Isiqhingi sasePacific saseYap, indawo eyaziwa ngezinto zayo zobuciko eziye zadida abavubukuli amakhulu eminyaka. Enye yezinto ezinjalo yitshe le-rai - uhlobo lwemali oluyingqayizivele oluxoxa indaba ethakazelisayo ngomlando namasiko esiqhingi.
Itshe le-rai akuyona imali yakho evamile. I-limestone disk enkulu, enye inkulu kunomuntu. Cabanga nje isisindo esiphelele kanye nemvelo enzima yalawa matshe.
Nokho, la matshe ayesetshenziswa njengemali abantu baseYapese. Ayehwetshwa njengezipho zomshado, asetshenziselwa izizathu zezombangazwe, akhokhwa njengesihlengo, futhi agcinwa ngisho njengamafa.
Kodwa kwakukhona inselele eyodwa enkulu ngalolu hlobo lwemali - usayizi wabo kanye nokuba ntekenteke kwenza kube nzima kumnikazi omusha ukuhambisa itshe eduze kwekhaya labo.
Ukuze unqobe le nselele, umphakathi wamaYapese wasungula isimiso somlomo esihlakaniphile. Wonke amalungu omphakathi ayazi amagama abanikazi bamatshe kanye nemininingwane yanoma yikuphi ukuhweba. Lokhu kwaqinisekisa ukuba sobala futhi kwalawula ukuhamba kolwazi.
Sibheke phambili ngokushesha osukwini lwamanje, lapho sizithola sisenkathini yama-cryptocurrencies. Futhi nakuba amatshe e-rai kanye ne-cryptocurrencies kungase kubonakale sengathi umhlaba uhlukene, kukhona ukufana okumangalisayo phakathi kwalokhu kokubili.
Faka i-blockchain, incwadi evulekile yobunikazi be-cryptocurrency ehlinzeka ngokusobala nokuphepha. Kuyafana nesiko lomlomo lamaYapese, lapho wonke umuntu wayazi ukuthi iliphi itshe.
Abavubukuli bamangala lapho bethola ukuthi le “ncwadi yomlomo” yakudala kanye ne-blockchain yanamuhla yenze umsebenzi ofanayo ngezinhlobo zazo zemali - ukugcina ukulawula komphakathi phezu kolwazi nokuphepha.
Ngakho-ke, njengoba sijula ekujuleni kwezimfihlakalo zamatshe e-rai kanye ne-blockchain, siqala ukuqaphela ukuthi ngisho nakumabanga amade wesikhathi namasiko, izimiso ezithile zemali zihlala zingashintshile.