The Journal.
Long-form dispatches on the Vanuatu file from the inside. Source-of-funds detail, jurisdictional math, post-Schengen mobility reality, the cypherpunk argument for second citizenship. Published when there is something to say. Sent to the list when there is not.
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After Issuance · The First Ninety Days
After the passport.
The oath is taken and most people assume the project is finished. It is not. What citizenship actually unlocks once it is in hand: banking, the international company, residency, and the one thing it deliberately will not do to your tax bill.
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Mobility · The Honest Version
The Schengen question, answered.
Vanuatu lost visa-free access to Europe. So is the passport worth anything now? What actually changed, why the 87-destination figure already reflects it, what Europe requires today, and who should look elsewhere.
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Worked Example · Source of Funds
Source of funds: a worked reconstruction.
A stage-by-stage reconstruction for a representative wallet history: a 2014 purchase, a 2017 exchange consolidation, 2018 mining payouts, a 2021 Lightning channel. What the file looks like, and what the FIU asks at each handoff.
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Decision Framework · Comparative Math
Vanuatu vs São Tomé: the real math.
Two programs, two price points. The instinct is to pick the cheaper one. That instinct is right or wrong depending on a single variable most comparisons never name: your reporting posture and the continent you actually need.
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Inaugural · Editorial
Why we publish a journal.
Most advisory firms ship marketing. We are shipping a notebook. Here is what The Journal is, what it is not, and why an advisory firm has any business writing in the first place.
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More entries forthcoming. Source-of-funds case studies, post-Schengen mobility reality, the cypherpunk citizenship argument, jurisdictional math for cross-border Bitcoiners. The list is at the bottom of every page.