Disruption Ahead: La’Zooz on Road Mining and ‘Replacing Your Car with Your Smartphone’
Just when you thought Uber and Lyft were disrupting urban transport, La’Zooz is upping the ante by using the blockchain to decentralize its non-commercial, real-time ridesharing network. For users, this doesn’t only mean cheaper rides, but also a more social and enjoyable experience, where riders and drivers are matched by their common interests, among other factors. With their recently released white paper and a token crowdsale already underway, the La’Zooz team is looking to raise funds and finalize this vision that they hope will revolutionize how we move. The Israel-based company is a....
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La'Zooz – a blockchain-based ridesharing app – was announced as “in development” during fall 2014. Eitan Katchka is a La'Zooz Israel-based developer, and has shared the project's most recent news with CoinTelegraph: their first round of crowdfunding is set to begin in late April. I asked Katchka some pretty probing questions about the intentions and prospects behind La'Zooz. CoinTelegraph: Uber has been under “legal” attack and even been banned by states all over the world. How will La'Zooz's central, Israel-based company avoid similar attacks? Eitan Katchka: The La'Zooz app and service....
Zooz is a traditional payment rail provider that wants to add Bitcoin to its offerings for customers. Making partnerships with companies like Zooz has been Bitnet's specialty so far. Previously the company has partnered with Cardinal Commerce, Limontek, and even enabled Bitcoin shopping for Rakuten, one of the largest online department stores in the world. Zooz bills itself as a company that provides innovative solutions to help customers maximize performance. Zooz and Bitnet today announced a partnership. Zooz's customers will be able to accept Bitcoin easily, almost with the press of a....
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has accepted the professional auditing role for the La’Zooz crypto-based ridesharing project. He will verify that the project’s milestones are achieved. La'Zooz core team member, Shay Zluf, said: Vitalik will be partnering with Craig Sellars from the Omni foundation who has also accepted the auditing role for the project. “We hope this to be a turning point in the La'Zooz token sale, as many of the Bitcoin community members will see that as a vote of confidence from one of the most appreciated figures in the community.” Roadmap auditing plays a....
Keeping in mind how there is so much focus on the mobile ecosystem right now, it only makes sense for La’Zooz to release their smartphone app on Android. But this is not your everyday run-of-the-mill application, as its purpose is to introduce ride-mining to gain critical mass in the sharing economy movement. The number of use cases for blockchain technology is virtually unlimited, and it is very positive to see some companies trying to integrate distributed ledgers into different business models. La’zooz is a company digital currency enthusiasts have been keeping a close eye on, and they....
With one firm swoop, banks could eliminate the threat from Apple, Google, and PayPal by embracing the new bitcoin cryptocurrency. Disruption doesn't always come from the outside but revolutions do form at the periphery, which is precisely where bitcoin sits today. It's easy to talk about conventional financial services disruption such as digital banking and mobile payments, because we've seen the information age already disrupt entrenched industries. We know that banking in the future will be something you do - not some place you go - and aggressive fintech startups already provide the....