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So I made a Nostr Rideshare Protocol, and two apps: Ridestr and Drivestr

It relies on no company and no proprietary servers. All communication and synchronization is Nostr. All ride fares are calculated locally by your phone using routing map data delivered via blossom on first launch, and It uses the locally running android geocoder and or GrapheneOS geocoder for name to address search experience. Default payment method is Cashu over Bitcoin/Lightning, but I plan to expand with Nostr Wallet Connect options, as well as a pay in cash option (that drivers can filter out if they don't want to deal with it). Wallets are synced via NIP-60 nostr wallets for cashu. All other app profile features are synced cleanly with nostr.

I will be open sourcing it of course when it's ready to launch. Android only so far, but I fully plan to make an IOS version if people like the idea.

The cashu implementation has been buggy, so I'm working through the bugs on that one day at a time, but let me know if you wanna see it!

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Nathan Day · 4w

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Yes! This is very needed. Commercial rideshare apps are asking for government ID and that's a big problem.

Otis Bitmeyer · 4w

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Congratulations and awesome job building a software that addresses this market. The biggest challenge for Uber and Lyft was creating network effects. And battling license limitations / regulatory hurdles. Just a heads up as you start thinking about and working through adoption dynamics.

Pana - The Refuge Network State · 3w

Sounds amazeballs. Hope it goes P2P mainstream!

Marakesh 𓅦 · 3w

I'd like to see it!

BTC-BACKPACKER · 3w

WOW WHEN WILL IT GO LIVE 🚨

moonmechanic · 3w

That’s fantastic!

StellarStoic · 3w

Add propper warnings and ratings because in my region, we have similar concept "closed" app and they we're forced to add a small payments into the app because there was a lot of bad actors on the platform. These kind of apps are useful P2P ride sharing apps indeed if done properly. Looking forwar...

BTCBaggins · 3w

LFG! Finally a reason to drive! SWEET SWEET SATS! https://media0.giphy.com/media/XtdHWMoKNGPtvZ9Z9n/200w.webp

Bitcoin Apostle · 3w

This is bad ass bro!! Well done!!

Technology based on Nostr that is really useful in the day to day. I wonder if there can be any integration with zkp2p.xyz so that drivers can continue to receive sats even if npcs pay with their dirty fiat. In Japan Uber had a lot of problems with taxi unions that did not want external competition...

CanopyKev · 3w

I've been thinking about something like this. Exciting. Very important to get the reputation system/WoT just right with this kinda app. You wanna be confident your being picked up and driven by a trustworthy individual. Particularly women.

Nomishka Dilshan · 3w

Hey! We really need to explore it. Do you hope to publicly release the apps and Git repos soon? We need more information. 🤝

Jake Woodhouse · 3w

What spread will you take between driver and passenger? The uber fee eg is massive. You can see drivers wanting more of their revenue adopting something like this, whilst users will migrate if there is enough optionally and it’s priced more competitively Very cool to see things like this being bu...

It would be interesting if existing rideshare drivers could somehow associate their ratings from centralized platforms to bootstrap their credibility on this new system.

AssaultPepper · 3w

I've gotta see this, it's probably an easy sell to drivers if the fees are just transaction fees.

Chris miller · 1w

This is awesome. I downloaded both. I would love to see a map of drivers/prospective riders. I am interested in trying to drive, but don't want to get called am hour away given that this is new and requesters are sparse right now