Regulation of Decentralized Services: Uber Drivers in London Need To Pass A Test
Regulating a decentralized service is an extremely difficult task that needs to be handled with the utmost care. Whether a country is deciding to regulate Bitcoin or a city such as London is looking at ways to somehow regulate Uber drivers, there is no stopping the decentralizing revolution. Any private-hire taxi drivers – including Uber drivers – in the city of London, are being regulated by Boris Johnson, the city’s major. Not in a very strict way such as banning Uber outright, but rather by ensuring they have a decent level of knowledge of the area they operate in. And the city of....
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