-)
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I got into crypto in December... still pretty new at all this, the drinks might be half over but by them time everyone joins the party the drinks will be 99% over
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You are forgetting the part where crypto has just barely come into mainstream conciousness... If you make the right investments, and hodl you might be pretty happy in a few years. Anyways, drinks are cheap...
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My problem is that i'm low on cash to invest, 1k of cryptos isn't going to make me a millionaire... i think
i see ppl investing 20k and 100k
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He reminds me of Mc ballyhoo
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Shhhh... maybe he is a whale on steemit too and you will get flagged to hell xD
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This is pretty cool. Something like this had to happen eventually. Good for Puerto Rico as well.
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Great post @scaredycatguide. I can see why You See this possibly going down the route of Scientology!! Haha it is a good move, but honestly if I had that much in crypto I would use my influence to travel and spread the word..
I am trying to start up a much more low level project than this on Steemit, and I am calling it then "Steemit Success Initiative". To give you and overview, this is what the project involves:
We run advertising campaigns for Steemit that are done professionally, to bring in more users.
We provide a guide for all Steemit beginners on How To succeed on Steemit (putting this together by talking to many successful Steemians about how they became successful).
Provide a manual curation service for 5-10 undervalued posts per day
Provide a bank of free graphics for all members of our incubator, and once a month give 1-2 Steemians access to a graphic designer for free. I already have a Graphic designer on board for this.
We may also implement an upvote bot where SBD sent is put towards our advertising campaigns, but I have not decided.
I am currently looking for support for the project in terms of delegated SP, advice and being pointed in the direction of people who could help me with this. If you feel you can help in any way, please let me know and/or get back to me on Steemit chat Or Discord (lukebrn#3369). Thanks again for the great post!
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Cool man. Alot of these things are being done by MSP, but not all of them, definitely worthwhile to pursue.
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Thank you! Yeah I noticed, but I feel with the volume of incoming users there needs to be a few good structures and there is space for some more projects! I'd really appreciate any support you can give.
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I think you my know this guy..... lol
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Slacker Cat...he's supposed to be handling mascot duties!
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I think he's scaring himself.
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wow ... what a nice post @scaredycatguide . i like your Want to Live in a Crypto Utopia? Head to Puertopia post. thanks for share the post.
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And hiding from USA tax sniffers is not mentioned anywhere :)
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No hiding necessary. No capital gains taxes, and a 4% income tax on services provided from the island to people outside the island.
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IT MUST BE ALIENS
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Safe and successful always
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You mean they’re not in it to change their community and the world for the better? You big skeptic, you! 😂
He’s one of the main guys involved in EOS, right?
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Very interesting information, thank you for sharing.
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That guy always freaks me out. I really think he's living on his own reality, BUT, the idea behind the project is amazing though I don't see him leading this movement. Him leading this looks like bad publicity for the crypto world. You just don't want people, governments, and media a reason to associate crypto with scientology, and we are already pretty close
Just my 2 cents on this!
Keep on Scaredying little cat 😁
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