Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that he plans to study cryptocurrencies and other decentralization technologies as part of a larger offer to improve the social network service he co-founded.
Rightly in a Facebook post , Zuckerberg described what he called personal challenges for next year, noting that one is to study the "positive and negative aspects" of cryptocurrency and encryption.
Zuckerberg continued to point out that his theme for this year is to focus on "solving major problems" in technology, media and government. "I am looking forward to bringing together groups of experts to discuss and help work on these issues," he wrote.
Even so, it is his comments on decentralization that make the blockchain world astir.
Praised for his ability to create valuable global networks among peers, Zuckerberg called cryptocurrencies one of the most interesting questions of technology at the moment. He added that today, many have lost faith that "technology would be a decentralizing force."
"There are important counter-tendencies for this, such as encryption and cryptocurrency, which take the power of centralized systems and put it back in the hands of people ... I am interested in deepening and studying the positive and negative aspects of these technologies, and the best way to use them in our services. "
Source: CoinDesk