Airbnb Co-Founder Sees Possible Integration of Blockchain Tech
Nathan Blecharczyk, one of the co-founders of the accommodations platform giant Airbnb, has revealed that the company could potentially look at blockchain applications to help establish user reputation and trust. Airbnb co-founder and chief technology officer Nathan Blecharczyk has, in an interview that discussed the company’s areas of focus in 2016 and a tech-enabled future, spoken about the possibility of integrating blockchain technology into the company’s engine. The executive was speaking in an interview to City AM, where he hinted that blockchain or distributed ledger technology....
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Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, asked the Airbnb community through social media which applications or platforms its users would like to see launched in 2017. Most of the users responded with Bitcoin payment integration, providing the success of Expedia as an example. Chesky, a well-respected entrepreneur and innovator, wasn’t aware that travel companies or Airbnb competitors like Expedia accepted Bitcoin and, more importantly, failed to observe the success the platform has had after the integration of the cryptocurrency. Belonging. Expedia Inc. operates a wide range of popular....
Airbnb has hired a team of engineers from CoinChange, a company that is responsible for ChangeTip. However, no venturing into Bitcoin or Blockchain is on the horizon. Airbnb spokesperson reveals to CoinTelegraphCT r: 33: "We are thrilled to bring some members of the ChangeTip team on as a part of Airbnb and joining the engineering team working on building our infrastructure. We are not acquiring the assets of the company, nor do we have any plans to incorporate BitcoinCT r: 8 into the Airbnb ecosystem.” Airbnb is a company whose business model has been subject to much debate. They....
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A number of employees from the company behind bitcoin tipping service ChangeTip have been hired by travel startup AirBnB, the company confirmed today. AirBnb has hired an undisclosed number of the employees of ChangeCoin, which operates the social media tipping service. Among those hired by AirBnB is CEO and co-founder Nick Sullivan, sources say. Left unacquired is the ChangeTip codebase as well as the developers working specifically on bitcoin projects, though those invested in the firm expressed optimism that the project would continue under a new leadership. The deal, first reported by....