Ukucinywa okukhulu kwenethiwekhi ye-Bank of America kwathinta amashumi ezinkulungwane zamakhasimende, kubashiya ngebhalansi ye- $ 0 kuma-akhawunti abo futhi ngaphandle kokufinyelela kumasevisi asebhange weselula naku-intanethi, okuholela ekwandeni kwezingcingo zokuguqulwa kwezezimali nokusetshenziswa kwe-cryptocurrencies efana ne-Bitcoin, okungekho ngaphansi kokuphazamiseka 💸 okunjalo

On Okthoba 2, amashumi ezinkulungwane zamakhasimende eBhange laseMelika abhekene nokucinywa kwenethiwekhi okwandile, okwenza abaningi bangakwazi ukufinyelela ama-akhawunti abo noma babone ibhalansi ye- $ 0. Izindaba zaqala cishe ngo-16: 26 UTC futhi zaphakama ngemuva kwemizuzu engu-15 lapho cishe abantu abangu-18,000 bebika ubunzima, ngokusho kwedatha ye-Downdetector.

Kuzungeze i-98% yezikhalazo zazihlobene nezinsizakalo zebhange zeselula ne-intanethi. Ngenkathi iBhange laseMelika lingazange likhiphe ngokusemthethweni isitatimende, amazwana ku-CNN abonisa ukuthi le nkinga ixazululwe kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, amanye amakhasimende aphikisana nalokhu, ethi ukufinyelela kuma-akhawunti kwakungakatholakali.

Amanye amakhasimende azwakalise ukunganeliseki, aphawula ukuthi ibhalansi yawo ikhombise u-$0, kanti izikweletu azikashintshi. Elinye ikhasimende laphawula ngokuhlambalaza: "Imali yami iphelile, kodwa izikweletu zami zisekhona."

Lesi sigameko siholele ekwandeni kwezingcingo zokuguqulwa kwezezimali, nabasekeli be-Bitcoin basebenzisa icala njengobufakazi besidingo sokugcina izimali ngaphandle kwamabhange.