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Yini i-Bitcoin?

I-Bitcoin iyi-cryptocurrency yokuqala futhi eyaziwa kakhulu. Inika amandla ukushintshaniswa kwenani kontanga kuya kontanga endaweni yedijithali ngokusebenzisa iphrothokholi ehlukanisiwe, i-cryptography, kanye nendlela yokufeza ukuvumelana komhlaba wonke mayelana nesimo sencwadi ebuyekezwa ngezikhathi ezithile yokwenziwayo yomphakathi ebizwa ngokuthi 'i-blockchain.'

Uma sikhuluma nje, i-Bitcoin iwuhlobo lwemali yedijithali (1) ekhona ngaphandle kwanoma imuphi uhulumeni, izwe, noma isikhungo sezezimali, (2) engadluliswa emhlabeni wonke ngaphandle kwesidingo somlamuli ophakathi nendawo, futhi (3) enenqubomgomo yezimali eyaziwa ngokungangabazeki engenakuguqulwa.

Ezingeni elijulile, i-Bitcoin ingachazwa njengohlelo lwezombangazwe, lwefilosofi, nolwezomnotho. Lokhu kungenxa yokuhlanganiswa kwezici zobuchwepheshe ezihlanganisayo, uhlu olubanzi lwabahlanganyeli nababambiqhaza elibabandakanyayo, kanye nenqubo yokwenza izinguquko kuphrothokholi.

I-Bitcoin ingabhekisela kuhlelo lwesofthiwe ye-Bitcoin kanye neyunithi yemali, ehamba ngophawu lwethikha lwe-BTC.

Yethulwa ngokungaziwa ngoJanuwari 2009 eqenjini le-niche lochwepheshe, i-Bitcoin manje isiyimpahla yezezimali ehwebelana emhlabeni wonke enenani elikhokhelwe nsuku zonke elilinganiswa ngamashumi ezigidigidi zamaRandi. Nakuba isimo sayo sokulawula sihluka ngokwesifunda futhi siyaqhubeka nokuvela, i-Bitcoin ivame ukulawulwa njengohlobo lwemali noma impahla, futhi isemthethweni ukusetshenziswa (ngamazinga ahlukahlukene emikhawulo) kuyo yonke iminotho emikhulu. NgoJuni 2021, i-El Salvador yaba izwe lokuqala ukugunyaza i-Bitcoin njengethenda esemthethweni.