Anybody who uses Airbnb knows that the company is resting on its laurels as the first mover in the home-sharing economy 1.0, but its dominance rests atop exploitation of the hosts and guests that are actually doing the sharing and creating the value. The guests pay too much and the hosts are paid too little. The resulting situation is akin to feudalism, rendering hosts as serfs … [Read more...] about Airbnb is exploiting its users, but decentralized alternatives are possible
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Binance-backed Travala is launching ‘dTravel,’ a blockchain-based AirBnb rival
Travala.com, a cryptocurrency-friendly online travel agency (OTA) backed by Binance, today introduced dTravel, a decentralized platform for the home-sharing economy for short- and long-term stays.The product is owned entirely by its community via the dTravel Decentralized Autonomous Organisation (DAO), and leveraging decentralized finance (DeFi) blockchain technology to … [Read more...] about Binance-backed Travala is launching ‘dTravel,’ a blockchain-based AirBnb rival