Thread by @The_ReadingApe

Atlantis~

How on earth did it happen, @gabrielhaines used to wonder
that a whole city—arches, pillars, colonnades,
not to mention vehicles and animals—had all
one fine day gone under?

@gabrielhaines I mean, he said to himself, the world was small then.
Surely a great city must have been missed?
he miss his old city —

white pepper, white pudding, @cjhtech and him meeting
under fanlights and low skies to go home in it. Maybe
what really happened is

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech this: the metaverse-makers searched hard for a word
to convey that which is gone can be found anew.
And so, in the best traditions of

where they came from, they gave their project
life and call it Atlantis World @atlantis0x

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x CJ is the co-founder of Atlantis World @cjhtech

🏝️ From the UK. A full-time traveller
🏝️ Joined crypto when he was a kid
🏝️ Involved in the Protonmail Beta. Sparked his interest in Bitcoin
🏝️ Been in crypto full-time for over 1 year

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail and Crypto

📨 Email provider that had end-to-end encryption
📨 Link between Protonmail and crypto: 1️⃣ digital rights, 2️⃣ internet privacy, 3️⃣ internet freedom
📨 These values are important to him and sparked his interest in cryptography, leading him to Bitcoin

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail "I was like volunteering and taking part in political campaigns and kind of lying about my age. So I kind of been like digital rights from the beginning. I would say." - CJ Hetherington

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail Atlantis World

🏝️ A pixel metaverse/virtual world
🏝️ Gamifying DeFi products to reach out to people isolated from TradFi
🏝️ A super lightweight virtual world experience on all devices, including the mobile web browser
🏝️ Going down the route of progressive decentralization

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail Partners and token gated access

🏝️ Onboarded @AudiusProject, @0xPolygon, @iearnfinance
🏝️ Each community is an individual virtual world, with access being token gated
🏝️ Token holders/community have a personalized space to hang out
🏝️ Will be adding interactive learning modules

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance Vision of the Future

🏝️ Currently, people in crypto spend their time on Twitter, Discord, and Telegram
🏝️ Atlantis World plans to bring communication on these platforms to their virtual world environment

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance 🏝️ Planning to add mini-games🎮
🏝️ Opening a business inside Atlantis World (e.g. virtual cafe, co-working space, movie theatre, etc.)
🏝️ Fleshing out land parcels, which are a productive asset class that generates revenue
🏝️ Land parcels serve as their governance token

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance Profile Picture NFTs And Atlantis World

🏝️ Profile picture NFTs do not have any utility now
🏝️ Thinking of creating spritesheets for them and turning them into in-game avatars
🏝️ Anybody who has ideas to do this in a permissionless way, contact him on Telegram or Discord 🔔

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance Token For Atlantis World

🏝️ Have plenty of interest from top investors
🏝️ Does not want to rush out a token that has no utility
🏝️ They are taking the hard route by crowdfunding and exploring alternative fundraising methods that provide value to their community

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance Beta Test

🏝️ Design is like '90s video games
🏝️ Integrated with Audius, so music streaming is possible
🏝️ Visit the bank building in Atlantis World to deposit crypto assets on Aave Polygon
🏝️ Integrating with @rarible. NFT purchases can then be made inside Atlantis World

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance @rarible 🏝️ Biggest challenge: Hacking from multiple timezones without any funding
🏝️ Community grew by 300% over the last 3 days
🏝️ Planting virtual trees🌲 Funds are locked up inside these trees
🏝️ Send DAI/USDC every sec to a climate finance protocol to offset carbon in the real-world

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance @rarible How can listeners take action

🏝️ Jump into their Discord!
🏝️ Start contributing and thinking of ideas

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance @rarible Links:

Substack post: thereadingape.substack.com/p/talking-cryp…

@gabrielhaines @cjhtech @atlantis0x @ProtonMail @AudiusProject @0xPolygon @iearnfinance @rarible Links:

Podcast:

Thanks to @gabrielhaines for this interview

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