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Maritza, a professional yoga trainer, is one of almost 100,000 users of Bliive－a Brazil-based website that brands itself as the world’s largest online time-exchange platform.
Maritza 是專業瑜珈教練，她是 Bliive 的近 10 萬用戶之一。Bliive 是一家總部位於巴西的網站，自稱為全球最大的線上時間交換平台。

Bliive looks and feels like a social media platform.
Bliive 看起來和感覺都像一個社群媒體平台。

Its users trade services, including guitar lessons, air conditioner repairs and tarot card readings, without any cash or creditcard transactions.
其用戶交易服務，包括吉他課程、空調維修和塔羅牌占卜，無需任何現金或信用卡交易。

For each hour of service provided, the user receives Time Money, with which they can buy another service.
對於提供的每一小時的服務，用戶都會收到時間金錢，他們可以用它購買另一項服務。

Maritza earned almost 40 hours’ worth of Bliive services.
Maritza 獲得了近 40 小時的 Bliive 服務。

With that much Time Money, she was able to create her own website about breathing techniques, including her own branding.
有了這麼多的時間和金錢，她能夠創建自己的有關呼吸技巧的網站，包括她自己的品牌。

Each person offers his help in one-hourchunks, and people who have “exchanged” Time Money can rate and review the quality of the service provided.
每個人以一小時為單位提供幫助，「交換」時間金錢的人可以對所提供服務的品質進行評分和審查。

　　Bliive was founded a year and a half ago by Lorrana Scarpioni, a 24-year-old public relations student.
Bliive 由 24 歲的公共關係學生 Lorrana Scarpioni 於一年半前創立。

She now employs a team of about a dozen people in Sao Paulo.
她現在在聖保羅僱用了一個大約十幾人的團隊。

She came up with the idea after watching documentaries about the sharing economy and alternative currencies.
她在觀看有關共享經濟和替代貨幣的紀錄片後產生了這個想法。

“If people were willing to engage in couch surfing－letting complete strangers into their houses－surely there was a potential for exchanging something as simple as one hour of a service,”Lorrana says.“Bliive is a collaborative network of time exchange.
「如果人們願意進行沙發衝浪(「couch surfing 沙發衝浪」 來描述一個人因為沒有住所而到朋友或親戚家裡借宿，而且借宿時很可能是睡在沙發上)——讓完全陌生的人進入他們的房子——肯定有可能交換像一小時服務這樣簡單的東西，」洛拉納說。「Bliive 是一個時間交換的協作網絡。

We see this platform as a movement that shows people the real value of exchanges and how they can develop themselves this way.”
我們將這個平台視為一場運動，向人們展示交流的真正價值以及他們如何以這種方式發展自己。”

　　Bliive takes the concept of the sharing economy－popularized by platforms including Uber and Airbnb－a stepfurther.
Bliive 將共享經濟的概念（在 Uber 和 Airbnb 等平台上廣受歡迎）更進一步。

It creates a new channel between the supply and demand of services, and does away with conventional cash altogether.
它在服務的供給和需求之間創建了一個新的管道，並完全廢除了傳統的現金。

More than 90,000 services are on offer on the website, making it larger than other barter-based sites.
該網站提供超過 90,000 項服務，比其他以物易物網站規模更大。

“Theno-money-involved transferences can be a great alternative to keep people developing themselves.
「不涉及金錢的轉移可能是讓人們自我發展的一個很好的選擇。

We see a lot of people who have graduated with very nice degrees, but they don’t have jobs,” she says.
我們看到很多人畢業時獲得了很好的學位，但他們沒有工作，」她說。

While Bliive aims to become more profitable, Lorrana is keen to retain its core values.
雖然 Bliive 的目標是提高獲利能力，但 Lorrana 卻熱衷於保留其核心價值。

“We use these talents and values to create a world that is more collaborative and less competitive, more focused on the value of people, not just the value of money,” she says.
「我們利用這些人才和價值觀來創造一個更具協作性、更少競爭、更注重人的價值而不僅僅是金錢的價值的世界，」她說。