Lezi zindaba zikhishwe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule I-Microsoft ibuyekeze Imigomo Yesevisi yayo futhi ngaphakathi kwezinguquko ezenziwe, singathola ukungakwazi ukumba ama-cryptocurrencies ngezinsizakalo ku-inthanethi, ngaphandle kwemvume ekhishwe inkampani.
Isinqumo siboniswe ngokubuyekezwa kweMigomo yayo Yelayisense Yomhlaba Wonke yezinsiza ze-inthanethi waqala ukusebenza ngoDisemba 1. Lo mbhalo uhlanganisa noma iyiphi "isevisi ephethwe yi-Microsoft ikhasimende elibhalisela kuyo ngaphansi kwesivumelwano selayisensi yeVolume ye-Microsoft", ehlobene kakhulu ne-Azure.
Kusukela ngomhla ka-1 Disemba 2022, abasebenzisi be-Microsoft ngeke besakwazi ukusebenzisa izinkundla zamafu ngaphandle kokuthola imvume enkampanini. Bekusekubuyekezweni kwayo kokuthi "Inqubomgomo Yokusebenzisa Eyamukelekayo" lapho inkampani yacacisa ukuthi "izimayini ze-cryptocurrency zivinjelwe ngaphandle kwemvume yangaphambili evela kwaMicrosoft."
Imikhawulo emisha Bahlose ukukhulisa ukuzinza kwezinsizakalo zabo zamafu. Eqinisweni, lapho ebuzwa ngalolu shintsho, uMshicileli weWindows uthe izimayini ze-cryptocurrency zinga:
Phakamisa noma ulimaze izinsiza ze-inthanethi kanye nabasebenzisi bazo...
Izimayini ze-Cryptocurrency ngokuvamile zingaxhunyaniswa nokukhwabanisa ku-inthanethi nokuhlaselwa okuhlukumezayo, njengokufinyelela okungagunyaziwe kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezinsiza zamakhasimende. Senze lolu shintsho ukuze siqhubeke sivikele amakhasimende ethu futhi sehlise ubungozi bokuphazamiseka noma ukuwohloka kwamasevisi e-Microsoft Cloud. Imvume ye-cryptography yezimayini ingase icatshangelwe ukuze kuhlolwe futhi kuphenywe ukutholwa kwezokuphepha,” kuchaza umkhulumeli we-Microsoft.
Lesi sibuyekezo, esisebenza kusukela ekuqaleni kwenyanga, sithinta bonke abasebenzisi be-Microsoft, okuhlanganisa namakhasimende akhokhayo:
"Iklayenti, noma labo abafinyelela isevisi ye-inthanethi ngeklayenti, abangasebenzisa isevisi ye-inthanethi ukuze bembe i-cryptocurrency ngaphandle kwemvume ebhaliwe ye-Microsoft ngaphambili."
Kubonakala sengathi i-Microsoft ayizange yenze lesi sinqumo esidlangalaleni ngale kwekhasi lesifinyezo soshintsho futhi, emahoreni ambalwa adlule, kuSaziso sikazakwethu esinesihloko esithi: "Izinyathelo Ezibalulekile Ozakwethu Okudingeka Bazithathe Ukuze Uvikele I-Ecosystem Kazakwethu."
Lo mbhalo usho lokho inqubomgomo yokusetshenziswa eyamukelekayo ibuyekeziwe ukuze ivimbele ngokusobala ukumba izimayini ye-cryptocurrency kuzo zonke izinsiza ze-inthanethi ze-Microsoft, ngaphandle uma i-Microsoft inikeza imvume ebhalwe phansi ngaphambili.
Bese uthi:
"Siphakamisa ukuthi ufune imvume ebhalwe phansi kwa-Microsoft ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i-Microsoft Online Services ukuze uthole imayini ye-cryptocurrency, kungakhathaliseki ubude bokubhalisa."
Yize inkampani yethule imikhawulo ezimayini ze-cryptocurrency nge-Microsoft Online Services, inkampani nayo yaphawula ukuthi ingase icabangele ukuvumela izimayini ze-cryptocurrency ngezinjongo zocwaningo nokuhlola.
I-Microsoft Online Services iyingxenye ebalulekile yesu lenkampani lesoftware-as-a-service. Izinsizakalo eziku-inthanethi zifaka phakathi inethiwekhi ye-Microsoft Azure cloud computing, abasebenzisi abayisebenzisela ukumba izimayini ze-cryptocurrency. I-Microsoft ike yazama ukwethula i-Ethereum Blockchain njengesevisi ku-Azure ngo-2015 ngaphambi kokuqeda buthule isevisi ye-Azure Blockchain ngoSepthemba wonyaka odlule.
Ngalesi sibuyekezo, i-Microsoft igxile ekuhambisaneni nezinye izinhlobo ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe ezivimbela izimayini ze-cryptocurrency ezisekelweni zazo zamafu. Icala elifanayo ku-Amazon Web Services, elingakuvumeli ukumba izimayini ze-cryptocurrency ezisebenzisa ngokunenzuzo amaseva ayo kanye ne-Oracle ivimbele ngokuphelele izimayini ze-cryptocurrency efwini layo.
Ngaphambi kwesitatimende somkhulumeli weMicrosoft, abanye bebecabange ukuthi iMicrosoft ingahle ikhathazeke ngokuthi abavukuzi ngeke bakhokhe izikweletu zabo efwini.
Njengoba imboni ye-cryptocurrency ikhungethwe amahlazo azo zonke izinhlobo (njenge-FTX), kanye namanani amaningi amathokheni angaphansi kwaso sonke isikhathi, izikhundla zabavukuzi zingaba… singasho ukuthi ziyingozi. Iqiniso lokuthi iMicrosoft ikhumbuze ozakwethu ukuthi bangavumeli izimayini ze-crypto zisekele lokhu kucatshangelwa, ngoba iMicrosoft ayisebenzi ngokuqondile namakhasimende ayo amaningi.
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