I-Cryptocurrency iyindlela yedijithali yemali esekelwe kubuchwepheshe be-blockchain. Ngokungafani nezimali zendabuko ezifana namadola noma ama-euro, ama-cryptocurrencies awaxhomekile emabhange amaphakathi futhi awalawulwa ohulumeni. Lokhu kwenza ukuba bakhange kubasebenzisi abafuna ukungaziwa nokuzimela ezikhungweni zezezimali.
I-cryptocurrency ngayinye isebenzisa ama-algorithms we-cryptographic ukuvikela ukuthengiselana. Eyaziwa kakhulu kubo yi-Bitcoin, kodwa kunabanye abaningi, njenge-Ethereum, i-Litecoin, nezinye eziningi. Ama-Cryptocurrencies avumela ukudluliselwa okusheshayo nokushibhile ngaphandle kwabaxhumanisi, okwenza kube lula ukuthengiselana kwamazwe ngamazwe.
Kunezindlela eziningana zokugcina i-cryptocurrency, kufaka phakathi izikhwama ze-intanethi namadivayisi we-hardware. Naphezu kokuthandwa okukhulayo, ama-cryptocurrencies ahlala eyimpahla eguquguqukayo, futhi inani lawo lingashintshashintsha. Ukutshala imali kuzo kudinga ukuqapha kanye nokuqonda izingozi ezingaba khona.