Janet's bitcoin and Facebook's 10th anniversary

照片取自Janet臉書。

由於日前和朋友聊到WeChat虛擬銀行這件事，我想起之前的比特幣。感覺像是電玩遊戲的虛擬貨幣（我對「虛擬貨幣」的想像也一直停留在電玩遊戲的層次），我對這名詞很陌生也不關心，直到看見Janet在她的臉書上貼出一張標了bitcoin的照片。
然後早上讀了一則相關新聞（加國更多商家擁抱比特幣 | 加拿大+比特幣 | 大紀元 http://ow.ly/tfV6H）中提到「比特幣交易，因為是人與人之間的直接即時轉換，無需向銀行或其他第3方支付手續費等費用，因此，比其他任何形式的支付方式都便捷。對於遊客來說，無需攜帶現金或支付旅遊支票和貨幣兌換費用等。」文中也強調未來交易量若日趨龐大亦會有法律問題及交易安全等情況出現。
真的覺得，愈來愈像活在科幻世界裡了。這是一個新的世代，新的時代，所有的一切都在即時發生，許多神話都在立地創建。但是另一方面，我們這一代也像尚未完全與舊時代斷離臍帶的舊種族，對於這種全新的思惟與模式覺得很虛幻，是否隨時可能啪一聲斷電之後便煙消雲散。
但，新世代呢？自懂事起就摸電腦，十歲起就玩臉書，現在已習慣科幻般思惟的年輕人怎麼想？
很好奇。
方才上臉書，見到臉書創辦人Mark Zuckerberg貼出了創辦十週年感言。我記得臉書當年在台灣真正風行起來是因為開心農場？這可以說是反應台灣的生活民情根基是奠定在電玩遊戲嗎？哈。 
他說，回顧過去十年，他時常自問，為什麼是他們創辦了臉書而不是別人？他們當年只是學生，擁有的資源和大公司無法相比。如果那些公司肯花心力，他們也能做這件事。 
他唯一能想到的答案就是：「因為我們更在乎。」 
「當有些人還在懷疑，和世界聯結真有這麼重要嗎？我們已經在做了。我們只是比任何人都關心『與世界聯結』這件事。直至今日，依然如此。」
他創辦臉書時20歲，今年將滿30歲。
對於敝格的訪客年齡層也感到好奇。歡迎各位在右側邊欄點選年齡調查給我參考。
最後附上Mark今日貼出的感言全文，給大家參考。
Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary. It's been an amazing journey so far, and I'm so grateful to be a part of it. It's rare to be able to touch so many people's lives, and I try to remind myself to make the most of every day and have the biggest impact I can.  People often ask if I always knew that Facebook would become what it is today. No way. I remember getting pizza with my friends one night in college shortly after opening Facebook. I told them I was excited to help connect our school community, but one day someone needed to connect the whole world. I always thought this was important -- giving people the power to share and stay connected, empowering people to build their own communities themselves. When I reflect on the last 10 years, one question I ask myself is: why were we the ones to build this? We were just students. We had way fewer resources than big companies. If they had focused on this problem, they could have done it. The only answer I can think of is: we just cared more. While some doubted that connecting the world was actually important, we were building. While others doubted that this would be sustainable, you were forming lasting connections. We just cared more about connecting the world than anyone else. And we still do today. That's why I'm even more excited about the next ten years than the last. The first ten years were about bootstrapping this network. Now we have the resources to help people across the world solve even bigger and more important problems. Today, only one-third of the world's population has access to the internet. In the next decade, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to connect the other two-thirds. Today, social networks are mostly about sharing moments. In the next decade, they'll also help you answer questions and solve complex problems. Today, we have only a few ways to share our experiences. In the next decade, technology will enable us to create many more ways to capture and communicate new kinds of experiences. It's been amazing to see how all of you have used our tools to build a real community. You've shared the happy moments and the painful ones. You've started new families, and kept spread out families connected. You've created new services and built small businesses. You've helped each other in so many ways. I'm so grateful to be able to help build these tools for you. I feel a deep responsibility to make the most of my time here and serve you the best I can. Thank you for letting me be a part of this journey.