I-NXT ingumthombo ovulekile we- cryptocurrency nenethiwekhi yokukhokha eyethulwe ngo-2013 ngonjiniyela wesoftware ongaziwa i-BCNext.Isebenzisa ubufakazi bokuthi kufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni ukufinyelela ukuvumelana kokuthengiselana-ngenxa yalokho kunemali emile.Ngokungafani neBitcoin, azikho izimayini. I-NXT ikhulelwe ngokukhethekile njengeplatifomu eguquguqukayo ezungeze izinhlelo zokusebenza zokwakha nezinsizakalo zezezimali, futhi isebenza njengesisekelo se-ARDR ( Ardor ), ipulatifomu yamaketanga amaningi we-blockchain-as-a-service akhiqizwa nguJelurida, kanye ne- IoTeX (cryptocurrency) umphathi wamanje weNxt kusukela ngo-2021.I-NXT imbozwe kakhulu embikweni we- "Call for Evidence" yi- ESMA. I-NXT yenziwe ngezinhlamvu zemali eziyizigidi eziyinkulungwane.Mhlaka-28 Septhemba 2013, Bitcointalk.org ilungu BCNext wadala intambo iforamu ekumemezeleni ukwethulwa okuhlongozwayo NXT njengoba lesibili isizukulwane cryptocurrency wacela iminikelo ezincane bitcoin ukunquma ukuthi ungasabalalisa esigxotsheni kokuqala.Ngo-18 Novemba 2013, ukuqoqwa kwemali kwe-NXT kwavalwa. Umnikelo wohlamvu lwemali lokuqala waqoqa ama- bitcoins angama- 21 abiza u- $ 17,000 wase-US. NgoJulayi 2016, i-NXT yethule izifanekiso ze-Smart Transaction, ezazenzelwe ukusebenza njengezakhiwo zokwakha amabhizinisi ukwakha izixazululo zeBlockchain zezinkinga ezithile. Ingqalasizinda eyinhloko ye-NXT iyinkimbinkimbi, okuthi, uma iqhathaniswa ne- Bitcoin elula futhi elula, idale amathuba amaningi amaphutha noma amaphutha.