This article is intended as an explainer of cryptonetworks. To help explain what they are and how they work, we will examine what Uber could look like if it was made βcryptoβ. Uber, which we all may be familiar with, is a network for buying and selling car rides. The company that grows and maintains this network plays a vital role. For playing this part, this centralised entity is able to extract significant rent from the network. Is that justified? Of course it is; the network would be as po...