Second Life Celebrates 18th Birthday, Touts 70 Million Registered Accounts

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Second Life is turning 18 today and developer Linden Labs is celebrating the online virtual world’s coming of age with various activities, including community-created exhibitions, exclusive items and deals from Shop & Hop, and special Town Hall Q&A events.

Second Life’s creators also took the opportunity to announce that the virtual world has logged over 200,000 daily active users from more than 200 countries and over 70 million registered accounts since it launched in June 2003. The platform also now allows users to earn real-world money through legitimate transactions using a fully-licensed money services company called Tilia Pay.

“The platform boasts a vibrant community of users and creators that have produced more than two billion user-generated virtual goods, and a GDP of over $600,000,000. Linden Lab has continued to innovate, introducing Tilia Pay, the only fully-licensed money services and money transmitter, built over several years to enable Second Life users to sell digital assets and provide services to earn real money in compliance with all US regulations. There are currently 345 million transactions each year within Second Life, with more than $80,000,000 million paid out annually to creators.”

The full schedule of birthday activities can be found on the Second Life official site. You can check out the Second Life 18th Birthday Opening Ceremony right down below.

Second Life's Lab Gab at the SL18B Opening Ceremony!