Bitcoin si kuliko ndalama zamagetsi; ndi chithunzi cha ufulu wa ndalama, kusintha, ndi mphamvu ya ukadaulo kusokoneza njira zakale. Iye anakhazikitsidwa mu 2009 ndi munthu wosadziwika Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin anayamba ngati lingaliro — kodi ndalama zingathe kukhala pa intaneti zokha, popanda mabanki, boma, kapena mipanda? Lero, yakhala ndalama yoyamba yochitidwa mwachindunji padziko lonse, yokhala ndi
ebikadde by'abantu, abatekererwa, n'abakunda mu nsi yonna.