Autonomous 2.0 projects built on Ethereum

Pax is a citizen network and peer-to-peer legal system built on Ethereum. It was founded by菲利普•桑德斯and, like BitNation, is an "autonomous 2.0 platform" that aims to break the traditional governance model and provide a truly global and voluntary citizen operating system and a set of methodological theories on decentralized order, trust, and cooperation.

The Pax project consists of Blueprint and Codex.

Blueprint: A brief introduction to the Pax system

In Blueprint, you need to understand a few concepts to roughly understand the operating principles of the Pax system.

Pax Directory: This is an encrypted secure identification system, reputation system, and localized citizen network. In Pax Directory, there are three levels of status, closely related to trust and reputation, namely "Client, Citizen, Jurist".

Law&Code: Legal philosophy under the Pax Directory is divided into formal law and informal norms. In Pax's view, law refers to universal natural rights recognized by most people, such as "respect for property rights and personal freedom rights", which relies on a commonly recognized common law, such as the "non-aggression principle". Different from the legal concept of a nation-state, in the Pax system, only rules that are logically widely recognized can be called "laws". However, many laws proposed by a country require the country itself to break these legal provisions in order to enforce these laws, which sounds rather confusing. For example, the violation of property rights through taxation is to enforce "higher-level" laws. "Code" is what Pax calls "higher-level" rules, which are adopted by a group of "claves" with the consent of the manager. Individuals who enter the jurisdiction of a group of "claves" can withdraw from the "clave" at any time. In this way, the structure of Pax can foster competition and experimentation and allow multiple ideologies to coexist peacefully. In simple terms, if an individual feels that the ideas and policies of the group he participates in are not good, he can withdraw from the group at any time.

Claves: A "clave" is a basic unit of citizenship on Pax. While the Pax Directory has all the features of a social network, it is primarily for face-to-face networking. A clave contract in the Directory is formed by peer-to-peer verification by three jurists.

Codex: Legal Scripting Protocol

Pax is using Ethereum technology to create a peer-to-peer legal system. Codex is a DSL (domain-specific language) for legal scripts, oriented towards executable contracts through the Pax Directory and API. Codex is a flexible and efficient way for clients to interact with Ethereum, written in Solidity, one of Ethereum's most popular high-level programming languages, and Web3.js, a JavaScript library that allows front-end applications to connect to the Ethereum network.

To learn more about Pax, you can visit its website.

Development of the Autonomy 2.0 Project

In addition to BitNation and Pax, the autonomous 2.0 platform also includes Ubiquity. BitNation recently released the world's first virtual national constitution on the Ethereum blockchain. In April last year, a Czech man named Vít Jedlička founded "Liberland" and was interviewed by the Free Cities Podcast.

These projects have planted the seeds that could one day change the way we think about government. One of the lessons from Bitcoin is that society has begun to realize that trusting numbers rather than trusting fallible humans may be a better option for humans to govern themselves.

Original article: https://news.bitcoin.com/pax-an-ethereum-powered-virtual-nation/
Author: jamieredman
Compiled by: printemps
Source (translation): Babbitt Information (http://www.8btc.com/pax-on-ethereum)