Ngokusekelwe kwisicatshulwa esithetha ngeBitcoin, ngawaphi amazwe aye ayivala iBitcoin?
Context:I-Bitcoin (isifinyezo: BTC[a] okanye i-XBT[b]; uphawu: <unk>) yiprotocol esebenzisa i-ledger efumaneka kakhulu, yoluntu, esisigxina, kunye ne-decentralized. Ukuze wongeze kwincwadi enkulu, umsebenzisi kufuneka abonise ukuba ulawula irekhodi kwincwadi enkulu. Umgaqo-nkqubo ucacisa ukuba eli nqaku libonisa isixa se-token, i-bitcoin enonobumba omncinci u-b. Umsebenzisi unokuhlaziya i-ledger, anikezele ngenxalenye ye-bitcoin yakhe kwenye irekhodi kwi-ledger. Ngenxa yokuba i-token ineempawu zemali, inokujongwa njengemali yedijithali.   Iintengiselwano zeBitcoin ziqinisekiswa ziinqununu zothungelwano ngokusebenzisa i-cryptography zize zirekhodwe kwi-ledger yoluntu ekwabelwana ngayo ebizwa ngokuba yi-blockchain. I-cryptocurrency yasungulwa ngo-2008 ngumntu ongaziwayo okanye iqela labantu abasebenzisa igama elithi Satoshi Nakamoto. Le mali yaqala ukusetyenziswa ngo-2009, xa ukuphunyezwa kwayo kwakhutshwa njengesoftware yomthombo ovulekileyo.: ch. 1 Igama elithi "bitcoin" lachazwa kwiphepha elimhlophe elapapashwa ngo-Oktobha 31, 2008. Yinkomfa yamagama athi bit nelithi coin.   ILibrari yeCongress inika ingxelo yokuba, ukususela ngoNovemba 2021, amazwe asithoba aye awathintela ngokupheleleyo ukusetyenziswa kwe-bitcoin, ngoxa amanye amashumi amane anesibini aye awathintela ngokungqalileyo. Oorhulumente abambalwa baye basebenzisa i-bitcoin ngandlel' ithile. I-El Salvador iye yamkela iBitcoin njengemali esemthethweni, nangona abasebenzi bezorhwebo beyisebenzisa kancinane. I-Ukraine yamkele iminikelo ye-cryptocurrency ukuze ixhase ukuxhathisa ukuhlasela kweRashiya ngowama-2022. I-Iran iye yasebenzisa i-bitcoin ukuze igqithe kwizivumelwano.
Ukususela ngoNovemba 2021, amazwe angama-42 aye akuvala ngokupheleleyo ukusetyenziswa kweBitcoin kwaye amazwe ali-9 aye akuvala ngokupheleleyo ukusetyenziswa kwayo.