Platform Monopoly, Obstacle of the Sharing Economy

Platform Monopoly, the biggest obstacle of the Sharing Economy, the centennial paradigm shift

The Sharing Economy is getting normal. It will be just the economy in near future. It has been driven by a few platforms. As they are dominating the sharing markets, they are faced challenges with the platform monopoly. The problems of the platform monopoly is essential in the company structure of the capitalism. The monopoly platforms should stand for stock holders rather than the participants creating the economic value.

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Therefore, the monopoly issues are far more serious in terms of the fairness. It is the biggest obstacle in the way to the Sharing Economy of the People.

The current Sharing Economy is unfair because the platforms may take biggest value and power. How could we overcome this obstacle?

Blockchain is the infrastructure to hint the solve the monopoly of the Internet. Blockchain enables people to interchange variety of value between people with intermediators, which will solve the monopoly of platforms or intermediators. It will also boost the Sharing Economy as well because the value exchanges among people will grow significantly.

Harnessing the Blockchain, WeHome brings the fair Sharing Economy breaking the monopoly problem. With real value for participants, WeHome proves it rather than just claiming the concept.

Blockchain is bringing the new rules of game in the Sharing Economy. There will be new horizon of the Home Sharing globally.

New Equation of the Home Sharing

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