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Yintoni i-Bitcoin?

I-Bitcoin yeyokuqala kunye neyona ndlela idumileyo ye-cryptocurrency. Ivumela ukutshintshiselana koontanga kwixabiso kummandla wedijithali ngokusetyenziswa kweprotocol yolawulo, i-cryptography, kunye nendlela yokufezekisa ukuvumelana kwehlabathi jikelele kwimeko yeleja yentengiselwano ehlaziywa ngamaxesha ebizwa ngokuba 'yi-blockchain.'

Ngokwenyani, iBitcoin luhlobo lwemali yedijithali (1) ekhoyo ngokuzimeleyo kuye nawuphi na urhulumente, urhulumente, okanye iziko lezemali, (2) inokudluliselwa kwihlabathi jikelele ngaphandle kwesidingo somlamli ophakathi, kwaye (3) inomgaqo-mali owaziwayo ongenakuguqulwa.

Kwinqanaba elinzulu, i-Bitcoin inokuchazwa njengenkqubo yezopolitiko, ifilosofi, kunye nezoqoqosho. Oku kubulela kwindibaniselwano yeempawu zobugcisa ezidibanisayo, uluhlu olubanzi lwabathathi-nxaxheba kunye nabachaphazelekayo ababandakanyekayo, kunye nenkqubo yokwenza utshintsho kwiprotocol.

I-Bitcoin inokubhekisa kwi-bitcoin software protocol kunye nakwiyunithi yemali, ehamba ngophawu lweticker ye-BTC.

Yaziswa ngokungaziwa ngo-Januwari ka-2009 kwiqela le-niche yeeteknoloji, i-Bitcoin ngoku yi-asethi yezemali ethengiswa kwihlabathi lonke kunye nomthamo wemihla ngemihla olinganiswa kumashumi eebhiliyoni zeedola. Nangona imeko yayo yolawulo ihluka ngokwengingqi kwaye iyaqhubeka nokuvela, i-Bitcoin idla ngokulawulwa njengemali okanye imveliso, kwaye isemthethweni ukuyisebenzisa (ngamanqanaba ahlukeneyo ezithintelo) kuwo wonke uqoqosho olukhulu. NgoJuni ka-2021, i-El Salvador yaba lilizwe lokuqala ukugunyazisa i-Bitcoin njengethenda esemthethweni.