Live outside
the ordinary.
Traveller. Minimalist. Technologist. Crypto enthusiast. Exploring the world, building useful things, and choosing freedom over the conventional path.
Minimalist & Nomad
I was never someone who dreamed of travelling or imagined making it a way of life. That changed after a deeply traumatic experience in my home country, through which I lost everything. With nothing left tying me to the life I had built, I left the town I was living in on March 14, 2017.
At first, it was meant to be just one trip — an escape, a chance to start over and figure out what came next. I travelled through Germany and explored my family's historic homeland, using whatever worked along the way: buses, trains, ferries, carpooling and plenty of walking.
But one trip became another. What began as a way to get away slowly turned into a desire to see what was beyond the next border. The journey grew from exploring Germany and Europe into travelling further and eventually discovering the wider world.
In February 2018, I made the decision to turn travelling into my full-time way of life. Since then, the road has become home.
In 2020, I took another step and embraced minimalism. I realized that the less I own, the easier it is to move, and the less I need to be tied to any particular place. Today, I carry only what I need, stay curious about what lies around the next corner, and try to keep life as simple, free and independent as possible.
Travel since 2017
What began as part-time travel became a full-time nomadic life in 2018.
Minimalist since 2020
Fewer possessions, fewer dependencies and more freedom to move.
Still exploring
The road has taken me across countries and continents, and the journey is far from finished.
Family, roots & a place called home.
My family's story in Germany began with displacement. They arrived as refugees long before I was born and eventually became part of a project that gave refugee families the opportunity to build their own homes.
I was born around the time our house was being built, with the garden already taking shape. I grew up there in a quiet settlement on the outskirts of a small town near Stuttgart. It was a peaceful childhood and a place that became an important part of who I am.
Years later, travelling gave me the opportunity to look back at those roots from a completely different perspective. Instead of simply reading about my family's past, I wanted to follow the road and see where it actually led.
The 45-year-old Ruben Storm chose a different approach to his family history: in March of that year he travelled with a backpack from Stuttgart by bus, hitchhiking and on foot to Ukraine.
“My goal was to sit and have lunch on my grandparents' property in Hoffnungstal.”
On the road
I have been travelling full-time for years, moving from country to country and discovering places beyond the usual tourist route.
Travel light
A backpack, a laptop, a few essentials, and the freedom to move on when the time comes.
Keep exploring
Africa, Asia, Europe, and wherever the road leads next. The journey is never really finished.
Bitcoin
A monetary network built on mathematics, cryptography, and consensus rather than a central authority.
Lightning
Fast, global payments that move value without relying on traditional banking rails.
Nostr
Open communication, cryptographic identity, and decentralized infrastructure without one platform controlling everything.
Open beats closed
Open source and open protocols let people understand, modify, and move the technology they depend on.
Privacy matters
Your identity, communications, and finances should not automatically become somebody else's business.
Build your own exit
Never become completely dependent on one company, platform, bank, or provider.
Support the journey.
Keeping an independent website, travelling, and building open technology takes time and resources. If you want to support what I do, you can.
Whether you want to talk about travel, technology, crypto, open source, or simply say hello — you are welcome.