Vitalik Buterin pointed out two problems with “network states”.For the concept of "network states" to become viable, two key issues need to be addressed: governance and membership, said Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.Speaking at the Network State Conference 2024 in Singapore, he recalled that the “network state” implies the unification of online communities into physical ones for the purpose of political autonomy. It is suggested that such socio-political organizations act as a potential successor to libertarianism, combining individualism with the values of the participants.