### I have been waiting to hear this news for a long time! 

[Arcade City](http://arcade.city/) (a decentralized version of Uber) has just launched its first mobile Dapp for the new peer-to-peer ride-sharing platform.

The service works much in the same way as Uber, but it runs on top of the Ethereum blockchain, meaning, it is 100% decentralized. That also means, **you can't shut it down**. Even if a government wanted to. This may prove useful, considering all of the legal issues Uber has faced worldwide since launching.

This also opens up some pretty interesting debate. How **will** governments handle such a service? How should they? How **can** they? :)

Drivers of Arcade City can accept all sorts of payments. Most importantly, there is **no middle man taking a large cut from the drivers profits**.

### In fact, drivers keep 100% of their fare! 

This also will mean it could be an even cheaper version of Uber. The disrupter, being disrupted, I suppose.

It looks like they are first going to be launching in Austin, TX with an iOS and Android version of their Dapp available for download. 

http://cointelegraph.com/images/725_Ly9jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy8zNzMzNWI3YzAzOWM1MWM1ZjAxNTg4MmIwNDY5M2IyZS5qcGc=.jpg
-- [source](http://cointelegraph.com/)

This is great news for Uber drivers, and riders alike, as well as a nice addition to some of the useful Dapps coming out of Ethereum and crypto land late this year and early into 2017. Things are definitely looking bright. 

I hope Arcade City take into consideration what Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum's creator) had to say about what he wants in a decentralized Uber...

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> What I want out of decentralized uber: location-aware search eng for drivers with built-in rep system and payment processor. Keep it simple.

[@VitalikButerin](http://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/699600555656622080) - 16 Feb 2016

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I guess I will have to wait until the service is launched in my city, and I hope that is soon. When it finally is, don't be surprised if @darknet picks you up, or even jumps in your car!

Kind regards,
Optimistic

P.S - Perhaps we could build our own version that runs on Steem? I mean, it has the reputation system already built in, right?!