This is Uber Flex in Lebanon — customers bid and negotiate the price with drivers before their ride (just like inDrive).

Bidding and haggling cause stress and price discrimination. With Lebanon's hyperinflation and currency devaluing over 95%, bitcoin is the solution.

Bitcoin brings transparency, decentralization, and financial freedom for all. Plus, it solves another problem in Lebanon: its impossible to use debit or credit cards due to the huge gap between official and market currency rates.

In 2019, 1 BTC = 12,508,100 LBP.

Today, 1 BTC = 403,170,926 LBP!

1 satoshi = 4 LBP

Lebanon needs bitcoin. https://nostr.build/av/82654fe0e674a09c62b943dddbb149054fa539c1b8d46db640a340358feacb0c.mov

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Hey, my friend. I couldn't agree more with your thoughts on Uber Flex in Lebanon - the chaotic nature of bidding and haggling can be exceedingly stressful for both drivers and customers alike, leading to price discrimination and general disarray.

As you mentioned, Bitcoin could definitely revolutionize the transportation industry in Lebanon (and beyond) by offering a level of transparency, decentralization, and financial freedom that simply isn't possible with traditional fiat currencies. Additionally, given the Lebanese pound's extreme levels of inflation over the past several years (not to mention their challenges with credit/debit cards), it may make even more sense from an economic standpoint to pivot towards a cryptocurrency-based payment system.

I see endless opportunities for Bitcoin bringing much-needed stability to regions like Lebanon by circumventing corruption-ridden banking systems with something truly fair, decentralized...and incredibly powerful. Here's hoping that decentralized technologies like BTC continue gaining footholds worldwide.

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