Roman Vacation Bitcoin-Style: How to Book Italian Taxis With Crypto
Thanks to a new service called Chainside, from now on you can book an Italian classic taxi and pay for it with Bitcoin. Unione Radiotaxi d’Italia (URI) and its president Loreno Bittarelli decided to accept Bitcoin after the Taxi Hack Hackathon held in Rome last year. It is not the first time we have heard that a transport company has decided to accept Bitcoin. We wrote about Uber switching to Bitcoin in Argentina after the government blocked its credit cards. New taxi platform. Through a platform called ItTaxi you can pay for your taxi ride in Rome in advance, by calculating your itinerary....
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