The President of Palau and Balaji discuss how the tiny island country is becoming a digital leader, experimenting with everything from on-chain identity to drone delivery.  
Despite having less than 20,000 citizens, Palau is a full UN member state. Its path to diplomatic recognition holds many lessons for aspiring founders of new communities. Joining Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. in this chat is William Wang, founder of rns.id, the Palaun government’s crypto identity partner.

OUTLINE 
0:00 - Intro 
2:03 - The Republic of Palau 
6:18 - Palau's path to sovereignty 
8:35 - How Palau is using crypto 
10:40 - The President's background 
16:51 - Returning to Palau 
18:42 - What is RNS.ID?
25:08 - Palau's government structure 
27:23 - Partnerships in Palau 
34:15 - Diplomatic relations 
36:29 - The advantages of small countries 
42:00 - Palau's developing technologies 
45:04 - Gaining diplomatic recognition 
48:59 - Outro  

VIDEO 
YouTube: https://youtu.be/3FuQvG2dmM4

CREDITS 
Editing: twitter.com/DholakiaJaydeep
Images: twitter.com/elijah10t 

SOCIAL 
twitter.com/Surangeljr 
rns.id 
twitter.com/balajis 
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