I didn't say it was their goal "before/at launch". The notion of "Uber for X" was already such a cliche by 2014 that people were joking about it in general-aud

I didn't say it was their goal "before/at launch". The notion of "Uber for X" was already such a cliche by 2014 that people were joking about it in general-audience publications: https://qz.com/311217/poem-theres-an-uber-for-x/ https://qz.com/311217/poem-theres-an-uber-for-x/ That poem was published between Coinbase's B and C rounds. By that point Uber had done a series E with a post-money valuation north of $40 billion. If Coinbase wasn't looking at that with envy and trying at points to cast their story in the Uber mold for investors, I'd be amazed, because most other startups of the time were.