Trustroots

Trustroots is a non-profit hospitality exchange service featuring “circles” for hitchhikers, cyclists, buskers, train hoppers, vegans and vegetarians, climbers and others.[2][3] The platform is a gift economy — hosts are not supposed to charge for lodging and are not bound.[4] In 2020, Trustroots counted 44,000 members.[1] The software for the website of Trustroots is open source.[5] 12 people including its co-founder Michael Korpela contributed to it so far.[6] Trustroots' mobile app is obtainable for iOS and Android.[7] Trustroots' members originate from 220 countries.[8]

Trustroots
Type of businessnon-profit organization
Area servedGlobal
OwnerTrustroots Foundation
Key peopleMikael Korpela (co-founder), Kasper Souren (co-founder)
ProductsHomestay
ServicesSocial networking service, Communication
URLwww.trustroots.org
Users44,000 members (As of 24 June 2020)
[1]
Part of a series on
Homestays
Hospitality exchange services
Hospitality for work
Hospitality for money
Home exchange and others
For the term "trust root" from cryptography, see Root certificate.

History

Trustroots was founded by Kasper Souren and Mikael Korpela in 2014 in Berlin, Germany.[7]

References
  1. "Pandemic hits 'couchsurfing' travel bug". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. "The Best Websites For Finding Free Lodging During Your Next Vacation". TravelAwaits. 2021-01-10. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. Ryals, Mitch. "Derailed". Inlander. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. "Suicidal teen learns world isn't a 'big bad place' through travel". South China Morning Post. 2021-04-02. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. "Introducing Trustroots". Mikael Korpela. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. "Trustroots". GitHub. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. "Trustroots". tracxn.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ПРОСКУРЯКОВ, Евгений (2021-03-20). "Пять вещей, которые вы покупаете, а могли бы получить бесплатно". kp.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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