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Here[1] is an article with more details. One worrying detail is that whoever runs the Cryptoland Twitter account "joking" about the age of consent being the age of "mental maturity". It is always interesting what laws these people prioritize changing.

[1] - https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3n38x/cryptocurrency-invest...

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The official response to the age of consent thing was that they didn't know what "age of consent" means: https://twitter.com/cryptoland/status/1480231356848349192

They've also sent a C&D to someone: https://twitter.com/cryptoland/status/1480236809531838464

That excuse makes no sense. There is no "age allowed" to enter "any other place, like a restaurant, a resort or an amusement park". Those places all let in babies and I assume Cryptoland would too. Also how does that explain the winking emoticon?

To be fair, not a single communique of theirs has led me to believe that English is their first language.

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a good example of Muphry’s Law, that every online grammar correction/complaint will contain a grammatical error.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law

Also Wiio's Laws that specifically talk about human communication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiio%27s_laws

more importantly, a "cease and decease"

That inspires confidence, I'm sure they can manage an entire island

You'd assume they'd be subject to the laws of whatever country that island is in. One thing you can be certain of is that no country is ceding any territory for them to form their own nation.

The island they are eyeing is Nananu-i-cake in Fiji: https://www.privateislandsonline.com/south-pacific/fiji/nana...

It's at least a real island that's really for sale, but Cryptolands renders present it as being freestanding in the ocean rather than right next to the mainland and another island as it is in reality

This is baffling, if it's still for sale, then the project has not really started, or is not at the promised stage.

The fact it even exists is 100% more legitimate than I expected.

Apparently they blocked the webpage showing that it's still for sale from being linked to in their Discord: https://twitter.com/molly0xFFF/status/1478789636868775939

Actually surprised that a private island would only cost $12m.

How about $68k?

https://www.privateislandsonline.com/canada/novascotia/big-t...

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