In cities with convenient ride-hailing services, is it really worth buying a car or hiring a driver? Just thinking about it, it's not cost-effective.

Vitalik has a profound saying: The taxi model is actually the most crypto-like — direct transactions, on-the-spot settlement, zero verification. Truly peer-to-peer.

In contrast, a major platform's transportation service essentially creates a centralized market. Passengers and drivers both have to accept the platform's rules, rates, and information control. It sounds the same as the logic of CEX — the matchmaker always profits from the middle.

Why are assets like $BTC, $ETH, and $BNB attractive? Ultimately, it's the same philosophy: removing middlemen, replacing trust with technology and consensus. From transportation to financial markets, this underlying logic is universal.