I-Bitcoin yimali yedijithali esekwe kwitekhnoloji ebizwa ngokuba yi-blockchain. Yenziwe ngo-2009 ngumntu ongaziwayo okanye iqela elisebenzisa i-pseudonym uSatoshi Nakamoto. I-Bitcoin isebenza ngokuzimeleyo nakuwuphi na urhulumente okanye inkqubo yezemali, oku kuthetha ukuba yimali yasimahla engalawulwayo naliphi na iziko elinye. [1]

Ilogo yeBitcoin

Abasebenzisi beBitcoin banokuthumela kwaye bafumane imali ngokukhawuleza nangokulula, kungakhathaliseki ukuba baphi na emhlabeni. Zonke iintengiselwano zirekhodwa kwileja yoluntu eyaziwa ngokuba yi-blockchain, ebonelela elubala kunye nokhuseleko. Ukuqinisekisa ukuthengiselana, inkqubo ebizwa ngokuba yi "mining" isetyenziswa, apho iikhomputha zenza izibalo ezinzima ukuvelisa i-Bitcoin.

Kusekho ingxoxo eninzi malunga nokusetyenziswa kweBitcoin, ngakumbi malunga nokuba semthethweni kwayo, ubumfihlo, kunye nefuthe kurhwebo lwehlabathi. Nangona kunjalo, i-Bitcoin ihlala iyeyona idumileyo kunye neyona mali inkulu yedijithali emhlabeni.

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  1. "Bitcoin: What is it and how do you use it?" BBC Bitesize (in en-GB) retrieved 2024-12-13