Bringing Polkadot & Kusama to the world!

Gabriel Jaeger
3 min readMay 17, 2021

I left my Software Development job about a year ago to cycle ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿป a tandem bike from Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช to China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ (if you are interested in my trip then check out t.me/rideclub). My bike serves as a FREE TAXI ๐Ÿš• (you pay by pedalling ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿ˜) for anyone wishing to hop on. I know you probably want a picture at this point so here we goโ€ฆ

Looking fly. ๐Ÿ‘•

I have already had the pleasure of cycling with many old friends, new friends, and complete strangers that stopped me at the side of the road. Queue the collageโ€ฆ

Some of the lovely people I have had the pleasure of riding the tandem with!

I enjoy meeting new people through this form of travel and that is a really big reward for me. Cycling on the tandem together is a very trust based and coordinated exercise. Since on this specific bike it is also very easy to chat while riding, it is an incredible way to bond.

I have already cycled more than 10,000km!

After making it to Turkey at the end of 2020, I was forced to take a Winter/Covid break until April 2021. I spent that time learning more about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. I became especially interested in the Kusama and Polkadot projects. I want to do my part in making the world a fairer and more democratic place (through decentralised blockchain technology) for everyone and decided to take it upon myself to spread the word on Polkadot and Kusama wherever I go. I designed a couple of T-shirts to help me with this missionโ€ฆ

The yellow has Kusama on the front and Polkadot on the back. The green the other way around.

Since a month now, I have been back on the road (currently in Olympos, Turkey), wearing them wherever I go. I attract a lot of attention ๐Ÿ‘€ with my bike and am therefore directly putting these two blockchains in the spotlight for the thousands of people that I pass (๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ท๐Ÿผ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿพ) and get passed by ( ๐Ÿš™๐Ÿš ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿšš๐Ÿš•๐Ÿšœ ๐ŸšŒ) every day.

People constantly ask me questions about my shirt and I love talking to them about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. I want to continue my mission of bringing this technology to even the most remote places. The next step is to expand my campaign. I have a few ideas in mind:

  1. Start a sticker trail leaving Polkadot and Kusama logos all along my route
  2. Broaden my merchandise and organise T-shirts for my future co-riders
  3. Give KSM and DOT rewards to my top DJs (t.me/gabrielsdj_bot)
  4. Any further suggestions coming from you!!!

DOT: 1X9tA6VpKDavMRgTguJaBPr5TjXFn9Fa2pKVVA3nAs6CLP8

KSM: Hgcdd6sjp37KD1cKrAbwMZ6sBZTAVwb6v2GTssv9L2w1oN3

***The DOTs and KSMs in my wallets right now are not all mineโ€ฆ They were pooled from family and friends to make it above the minimum nomination amountโ€ฆ๐Ÿ˜›

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