Matt Levine, Columnist

The Blockchain Might Scare the Gig Economy to Death

This startup has a terrifying plan to eliminate Yelp, Facebook and tipping.

You'll never be alone again.

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"Skedaddle, an 'Uber-for-buses' startup, is launching a blockchain project that aims to completely eliminate tipping," is the first sentence here, and then somehow "Users can rate any interaction with a service worker, which also functions as a tip, and follows a worker from job to job," is the second, and by that point your soul has probably already left your body. But it keeps going!

Oh!