Interview with LibreTaxi: The ‘Free Alternative’ to Lyft & Uber
Bitcoinist spoke to Roman Pushkin, founder of LibreTaxi, an open-source ridesharing mobile app that will soon support Bitcoin payments, to find out more about his vision for this “free alternative” for Uber and Lyft. Ride sharing applications are becoming part of our daily lives. However, there are just some areas apps like Uber and Lyft don’t cover and a certain currency – Bitcoin, of course – that these simply do not accept as a payment system. However, new alternatives are popping up, shifting the focus on rewarding the driver and empowering the user by retaining no profits and making....
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