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The companies exist because there’s a value in a middle-man handling things like vetting drivers, tax and regulatory compliance, and handling disputes like “my
by alphabettsy 5y ago
The companies exist because there’s a value in a middle-man handling things like vetting drivers, tax and regulatory compliance, and handling disputes like “my food is partially eaten”.
You could use the blockchain in some ways, but I don’t see how the companies themselves could be easily replaced.
- moolcool 5y agoIt would serve as a neutral platform on which clients could be built though. Like instead of a restaurant listing on the existing apps, they'd list their menus on the blockchain and third party clients could exist and race-for-the-bottom in terms of fees. It's like the difference between Twitter and Email
- jjulius 5y ago> Like instead of a restaurant listing on the existing apps, they'd list their menus on the blockchain... ... or just a database?
- cmckn 5y agoWell you wouldn’t want any ~~~centralized~~~ entity having control of the appetizers, would you??? Much better to store every menu of every restaurant on thousands of computers and use menu updates to decimate coral reefs.
- rvense 5y ago> they'd list their menus on the blockchain Why does that need a blockchain? Wouldn't that just be an API?
- mdoms 5y ago> It's like the difference between Twitter and Email What?