QUICK ANSWER-Olivier Janssens, the wealthy bitcoin investor behind a planned libertarian community on the Caribbean island of Nevis, has offered to pay every resident $100 a month if the government approves his development. Critics say the offer is a deliberate pressure tactic designed to force official sign-off on a project that remains deeply controversial among islanders.

The Bitcoin Investor Who Wants to Buy His Way Into a Caribbean Paradise — One Hundred Dollars at a Time

There is an old idea, beloved of a certain strain of Silicon Valley libertarianism, that the right combination of money and political will can build a new society from scratch — one free from taxes, regulation, and the accumulated compromises of…