Ezi ndaba zakhutshwa ukuba kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo UMicrosoft uhlaziye iMigqaliselo yeNkonzo kwaye ngaphakathi kweenguqu ezenziweyo, sinokufumana i akunakwenzeka ukubamba i-cryptocurrencies ngeenkonzo kwi-intanethi, ngaphandle kogunyaziso olukhutshwe yinkampani.
Isigqibo siboniswe ngohlaziyo lweMigaqo yeLayisensi yeHlabathi yeenkonzo ze-intanethi ezithe yaqala ukusebenza nge-1 kaDisemba. Olu xwebhu lubandakanya nayiphi na "inkonzo ebanjwe nguMicrosoft athi umthengi abhalise kuyo phantsi kwesivumelwano seLayisensi yoMqulu weMicrosoft", ngokuyintloko enxulumene neAzure.
Ukusukela nge-1 kaDisemba 2022, abasebenzisi bakaMicrosoft abanakuphinda bagxumeke kwiqonga lelifu ngaphandle kokufumana imvume kwinkampani. Kwakuhlaziywa "kuMgaqo-nkqubo wokusetyenziswa okwamkelekileyo" ukuba inkampani yacacisa ukuba "imigodi ye-cryptocurrency inqatshelwe ngaphandle kokuvunywa kwangaphambili kweMicrosoft."
Izithintelo ezintsha Bajonge ukunyusa ukuzinza kweenkonzo zabo zamafu. Enyanisweni, xa ebuzwa ngolu tshintsho, uMshicileli weWindows wathi imigodi ye-cryptocurrency inokuthi:
Ukuphazamisa okanye ukonakalise iinkonzo ze-intanethi kunye nabasebenzisi bazo...
Imigodi ye-Cryptocurrency inokudityaniswa rhoqo nobuqhetseba be-cyber kunye nokuhlaselwa kakubi, njengokufikelela okungagunyaziswanga kunye nokusetyenziswa kwezibonelelo zabathengi. Senze olu tshintsho ukuze sikhusele ngakumbi abathengi kwaye sithobe umngcipheko wokuphazamiseka okanye ukuwohloka kweenkonzo zikaMicrosoft Cloud. Imvume kwi-cryptography yasemgodini inokuqwalaselwa kuvavanyo kunye nophando lokuchongwa kokhuseleko, ”utshilo isithethi sikaMicrosoft.
Olu hlaziyo, olusebenzayo ukusuka ekuqaleni kwenyanga, luchaphazela bonke abasebenzisi bakaMicrosoft, kuquka abathengi abahlawulayo:
"Ingaba umxhasi, okanye abo bafikelela kwinkonzo ye-intanethi ngomxhasi, abanokusebenzisa inkonzo ye-intanethi ukwenza i-cryptocurrency yam ngaphandle kwemvume ebhaliweyo yakwaMicrosoft."
U-Microsoft akabonakali ngathi enze esi sigqibo esidlangalaleni ngaphaya kwekhasi lesishwankathelo sotshintsho kwaye, kwiiyure ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, kwiSaziso soMlingane esinesihloko esithi: "Amanyathelo aBalulekileyo ekufuneka ewathathile ukuze akhusele i-Ecosystem yeqabane."
Olu xwebhu luchaza ukuba umgaqo-nkqubo wosetyenziso olwamkelekileyo uhlaziywe ukuze ukwalelwe ngokuphandle ukumbiwa kwemigodi ye-cryptocurrency kuzo zonke iinkonzo ze-intanethi zika-Microsoft, ngaphandle kokuba u-Microsoft unike imvume ebhaliweyo kwangaphambili.
Emva koko uthi:
"Sicebisa ukuba ufune imvume ebhaliweyo kwangaphambili kuMicrosoft ngaphambi kokusebenzisa iiNkonzo ze-Intanethi zikaMicrosoft kwimigodi ye-cryptocurrency, nokuba ubude bomrhumo."
Nangona inkampani iye yazisa izithintelo kwimigodi ye-cryptocurrency ngeeNkonzo ze-Intanethi zikaMicrosoft, inkampani nayo kuphawulwe ukuba inokucinga ngokuvumela imigodi ye-cryptocurrency kuphando kunye neenjongo zovavanyo.
Iinkonzo ze-Intanethi zikaMicrosoft yinxalenye ephambili yenkqubo yesoftware yenkampani njengenkonzo. Iinkonzo ezikwi-Intanethi ziquka iMicrosoft Azure cloud computing network, esetyenziswa ngabasebenzisi ukwenza imigodi ye-cryptocurrency. UMicrosoft wayekhe wazama ukusungula i-Ethereum Blockchain njengenkonzo kwi-Azure ngo-2015 ngaphambi kokuphelisa ngokuthula inkonzo ye-Azure Blockchain ngoSeptemba wonyaka ophelileyo.
Ngolu hlaziyo, iMicrosoft ixhaswe ngokuhambelana nezinye iimpawu eziphambili zetekhnoloji ezivala imigodi ye-cryptocurrency kumaqonga abo elifu. Imeko efanayo kwiiNkonzo zeWebhu ye-Amazon, engavumeli imigodi ye-cryptocurrency ethatha ithuba kwiiseva zayo kunye ne-Oracle ithintele ngokupheleleyo imigodi ye-cryptocurrency kwilifu layo.
Ngaphambi kwengxelo yesithethi sikaMicrosoft, abanye babecinga ukuba iMicrosoft inokuba nexhala lokuba abasebenzi basezimayini abayi kuhlawula amatyala abo efini.
Ngomzi mveliso we-cryptocurrency ukhathazwa ngamahlazo azo zonke iintlobo (ezinje ngeFTX), kunye namaxabiso amathokheni amaninzi angaphantsi kwamaxesha onke, izikhundla zabasebenzi basezimayini zinokuba… Inyani yokuba iMicrosoft ikhumbuze amaqabane ukuba angavumeli imigodi ye-crypto ixhase le ngcinga, kuba iMicrosoft ayijongani ngqo nabathengi bayo abaninzi.
Okokugqibela, ukuba unomdla wokwazi ngakumbi ngayo, ungajongana notshintsho kwi eli khonkco lilandelayo.