David Edwards
Majalisar birnin Vancouver ta amince da wani yunkuri don gano hada Bitcoin cikin ayyukan hada-hadar kudi na birni. Kudirin, wanda aka gabatar da shi Magajin garin Vancouver Ken Sim yayin zaman majalisar a ranar 11 ga watan Disamba, an amince da shi da kuri'u shida na goyon bayan, biyu suka ki, uku kuma suka ki amincewa.
Ƙaddamar da damuwa game da hauhawar farashin kaya da rage darajar kuɗi, aikin yana neman sanin ko aiwatar da Bitcoin a matsayin ajiyar birni da madadin biyan kuɗi yana yiwuwa.
"Muna da kalubale masu araha, kuma na yi imani da gaske cewa Bitcoin na iya zama wani abu da zai iya magance kalubalenmu, na kudi da kuma araha," in ji Sim.
Sim ya ba da misali da yanayin tattalin arziƙin a matsayin dalilai masu ƙarfafawa, gami da haɓakar 381% a farashin gidaje daga 1995 zuwa 2022 da kuma hasara mai yawa a cikin ƙayyadaddun abubuwan samun kudin shiga na birni, wanda ya ragu da dala miliyan 185 a darajar kasuwa. Sim yayi jayayya cewa kadarorin gargajiya, irin su zinare, sun gaza ci gaba da tafiya tare da hauhawar farashin kayayyaki, yana mai jaddada yuwuwar Bitcoin a matsayin ajiyar darajar.
Sim ya sanar da ’yan majalisar cewa, “Akwai wani abu da ke faruwa a nan; muna asarar karfin sayayya kamar yadda kudin mu ya ragu.” Ko da kuwa nasarar da aka samu, magajin gari ya yi alkawarin bai wa birnin dala 10,000 a cikin Bitcoin a matsayin alamar jajircewarsa.
Damuwa da adawa
An yi adawa da ra'ayin saboda damuwa game da yuwuwar rashin amfani da kadarorin dijital, cikas na tsari, da lalacewar muhalli, kodayake yawancin sun goyi bayansa.
A cikin shakkunsa, dan majalisa Pete Fry ya jaddada gazawar Vancouver na karbar kudaden da ba na mulkin mallaka ba bisa ka'ida a matsayin tausasawa kuma ya kawo tarihin birnin na laifukan kudi kamar satar kudi.
Saboda hakar ma'adinai na Bitcoin yana da mummunan tasiri a kan muhalli da kuma wutar lantarki, dan majalisa Adriane Carr ya yi adawa da wannan mataki.
Ayyuka na gaba
Birnin zai tsara cikakken nazari wanda ke bayyana fa'idodi, rashin amfani, da tsarin aiwatarwa don haɗa Bitcoin cikin cibiyoyin kuɗi na gida a matsayin wani ɓangare na motsi. Zuwa kashi na farko na 2025, ya kamata a sami sakamako.
Idan nasara, Vancouver na iya kafa misali ga sauran biranen da tunanin aiwatar da cryptocurrencies don ƙididdigewa da kwanciyar hankali na kuɗi.
