Discover Ekta Island — The world’s first blockchain island
In 2013 on a stormy day, Ekta CEO Berwin Tanco discovered Gili Gede, an island off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. Now in 2022, Ekta owns 16 hectares of land on Gili Gede and 46 hectares of ocean in the island’s bay. This land is currently being developed to become Ekta Island, the world’s first blockchain island. Nine years after first coming across the island, it seems as if the storm guided Berwin to discover this gem in the Indian Ocean.
The day started out crisp with blue skies all the way to the horizon. Berwin had set sail early that morning, careening around coral reefs and islets. Around midday, the sky began to grow dark, gray clouds hanging heavy overhead and angry waves snapping at the boat hull. Searching for a place to wait out the storm, Berwin navigated the vessel around the tip of an unfamiliar island, where suddenly, the waves grew still, and the wind settled down.
The skipper waited out the storm in the pocket of silence, eventually meeting the island’s generous and friendly locals and learning its name, Gili Gede. He was so impressed with the islands’ location and natural marina that he bought some land. Five years later, he owned all the land for sale on the island, and within another three years, he had locked down one of only 20 marina licenses in Indonesia.
The original idea was to develop a standard, five-star hotel. But then COVID hit. The world changed. Ekta was born.
By tying the island to blockchain technology, the possibilities of what this island could be suddenly became limitless. Berwin and the Ekta team went back to the drawing board, reimaging their ideas and making them bigger. Finally, they were able to map out a plan for Ekta Island.
As the world’s first blockchain island, the goal is to focus on luxury, eco-friendly real-estate developments and make them available for purchase through Fractionalized-NFTs (FNFTs). These developments will include:
- 81 villas
- 200+ honeycomb pods
- 285 super yacht berths
- A beach club
- A yacht club
Ekta Island’s economic infrastructure will be based on cryptocurrency principles. The goal is to make everything on the island available for purchase using crypto and NFTs, from fractions of the villas to yachts and groceries.
With its proximity to Bali, Ekta Island is ideal for a quick weekend getaway. But this little paradise promises to be more than just a holiday destination. Future plans include building a blockchain school and incubator hub with more dreams being transformed into tangible ideas as you read this.
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