UMerten naye wajonga iitshati zenyanga ezibandakanya ixesha elide.Ukholelwa ukuba i-Bitcoin ayinayo, njengoko abantu abaninzi becinga, umjikelo wesiqingatha seminyaka yonke emine.Ukholelwa ukuba ixabiso leBitcoin lilandela umjikelo okhulayo.Umjikelo wokuqala onjalo wenzeka malunga no-2010. Ngelo xesha, "saqala ukufumana idatha yexabiso lokwenyani leBitcoin, umthamo worhwebo wokwenene, kunye notshintshiselwano lokuqala oluphambili lwaqala ukuluhlu lweBitcoin. ukurhweba.”Umjikelo wokuqala wathabatha amaxesha ali-11.inyanga.Umjikelo ngamnye olandelayo uya kwongeza malunga nonyaka (iinyanga ze-11-13) ukwenza umjikelezo ngamnye uhlale ixesha elide, ngoko ke ndibiza ngokuthi "umjikelezo wokwandisa".

Umjikelo wesibini uqala ngo-Oktobha 2011 ukuya kuNovemba 2013, kwaye umjikelo wesithathu uphela ngoDisemba 2017 xa ixabiso leBitcoin lifikelele kwinqanaba eliphezulu le-20,000 USD.Umjikelo wangoku weBitcoin uqala ekupheleni kwemarike yebhere ka-2019 kwaye mhlawumbi uya kuphela “malunga noNovemba ka-2022.”