I think the idea of network states would continue to gain popularity in the coming years and many minds will chip in to build it out. It's innovative, offers sovereignty (something that's highly desired these days) and partially escaping the tyranny of governments/corporations.

Hive has some fundamental parts figured out, building out the rest will take huge collective efforts. Maybe this might seem far fetched, but network states will become an actual reality in the coming decades when humanity starts living in space stations.