If we can create financial and social applications and protocols based on decentralized network technology, technology for better states is already here. I have long concluded that 95% of modern states, to put it mildly, are not good enough. It turns out there is a whole conference on this topic! On October 30th, "The Network State" took place in Amsterdam. After reaching a temporary truce with mushrooms and muffins, the author decided to figure out what's what. In this article, I'l...