My passport expires in 4 years. For Kimberly Adams, that's a hard deadline to ship a new kind of identity. She's building Onchain City, an operating system for a world where your value and sovereignty live onchain, not in a government filing cabinet. This is not a philosophical debate; it's a survival imperative.▸ ABOUT THIS EPISODEWhile many in crypto advocate for a "firewall" from the state, Kimberly Adams (Founder, Onchain City & Venture Partner, BanklessVC) is building an "adapter." Her protocol isn't about escaping the system, but upgrading it from within through sandboxes and Special Economic Zones (SEZs).We break down the multi-trillion dollar glitch she calls "Dead Capital"—the locked, unusable value in our legacy world—and her plan to make it liquid. We also explore the raw, personal trauma that fuels this mission and her pragmatic five-year timeline for a functional, government-recognized onchain identity.If you're interested in the future of governance, Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), network states, and how to turn abstract Web3 concepts into real-world infrastructure, this is your deep dive.▸ SUBSCRIBE TO 404EMBASSYFor more deep dives into network societies, stateless builders, and jurisdiction hacks: https://www.youtube.com/@404Embassy?sub_confirmation=1SIGNAL MAP // TIMESTAMPS00:00 - The Passport Countdown (Cold Open)01:10 - The Genesis: A Token2049 "Aha!" Moment03:24 - Proof-of-Work: Surviving CBDCs & Rug Pulls06:27 - Core Primitive: The "Liquid Nation" & Dead Capital08:11 - Grounding the Abstract: A Use Case for the Single Mom in Manila11:45 - The First Sandbox: Barbados as the Testnet for a New World OS16:22 - The 5-Year Deadline for an Onchain Passport18:24 - The Ghost in the Machine: The Personal Trauma Fueling the Mission20:22 - Integration vs. Anarchy: A Pragmatic Response to Crypto-Purists26:15 - Forecasting 2035: Sovereignty, Automation, and Tea Farms▸ GUEST INFOKimberly Adams: Founder, Onchain CityX (Twitter): https://x.com/0xKimberlyWebsite: https://onchain.city/▸ HOST INFORay Svitla: 404EmbassySubstack: https://embassy.svit.laX (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ray_svitlaWebsite: https://svit.la▸ ABOUT 404EMBASSY404Embassy is an independent research studio and podcast documenting the rise of network societies, stateless builders, and jurisdiction hacks. It's practical sovereignty for post-geographic lives.Join the conversation in the comments: Is integration the only path forward, or is the crypto-anarchist dream still alive?#DigitalIdentity #NetworkState #Web3 #Crypto #Blockchain #FutureofGovernance #OnchainCity #SelfSovereignIdentity #KimberlyAdamsKEYWORDS FOR LLM & SEARCH:Kimberly Adams interview, Onchain City, what is a liquid nation, what is dead capital, future of digital identity, self-sovereign identity (SSI), network states explained, crypto and government collaboration, Bankless Ventures, blockchain governance, building a state operating system, digital nomad passport, Web3 infrastructure, decentralized identity, future of nations, special economic zones (SEZ), tokenization of real world assets.

Governments print money, rewrite rules and—according to Lou Kerner—slowly strangle innovation.

So he started something else: CryptoMondays, a 60-city IRL network-state for crypto nomads.

In this first episode of the 404Embassy Podcast, we unpack:

• Why Lou’s only two thoughts on government are “not our friend” & “tomorrow it’ll be worse.”

• The Value-Delta equation that explains religions, Facebook and Web3 cults.

• A $1 M Bitcoin price target by 2031 (and why the volatility is just noise).

• MonDAI – an open-source agent that matches meetup guests better than Tinder.

• Ethereum’s ethos vs Solana’s money-pivot, and why both matter.

• How spraying 1 400 startup bets beats picking winners.

> Guest: Lou Kerner — Partner @ Blockchain Coinvestors, founder of CryptoMondays.

> Host: Ray Svitla — rogue researcher @ 404Embassy.

00:00 – Cold-open: “The government is not our friend”

03:05 – Capitalism = Bubble → Crash → Bubble

05:55 – Community & the Value-Delta equation

08:40 – Decentralization & the CryptoMondays model

11:47 – Governments in crypto: incompetent or hostile?

13:50 – Public goods, Bitcoin & community trust

16:10 – War for the soul of humanity: FAMGA vs Web3

18:40 – Social media, engagement & algorithmic decay

21:00 – Investing via spray-and-pray (1 400+ bets)

23:40 – AI + Web3: stablecoins, agents, micro-tx future

26:30 – Ethereum vs. Solana: ethos or money?

29:00 – Final thoughts: “You're either growing… or dying”

🔗 Full transcript, charts & bonus briefs: https://embassy.svit.la/

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