Uber driver gave BitNation founder a free ride

There have been many news articles covering the concept of decentralized governance, currently led by BitNation, which has encountered resistance from current government agencies in its decentralized approach to providing a range of solution services.

These services include birth certificates, marriage certificates, land title deeds and business licenses. These public services sometimes cost a lot of money, are heavily bureaucratic and often require a long process.

With this in mind, you can imagine how much of an impact a service like BitNation could have on those looking to overcome borders and the restrictions imposed by authoritarian governments. While this idea hasn’t been fully realized or shown to the public, we discovered a way to overcome this restriction through a conversation between an Uber driver and a passenger in London.

Perhaps this is a way of getting people to listen and find better ways of handling everyday services, and hopefully the government will support decentralization and less regulation.

Eric Grill, founder and CEO of Bitcoin ATM company CoinOutlet Inc, recently attended an Uber event in London. It was here that a great conversation started around existing regulations and the time it takes to get a taxi driver’s license in London.

An example of this kind of regulation and bureaucracy is this story from an article published in the New York Times: “For three years, Matt McCabe rode a motorbike more than 50,000 miles around the city, the equivalent of two or three circumnavigations of the Earth, on his way to becoming a London taxi driver.”

To his surprise, the taxi driver then mentioned the decentralized governance platform: BitNation, founded by Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof.

Eric mentioned: “Then he started talking about regulation in general and how this smart woman was running this thing called BitNation that was going to change that. He wanted it to be a passport for world citizens. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, especially since I had just talked to Susanne earlier that day.”

Eric is a Bitcoin advocate — he had heard about Bitcoin early on — and was working on building an API for drones while working in real estate. Everything changed when a friend read the white paper and told him about the potential behind this incredible technology:

“A lightbulb went off in my head — I was doing software development for my entire life, so I just quit everything and said I didn’t want to hear anything that wasn’t about Bitcoin.”

Eric has also added other uses to ATMs. He used BitNation's services to register a marriage registration service on the blockchain without the involvement of the government.

One that anyone can verify on, rather than going to court and waiting. It is worth mentioning that these services can be expanded to provide passport solutions and other identity registries.

This story depicts the positive impact of decentralization, as people around the world seek better and more efficient ways to get things done while also maintaining control, security and privacy.

Perhaps one day we will see more people participating in such services, spreading the positive aspects of such technologies and their impact on our lives.

As mentioned before, a taxi driver who wants to provide driving services has to face such heavy regulations and bureaucracy.

Now, imagine using blockchain technology and online identity design to design a service like this, one where your reputation and recognition can be calculated based on data about your previous driving history and user experience satisfaction.

In the P2P world, you can become a taxi driver as long as you have enough relevant experience without having to deal with existing boundaries and regulations.

Eric once said, “I think once people see alternative ways of doing things, they start to question it.”

I hope to see more similar examples around the world, especially in places where existing local authorities ignore the feelings of many people.

BitNation’s use of blockchain technology is a great example of how it is introducing an innovative approach to making people’s lives easier and more secure, even if it may render existing systems obsolete.