News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber and Lyft. Parent comment

Re:LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber an... by rthomas6 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:13PM (#13534141)
In a few countries like Kenya and Tanzania, this concept is already in use and is extremely widespread. A LOT of people use this system instead of having a bank account. They even use it to pay bills and buy things at stores.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-Pesa

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber an... by loblollyboy on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:26PM (#13535910)
Yeah - but they're not talking about mobile money - they're talking about bitcoin.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber an... by jpatokal on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @11:55PM (#13538373)
Yes, but unlike bitcoin, M-Pesa is actually used by average people.
[ Parent | on HN ]