The Seasteading Institute (@Seasteading) — Twitter Score 17 out of 1000

The Seasteading Institute is a nonprofit organization that researches and promotes the development of politically autonomous floating communities, exploring legal, engineering, and governance frameworks for seasteads. The Seasteading Institute's Twitter Score is 17 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #58,480 among 498,071 tracked accounts.

The Seasteading Institute was co-founded by Patri Friedman and Wayne Gramlich. Peter Thiel pledged $500,000 to help launch the institute, and the Thiel Foundation formerly provided backing, with its last donation in 2014. The Seasteading Institute was previously affiliated with Blue Frontiers, a related venture that worked toward a real-world seastead project.

The Seasteading Institute has pursued concrete efforts to bring floating cities to life, most notably through the Floating City Project in French Polynesia, which was postponed indefinitely, with a cryptocurrency market crash among the contributing difficulties. The organization engages with crypto-native concepts including cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, and DAOs as potential infrastructure for autonomous floating communities, and accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over 100 other cryptocurrencies for donations via The Giving Block.

The Seasteading Institute has published 4,888 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 51 accounts, with 185 total mentions.

Who follows The Seasteading Institute on X?

The accounts that follow The Seasteading Institute include 99 founders, 26 angel investors, 26 influencers and 3 VCs. Notable followers include Andrew Chen, Michael Arrington, Spencer Bogart, ALEX, Jeff Garzik and Franois Chollet.