[5] Bitnation founder Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof grew up in a Franco-Swedish family where her father had been stateless for a decade.

[8]: 13 [9][10] Bitnation was the subject of a Vice piece in September 2016 wherein the author noted that "because a nation is as much an ideological concept as it is a legal one, one strength of Bitnation lies in its ability to give agency to groups who have been ignored or repressed by modern nation-states.

"[11] The Atlantic noted in February 2018 that "Bitnation [is] proposing a 'peer-to-peer voluntary governance system' to replace the arbitrariness of birth as the decider of one’s citizenship.

Blockchain governance could allow for the creation of virtual citizenship and autonomous communities distinct from territorial nation-states.

"[12] Bitnation also received notable coverage in The Economist[13] and The Wall Street Journal for its experimental work using blockchain technology to solve the migrant crisis.