Blockchain to Disrupt Air Travel and Insurance with FlightDelay
By law, airlines are required to compensate travelers for flight delays or cancellations, but as anyone who has tried knows, the process is a nightmare. So much so that some businesses thrive solely on their offer to buy your claim and carry out the compensation process on your behalf. That is about to change. FlightDelay, a new Ethereum based smart contract DApp, wants to bring air travel to the 21st century by replacing the cumbersome claiming process with a very short and friendly form. As long as you have MetaMask installed, you enter flight details by selecting departure, arrival,....
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