Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-bitcoin ihlupheke ngokumangalisayo kwaye inyuka, ukufikelela ubuninzi be- $ 19.000 ngeyunithi. Ixabiso le-bitcoin lenyuka lize liwele njengogwebu, ke kuya kufuneka usoloko ukwazi ngokuguquguquka kwayo ukuba sifuna ukwenza utyalomali lwexesha elifutshane.
Kodwa kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo, ixabiso le-bitcoin lalimalunga ne- $ 500. Ukulandela imeko yeempawu ezithile ezinkulu, ezinje ngeMicrosoft okanye iSteam, Imvumi i-50 Cent yamkele i-bitcoin njengemali yokuthenga i-albhamu yakhe yamva nje, icwecwe elalidlula kwimarike ngaphandle kwentlungu okanye uzuko, kuba alizange likwazi ukuthengisa nje ngaphantsi kwe-150.000 yeekopi.
Ukuthengisa irekhodi lakhe leetcoins ikwazile ukuphakamisa malunga ne-700 bitcoins, elinexabiso lentengiso ngelo xesha lalimalunga ne-400.000 yeedola. Kubonakala ngathi le mali yayingafuneki ngelo xesha, kuba wabashiya belibele kwisipaji sakhe. Kude kube ngoku.
Kuya kusiba yinto eqhelekileyo ukuva malunga ne-bitcoin njengemali yokwenza intengiselwano. Ukongeza, ngokunyuka okumangalisayo okuye kwahlupheka kokubini kuyo yonke i-2017 nakwinyanga yokuqala ye-2018, nangona namhlanje iye yehla kakhulu, umlobi uxele ngeakhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram ukuba Ixabiso lee-bitcoins aziphetheyo lixabisa i-7,7 yezigidi zeedola.
Umbono wokwamkela i-bitcoins ukuze uthengise icwecwe lakhe, kuyacaca ukuba yayiyindlela enqwenelekayo yokuba kwiminyaka embalwa emva kokuba evunyelwe ukufumana isipho esigqwesileyo kwaye bakhonza njengomvuzo kwi-albhamu awayikhupha ngo-2014, i-albhamu ethi kwamkhokelela ekonakaleni. Njengoko intetho isithi: kungcono emva kwexesha kunangaphambili, kwaye ngeli xesha lizalisekisiwe.