Hallo @dantheman ,

I have some questions about EOS:

• Is it an operative system or only smart contracts?

• Which languages do I need to learn in dept to be able to program a serious ride sharing service to take over the world of ride-sharing (I have programmed since I was a child, but as an adult mostly c# with asp.net framework, but also many other languages, mostly as hacks, never understood all the code)

I want to prepare myself to posibily make a ride-sharing app that out-compete uber and conventional taxi services, other then working as an economist (with programming jobs included in the job), I have been working as a taxitemp and a uber driver and know how to make a decentral solution that will solve all (or the crusial) problems of centralized ride/taxi services.

Mostly it is about sharing the 20-50% that uber or taxi company takes between the rider and the driver and getting all ratings on the blockchain. Uber manipulate ratings to their own benefit, and extort drivers... plus their business model is based on massive loans from the corrupt fiat central banks... I could go on with this, but back to the programming part.

Is it c++ that I need to master completely and/or is it realisticly for a semi-pro freelance soft programmer to learn before EOS is ready?

If it is a smart contract platform, then is the website or phone app still hosted on centralized serviecs?? You know it is all about getting that decentralized too, so that no regulation will be able to stop the app/site ??.. I have heard that steemit would run on EOS, but is that also the site itself? Maybe some of these questions shows how little I still know about EOS and other things and hope my questions are not too stupid :)

Thanks for the great work, I really enjoy Steem and also hold a little Bitshares and EOS.

Lasse