A seastead off the coast of Thailand, home to an early bitcoin adopter, has run into trouble with local government. The Thai Navy boarded the structure Saturday, claiming it violates criminal law, which is punishable by death or life imprisonment. The owner claims that this floating home is located outside of Thailand’s maritime boundaries.
Seastead Allegedly Violates Criminal Law
American early bitcoin adopter Chad Andrew Elwartowski and his Thai girlfriend, Suprenee Thepdet aka Nadia Summergirl, helped launch a seastead on Feb. 2 off the coast of Phuket, Thailand. However, the Thai Navy boarded the structure Saturday and accuses the couple of breaching the country’s Criminal Code, Section 119. See more for yourself here (https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoiners-seastead-deep-trouble-thai-government/).