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Facebook’s Libra currency: Cryptocurrency breakout coming?

Cryptocurrency is a form of digital or virtual currency projected to be secure and, in most cases, anonymous to work as a medium of exchange using computer network. Essentially, cryptocurrencies are limited entries in a database that no one can change unless specific conditions are fulfilled. Such an almost uncrackable coding based online money exchange system use decentralized control as opposed to centralized digital currency and central banking systems. After the 90’s tech boom, the world witnessed many attempts at creating a digital currency systems like Flooz, Beenz and DigiCash but the one of successful attempts was in 2009 with ‘peer-to-peer electronic cash system’ bitcoin. Other digital currencies like Litecoin, Ripple, Ethereum and so on aren’t accepted as widely just yet. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and driving force of Facebook, looks setting on trying to create a new  digital currency called Libra—a Latin-based name, from which the £ symbol is derived—to allow its bi

An anti-bullying policy: compliant box rule vs reality check.

Reports say High Court has ordered the government to take proper steps to ensure having a complaint box in every educational institution to raise awareness among students to encourage them to submit complaints about discourteous and indecent behaviour, annoyance and intimidation. Evidently, it’s another futile attempt unless the submitting of complaints procedure doesn’t keep the anonymity of the complainant. But, I earnestly appreciate the accentuation HC gives in the face of bullying culture has fared up in recent days. It sounds good to have a complaint box in every school and college to lessen bullying but in practical, by my life experience, it is a mere showcase of redemption of liability. Why? Writer         Institutions are generally crowded places at class time and such complaint boxes are generally located at an open place. It’s easily noticeable if anyone comes to drop any complaint here which makes the complainant hesitant and reluctant to do so. This is natural