UBrian Armstrong, umseki kunye ne-CEO yeCoinbase.Ifoto nguSteve Jennings / Getty Izithombe zeTechCrunch Nokuba ii-cryptocurrensets zilikamva lemali-okanye kwane-asethi esemthethweni yotyalo-mali - iseyimpikiswano. Kodwa ubuncinci omnye wabaphumeleleyo kwi-Bitcoin boom sele ikhuphe imali ngokwaneleyo ukuba ijoyine iligi enobutyebi be-Warren Buffett, uBill Gates kunye no-Elon Musk ukuba bazibhale njenge-bilionea philanthropist.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, uBrian Armstrong, umsunguli kunye ne-CEO yeminyaka engama-35 ye-cryptocurrency yokurhweba nge-Coinbase, watyikitya iSithembiso sokuNika, esiqaliswe nguBuffett noGates ngo-2010, ukuba anikezele ngobuninzi bomnatha wakhe kwizizathu zokupha.
U-Armstrong, usomashishini wokuqala, wayengusomashishini wokuqala we-crypto ukuba atyikitye isibambiso, esiqeshe ngaphezulu kwe-180 yezigidigidi zezipho, kubandakanya uRay Dalio, UBill Ackman noMichael Bloomberg, phakathi kwabanye.
U-Armstrong waseka Coinbase ngo-2012 (xa iBitcoin yayingaphantsi kwe- $ 10) nowayesakuba yibhanki yaseGoldman Sachs uFred Ehrsam. Inkampani kutshanje ixabise i-8 yezigidigidi zeedola, ibeka imali ye-Armstrong kwi-1.3 yezigidigidi zeedola, ngokwe Forbes .
Kwincopho yebhola yeBitcoin ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari walo nyaka, iForbes iqikelele intsalela yeArmstrong phakathi kwe-900 yezigidi kunye ne-1 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ukusukela ngoko, ixabiso ledola yeBitcoin lehle ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-80. Kodwa oko kuphazamiseka akuzange kumise uCoinbase ekukhuleni, yiyo loo nto ubutyebi buka-Armstrong.
Kwiinyanga zokuhla okubukhali kweBitcoin kulo nyaka, uCoinbase wongeze abasebenzisi ngesantya esiphezulu kunangaphambi kwencopho ye-2017 yemali yedijithali. Ngokwedatha efundwe ngu Umvangeli weBitcoin u-Alistair Milne , I-Coinbase ityikitye abasebenzisi abangama-25,000 ngosuku phakathi koFebruwari no-Okthobha. Aba basebenzisi bahlawula umrhumo wekhomishini ye-1.5 yepesenti kwintengiselwano nganye eyenziweyo kutshintshiselwano.
Nje ukuba inqanaba elithile lobutyebi lifikelelwe, akukho nto incinci eyongezelelweyo ekusebenziseni inkcitho eninzi kuwe. Amabhongo omnye aqala ukuphuma, utshilo u-Armstrong iposti yebhlog Kwiwebhusayithi yokuNika iSithembiso. Ndihlala ndibathanda abaseki kunye neenkokheli ezinamabhongo okuphucula umhlaba zithatha indawo yazo naziphi na iinjongo ezinxulumene nobutyebi bomntu.
Ukongeza kwi-Giving Pledge, ebutsheni balo nyaka u-Armstrong waqala umzamo owahlukileyo wobubele obizwa ngokuba nguGiveCrypto.org, owenza ukugqithiselwa kwemali ngokuthe ngqo kubantu abahlala kwintlupheko. Eli qonga linokunceda abanikeli abangafuni ukuveza izazisi zabo zokwenyani baguqule igalelo le-crypto ibe yimali ngaphandle kokuba umntu ofumana uncedo amisele isipaji sedijithali.
UGiveCrypto.org ukuza kuthi ga ngoku uphakamise i-cryptocurrensets ezixabisa i-4 yezigidi zeedola ezivela kubaxhasi.
Ndonwabile malunga namandla alo mbutho wokunceda abantu, kodwa ndisekuhambeni kwangoko kuhambo lwam lokufumanisa indlela yokufumana ifuthe kakhulu ngobubele, wabhala u-Armstrong.
