Really a must watch interview about our current environmental situation and the coming sharing economy that will have great affect on it. Also he brings up a lot of informative points about the industries that are decentralizing at enormous speeds.
After watching this I really think that short-term (10-15 years), projects like powerledger and IOTA will provide the first functions of the global sharing economy.
Anyone seen this presentation and agrees? also, what other parts of our economy show signs of changing to this sharing form of no marginal profit and high efficiency?
Bike sharing in the netherlands is awesome though, just scan the QR, bike unlocks and there is always one near. Most I ever had to walk was 150m. This already works in big and medium sized cities.
Cameron Butler
Agreed, they just released the same in my city and I should go try it. Can't wait for self driving orderable taxis.
Bentley Ross
probably. I should probably buy more...
Jordan Butler
Unfortunately skycoin has no consensus algo so can't even be considered a working crypto
Christopher Ortiz
Is IOTA far ahead of its competitors?
Parker Mitchell
The consensus algo is in the whitepaper. It just hasn't been built yet since it works off the physical hardware nodes, which have only been in testing for the past three months.
Angel Wilson
it's cool for tourists but why not just buy a fucking bike
John Ross
"The whitepaper" has been withdrawn with no replacement. Skycoin has no consensus algo.
Dylan Brown
You don't have to worry about parking it safely and maintenance. I don't know how it is in the netherlands but in my country rentable bikes sucks, only 5 planetary gears which makes them heavy and horrible uphill. They are also made to be sturdy which makes them even heavier.
Dylan Powell
skycoin.net/downloads Literally on the website.
Gavin Edwards
Its literally withdrawn from the journal it was published in
Joshua Morales
Because it gets stolen and when it breaks down you instantly get a replacement car bringing you a new bike. Shared bikes are tracked and are never stolen. Oh and it costs like 5 euros a month. It is used by everyone, not only tourists.
Luke Mitchell
True, they found an improvement that that rewrites a few components to how it works. It'll be republished once they finish patenting it.
Juan Roberts
In terms of working with governmental bodies, yes.
Cooper Ramirez
I could imagine that the sharing economy requires a transparant and shared governance model as well? Any big player doing this?
Connor Hill
yeah, really great! In vienna they have many stations :)
Holy shit what are houses and cars going to cost if you don't want to share everything?!
Matthew Cox
Then the chinese (or taiwanese) tried it xD They just put all kinds of bikes all over the city. They were clogging traffic, many have landed in the rivers and canals. Broken ones didn't got picked up. Now they are banned. Pic related.
In the netherlands the bikes are not necessarily stationed, they can be dropped and picked up anywhere. Is that the same in vienna?
Jonathan Wright
No they didnt. More lies. Screencap this: skycoin will never have a working consensus algo.
Dylan Adams
>they can be dropped and picked up anywhere what? how does that prevent theft?
Zachary Reyes
not anymore xD maybe some business guy from the netherlands can do a better job. Vienna has banned those chinese companies.
Jace Flores
Yeah, I'm more of a fan of the electric scooters, less space.
Plus my city isn't nearly as big so maybe a few hundred won't be an issue.
I mean, other projects copycat Skycoin left and right, just look at holo. Shills only want to apply pressure on them to release the improved version so they can try to copycat that too.
Not everything has to be shared, I doubt house sharing will be one of the shared things. But why would you want to own a car if your transport can be cheaper, more reliable and quicker as a result of less traffic. Guy in the presentation makes a point about removing 15 cars for every 1 shared car, which might be a little optimistic but you get the point. Of course if you want to drive a pretty car I would understand it, but society is moving away from consumerism so there is that. It won't happen overnight but the norm will change.
Jackson Walker
>Not everything has to you mom has
Luis Harris
It doesn't, but having a tracker in the frame does. Vandalism isn't that big of an issue here. Apparantly the model works as well, it has been in place for a couple of years and is getting bigger and bigger.
Matthew Lewis
well these bikes are obviously worth something, I don't know how it turned out like that in China. Pic is how bike renting looks like in my city
nobody thinks about it like that here, so it's not an issue. You have to be really insecure to think like that wtf. Why don't they sell them? I would buy one for €10, why not
John Rodriguez
hehe okay this is actually quite funny, probably won't work in shitholes
Zachary Edwards
ergo: anons, don't let chinese take foot into your country with a car / bike sharing business. Do it yourselves, and do it right -.-
Benjamin Sanders
> 5 euros a month. I want to add that in vienna it's free. For one hour at least. The next hour costs like 3 EUR? And you can lock that bike with a key. Many tourists don't even know it's free. Free. you know? I'll leave you with that. Also, that progression makes me laugh so hard, maybe because I've lived to see it. So funny.
