# Quote — Don Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution

> Imagine instead of the centralized company Airbnb, a distributed application—call it blockchain Airbnb or bAirbnb—essentially a cooperative owned by its members. When a renter wants to find a listing, the bAirbnb software scans the blockchain for all the listings and filters and displays those that meet her criteria. Because the network creates a record of the transaction on the blockchain, a positive user review improves their respective reputations and establishes their identities—now without an intermediary.

- Author: [Don Tapscott](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott.md)
- Book: [Blockchain Revolution](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott/blockchain-revolution.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Don_Tapscott#The_Blockchain_Revolution:_How_the_Technology_Behind_Bitcoin_is_Changing_Money,_Business,_and_the_World) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-tapscott/blockchain-revolution/imagine-instead-of-the

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