My title is Jordi Llonch Esteve, and my life has been outlined by one factor — motion.
Lengthy earlier than discovering Bitcoin, I labored as an airline pilot. I’d get up in a brand new nation nearly each morning! I carry many invaluable experiences with me from that point, as I realized how you can navigate layovers, discover native shortcuts and spot the very best locations to go to and issues to do — and likewise what to keep away from! However all through all these adventures, there was all the time one factor that was lacking:
I used to be missing neighborhood. That was all the time a wrestle.
Ultimately, I modified instructions and swapped cockpits for start-ups. My greatest enterprise, Sharing Academy — Europe’s first peer-to-peer tutoring market — was what I name a “profitable failure.” We received Greatest App of the World at Cell World Congress and obtained invites to work for personal and government-led initiatives in Spain, Switzerland, South Korea, Portugal and France. I nonetheless recall celebrating that win… after which hitting the onerous crash of working out of steam.
The corporate didn’t survive — however the classes I gained did.
After that point, defeated, I wanted to get well. My former companions Simón Lee and Andrés Manso invited me to affix their new enterprise, Peninsula Company Innovation. I helped massive firms keep related by way of Open Innovation — a bridge between recent start-ups and established giants. Sitting in boardrooms dominated by the rat race and fiat mindset made me yearn for the free skies — the distinction couldn’t have been starker. This was a time of studying and adaptation, and likewise certainly one of curiosity as I let myself fall down the sovereignty rabbit gap because of Bitcoin.
Over these ten years — 5 working Sharing Academy and 5 at Peninsula — I traveled consistently: all the time on the transfer, assembly purchasers and forging IRL connections. I used to be now not a pilot, however my life-style hadn’t modified a lot. What took me a very long time to comprehend is that there’s a time period that describes this life-style: digital nomad. And that there are almost 50 million of us navigating the world this fashion, balancing work, journey and neighborhood.
Between Bitcoin and the journey world, I had discovered a house.
Then, in 2024, I bumped into Aleksandar Svetski — Bitcoin entrepreneur, writer of The UnCommunist Manifesto and The Bushido of Bitcoin, and founding father of The Bitcoin Instances. When he advised me what he was engaged on, I couldn’t imagine it. A brand new type of app for vacationers and Bitcoiners? Speak about excellent timing!
Satlantis: The Social Discovery Instrument for Individuals, Locations and Occasions
I see Satlantis because the final app for journey — one which brings collectively the instruments that each nomad already makes use of: Google Maps for locations, Instagram for individuals, Eventbrite for occasions… however with a twist! Satlantis makes use of Nostr to tie individuals, place and occasions collectively like by no means earlier than. For these of you dwelling underneath a rock, Nostr is a decentralized, censorship-resistant social protocol that permits permissionless digital identities and transportable social graphs. It’s the final word social protocol, and even has the advantage of integrating Lightning funds natively! As Derek Ross says, “the purple capsule helps the orange capsule go down.”
Nostr is the social glue that makes Bitcoin’s freedom really feel pure.
Evidently, I reached out, joined the mission, and I’ve spent the previous 12 months serving to to carry Satlantis to life.
It might be early days nonetheless, however for me, Satlantis checks each field. It’s the app I want had existed once I was a pilot or an entrepreneur; and it’s the app that right now has upgraded my touring life-style.
In case you’re into:
👤 Sovereign Individualism
🏙 Free Non-public Cities
🛫 Frequent Touring
🥦 Localism and Communities
🛰 Distant Work
₿ Bitcoin Round Economies
🦩 Nostr and Bitcoin Communities
🎌 Flag Idea / Geo-Arbitrage
💳 Nomadism
🕸 Community States
…Satlantis is for you.
What makes Satlantis distinctive?
- Nostr login →you personal your id and your social graph — all of your connections, likes, shares, clicks and feedback stick with you, whether or not you’re on Satlantis or transfer to a unique Nostr app. Good luck attempting to retain your X or Instagram viewers throughout platforms… Plus, you’ll be able to simply enroll with an electronic mail like a normie, and we provide you with Nostr keys with out you even noticing. Cheekiest onboarding ever! A complete new ecosystem unlocked.
- Occasions on Nostr → see what’s on, wherever you’re off to. The very best Bitcoin and Nostr occasions are working on Satlantis, and so they’re extra social than ever. Run meetups, workshops or conferences. See who’s attending, comply with them, message them immediately and keep linked throughout the Nostr ecosystem. Discover your tribe in actual life and keep up a correspondence on-line.
- Discovery in your phrases → This can be a large one… I’ll always remember wrestling with Kakao Maps in Korea simply to search out health-conscious meals, relatively than chain joints of junk meals! With Satlantis, you uncover what issues to you. Sign over noise. Uncover cafés, gyms, farmers markets or occasions that align along with your values and life-style — not no matter Google’s algorithm desires to feed you (actually!). Primarily based solely on the pursuits you choose and the suggestions of the individuals you care about.
- Collections → This can be a good contact. Collections are a bit like Pinterest boards or Spotify playlists… however for locations! Favourite cafés, hidden viewpoints, seed-oil-free eating places… you title it! Craft lovely lists to showcase your style and change into a trusted pathfinder by posting nice guides. Share them or maintain them to your self and your neighborhood. And sure — you’ll quickly be capable of zap Collections, in addition to the whole lot else in Satlantis.
Satlantis is the type of instrument that makes me see journey and discovery planning not as a annoying chore, however as a enjoyable sport. And we’re nonetheless so early.
So what’s subsequent for me? The place am I headed subsequent? Life will inform. However wherever that’s, I do know Satlantis will likely be how I discover my neighborhood there, earlier than I even land. It’s additionally how I’ll profit from the journey, and the way I’ll keep linked with new associates as soon as I embark on a brand new journey. It’s a terrific feeling to work for a start-up the place you are the target market.
I’ve been touring for half my life, and I present no indicators of stopping (except somebody particular provides me a motive to settle). Let’s join on Satlantis at satlantis.io/jordi.
