🔶 Satoshi Nakamoto
🔸Emhlabeni we-cryptocurrency, amagama ambalwa abaluleke kangaka—futhi angaqondakali—njengo-Satoshi Nakamoto. Lo muntu ongaziwa (usebenzisa igama-mbumbulu) ubizwa ngokuthi udale i-Bitcoin, i-cryptocurrency yokuqala engahlukanisiwe (decentralized), futhi wethula ubuchwepheshe obusekela i-blockchain. Naphezu komthelela omkhulu womsebenzi wabo, ubunikazi bangempela buka-Satoshi buhlala eyimfihlakalo, kuvuse ukulangazela nokucabanga ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene ngokufana.
🔶 Ukuzalwa Kwe-Bitcoin
Ngo-2008, uNakamoto washicilela incwadi emhlophe ebizwa ngokuthi “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” echaza umbono wengcebo yedijithali engeke incike ekuphakathi, evumela izinguquko eziphephile phakathi kwabantu ngaphandle kwesidingo samaphakathi njengezibhange. Inethiwekhi ye-Bitcoin yaqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 2009, uNakamoto wemba ibhlogo yokuqala, eyaziwa ngokuthi “i-genesis block.”