Step into the world behind the code with OKX and Google Cloud

"Hello World" is almost the first string of characters that every programmer encounters, first mentioned in 1972 in an internal technical document titled "A Tutorial Introduction to the Language B" written by Brian Kernighan, a member of Bell Labs.

In the decades that followed, human society began to gradually be reshaped by code.

With the popularization and application of computer hardware and internet software products like Google, people started to pay more attention to the individuals behind the code—software developers (programmers).

Salute to 1024, Approaching the World Behind Code

The developer community is usually very low-key, but the lines of code they type in front of their screens are constantly influencing people's lives.

Notable figures such as Satoshi Nakamoto, the father of Bitcoin; Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum; Steve Jobs, the father of Apple; Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook; Zhang Yiming, CEO of ByteDance; and even mathematicians and computer scientists like John von Neumann, Alan Turing, and Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the World Wide Web, represent top developers at different stages, all contributing to the development of the internet.

To pay tribute to these dreamers at their fingertips, the globally leading Web3 technology company OKX and Google Cloud randomly interviewed developers from various backgrounds ahead of the tenth 1024 Programmer's Day.

Although they often suffer from free dark circles and may face risks of hair loss and difficulty finding a girlfriend, the interviewed developers all expressed a deep love for their work. Some mentioned they would choose to be programmers again in their next life, while others stated they are developing applications that make it easier for the public to enter the Web3 network through the power of code.

Web3 frequently occupies the hot topic list in developer circles. Although people often conceptually separate it from Web2, returning to the original blueprint of the internet's conception at the birth of code, Web3 seems more like a new stage in the development of the internet. It is widely believed that its core lies in reshaping the relationship between people and data, truly returning data ownership to individuals.

The Bitcoin network is an early prototype of Web3.

Reshaping 1024, Inspiring Creativity at Your Fingertips

Satoshi Nakamoto created a decentralized, highly secure, and transparent peer-to-peer cash network system through minimalist code, breaking traditional financial models while pioneering blockchain technology; the popularization of Ethereum smart contracts has further enabled more possibilities for decentralized networks, all of which are inseparable from the geek spirit of developers.

As inheritors and promoters of the geek spirit, OKX is leading developers to co-build the industry. They support the infrastructure development of the Bitcoin ecosystem at the first opportunity, promoting innovation in Bitcoin's application scenarios; they were the first to adopt MPC multi-signature technology and AA account abstraction technology, significantly lowering the barriers for users to enter the Web3 world, and integrating NFTs into people's lives by providing technical support for NFT tickets for large events, allowing creativity at their fingertips to gradually enter people's lives.

This time, OKX and Google Cloud chose the timing of the 1024 Programmer's Day to walk into the world behind code with the public, seemingly indicating that the conceptual boundaries between Web2 and Web3 are being broken.

Relevant development leaders stated that "Rewrite the System, Rewrite the 1024" is the value anchor that OKX adheres to. They hope to pay tribute to global developers on the 1024 Programmer's Day while calling on aspiring developers worldwide to view the development of global Web3 with a more open mindset and a longer-term perspective, further unleashing creativity at their fingertips under the premise of upholding the spirit of Web3, making Web3 as user-friendly as Web2, and promoting Web3 to benefit the whole world.

Because whether it is Web3 or Web2, the spirit of developers' "Hello World" is highly consistent.

Both Google and OKX are changing the world with code.