Is "Asgardia" a scam?

Short answer, yes, most definitely.

I joined Asgardia back in 2016 when it began. At that time Asgardia was literally promising a heaven, and reached out to all us dreamers than want to build a better world. So I joined.

I began volunteering to build a Constitution. I was told to lead four consequent teams to gather the people's suggestions, and build a Constitution for the people, by the people.

In May however Asgardia's staff came up with their own Constitution. It enforced a constitutional monarchy, it was NOT what the people wanted.

The monarchical Constitution was nonetheless adopted by the staff, even though it had only gained 15% of support during the vote.

After it became a "Space Kingdom", the project's staff began requesting people to pay a fee of 100$ if they wanted to be "true citizens".

I left, like thousands of others did.

I came back in November 2020, to check on any development. Asgardia was basically dead. I proposed to lead the "nation". The people were in support of the idea. But the admin didn't like it. They told me I couldn't run in their so-called "democratic" system, because I was less than 55 years old, and I'd have to be approved by the founder, and I need to pay 100$.

That's when I knew Asgardia was NOT some kind of democracy. It was some sort of scam operation.

Others have pointed out that Asgardia might also be a phishing operation, as upon becoming a "citizen" you are requested to provide many personal information.