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 virtually each morning! I carry many invaluable experiences with me from that point, as I realized the right way to navigate layovers, discover native shortcuts and spot one of the best locations to go to and issues to do — and in addition what to keep away from! However all through all these adventures, there was at all times one factor that was lacking:
I used to be missing neighborhood. That was at all times a wrestle.
Finally, I modified instructions and swapped cockpits for start-ups. My largest enterprise, Sharing Academy — Europe’s first peer-to-peer tutoring market — was what I name a “profitable failure.” We gained Finest App of the World at Cellular 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 exhausting crash of operating 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 hitch their new enterprise, Peninsula Company Innovation. I helped giant firms keep related via 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 in addition certainly one of curiosity as I let myself fall down the sovereignty rabbit gap because of Bitcoin.
Over these ten years — 5 operating Sharing Academy and 5 at Peninsula — I traveled always: at all times on the transfer, assembly shoppers 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 understand 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 manner, 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, creator of The UnCommunist Manifesto and The Bushido of Bitcoin, and founding father of The Bitcoin Occasions. When he instructed me what he was engaged on, I couldn’t consider it. A brand new type of app for vacationers and Bitcoiners? Speak about good timing!
Satlantis: The Social Discovery Software for Folks, 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 residing below a rock, Nostr is a decentralized, censorship-resistant social protocol that allows permissionless digital identities and transportable social graphs. It’s the last word social protocol, and even has the good thing about integrating Lightning funds natively! As Derek Ross says, “the purple tablet helps the orange tablet go down.”
Nostr is the social glue that makes Bitcoin’s freedom really feel pure.
For sure, I reached out, joined the mission, and I’ve spent the previous yr serving to to deliver Satlantis to life.
It might be early days nonetheless, however for me, Satlantis checks each field. It’s the app I want had existed after I was a pilot or an entrepreneur; and it’s the app that immediately has upgraded my touring life-style.
Should you’re into:
👤 Sovereign Individualism
🏙 Free Personal Cities
🛫 Frequent Touring
🥦 Localism and Communities
🛰 Distant Work
₿ Bitcoin Round Economies
🦩 Nostr and Bitcoin Communities
🎌 Flag Principle / Geo-Arbitrage
💳 Nomadism
🕸 Community States
…Satlantis is for you.
What makes Satlantis distinctive?
- Nostr login →you personal your identification 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 special Nostr app. Good luck making an attempt 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 offer you 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. One of the best Bitcoin and Nostr occasions are operating on Satlantis, and so they’re extra social than ever. Run meetups, workshops or conferences. See who’s attending, comply with them, message them straight and keep linked throughout the Nostr ecosystem. Discover your tribe in actual life and communicate on-line.
- Discovery in your phrases → It is a massive one… I’ll always remember wrestling with Kakao Maps in Korea simply to seek out health-conscious meals, slightly 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 together with your values and life-style — not no matter Google’s algorithm needs to feed you (actually!). Primarily based solely on the pursuits you choose and the suggestions of the individuals you care about.
- Collections → It is 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 turn into a trusted pathfinder by posting nice guides. Share them or hold them to your self and your neighborhood. And sure — you’ll quickly have the ability to zap Collections, in addition to every thing else in Satlantis.
Satlantis is the type of software that makes me see journey and discovery planning not as a tense 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 might be how I discover my neighborhood there, earlier than I even land. It’s additionally how I’ll benefit from the journey, and the way I’ll keep linked with new buddies as soon as I embark on a brand new journey. It’s an ideal 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 (until somebody particular offers me a motive to settle). Let’s join on Satlantis at satlantis.io/jordi.
