At Bitcoin Amsterdam on 13 November, Alderney politician Edward Hill delivered a direct pitch to the BTC community: help turn his tiny Channel Island into a Bitcoin-first jurisdiction, anchored in renewable energy and a pro-BTC regulatory stance.

Hill opened by situating Alderney politically and geographically. “I’m from the little island of Alderney, which you may know are sister islands, Jersey and Guernsey that are traditional finance centers,” he said. “We are a Channel Island, but we are semi-independent. We are part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and we’re located 8 miles from France. We are a self-governing jurisdiction. We’re [a] British crown dependency, but we’re in partial fiscal union with our sister island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.”

The Next Bitcoin Island?

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