Taxi Coin to Put the World on Wheels
Actually, it is not surprising, when a new alternative coin is entering the stage. It might be based on a web meme, a famous person, be considered as a pump and dump scheme or have great financial ambitions as Bitcoin. The Taxi Coin presents a different approach; it would like to change the situation in the taxi and car hire industry. The group working on the new currency consists of many people around the world – among them are developers, engineers, plain enthusiasts and initial users contributing to the final success. The spokesperson that has already given some interviews provides a....
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I requested information from the team behind Taxi coin, and the team was kind enough to answer my questions. However, when yours truly asked for a name to put in the article... I got "Chad B." very cloak and dagger!! Who is behind Taxi coin? "We are a group of like-minded people located in several countries around the world and have been growing the team and support since we launched. We are developers, producers, engineers, nerds, and citizens. We also all really love Crypto and Taxis! Why did you create a coin specifically for taxis?" It seemed like a natural fit to begin a coin that....
As the ubiquity of Bitcoin continues to be used in a variety of innovative and interesting ways, often times we forget the convenience the payment system can provide for some of the basics. Well if the thought of a Bitcoin accepting taxi has ever crossed your mind, it does exist. In Hungary’s beautiful capital of Budapest, the company COinPAY has partnered with one of the cities leading taxi providers, Budapest Taxi, to run 580 active cabs with Bitcoin systems. The managing director of the taxi group, Csaba Horváth, says “We believe that we have to grab every opportunity that comes....
One thing the Bitcoin ecosystem is always in need of is more use cases for consumers to conveniently spend digital currency. Even though there are plenty of merchants accepting Bitcoin in the online space, brick-and-mortar locations are a few steps behind. In Budapest, you can now pay your taxi rides with Bitcoin, creating a huge use case for the modern digital currency by affecting the daily lives of residents. Budapest Taxi is among the first public service companies in the country to experiment with Bitcoin.
Italians in a rush can now call on bitcoin to get them where they’re going. One of Italy’s largest taxi fleets, Cooperativa RadioTxi 3570, now accepts bitcoin for fares. The company recently joined hands with Chainside, a startup that allows businesses to accept bitcoin payments. Customers can download the Chainside app to their mobile phones or smart devices and pay their fees through the quick touch of a button. The company provides taxi services to anyone visiting a large Italian city. Whether it’s Rome or Venice, tourists and travelers can get their sights on with a little help from....
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....