Bitcoin Supporters Should Take a Page Out of the Uber Playbook
Joe Maristela is a serial healthcare entrepreneur based out of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Over the last year, he has begun making angel investments in Philippine tech companies, including a bitcoin umbrella company. Here he talks about what people in the bitcoin space can learn from regulatory developments surrounding Uber. The Philippines made international headlines recently when it created a new category of transport: Transportation Network Vehicle Service (TNVS). This designation allows services like Uber to operate outside of the legal grey area it had been stuck in since....
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[UPDATE: It appears that Uber has suspended Bitcoin Builder's account and thus, the service is no longer operational.] US-based bitcoin exchange platform Bitcoin Builder has announced their release of a bitcoin service that enables users to pay with bitcoin for Uber rides. How it Works. Bitcoin Builder created a business account on the Uber network, which allows the firm to display itself as a payment method on the Uber mobile app. Users are required to use the Bitcoin Builder multi-sig wallet to associate it with the firm’s Uber business account. After the activation, users will see....
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Recently I wrote a news piece that reported that Uber had begun accepting Bitcoin payments. Although I gave myself enough room to later back away from the statement, sure to clarify that I hadn't confirmed this with Uber themselves yet, there is still a certain guilt that comes with being wrong about something. The whole community was misinformed by either a liar, someone having fun, or an Uber support agent. Whichever the case, sitting on the story and following up with Uber first would have been the way to go. As it turns out, Uber is not accepting Bitcoin payments any time soon. Which....