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Is cryptocurrency a legal tender? if not! Why is it not banned?
Reserve Bank does not issue cryptocurrency, so it is an illegal tender, yet I have not heard that anyone has been legally executed for cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies were introduced with the intent to revolutionize financial infrastructure. As with every revolution, however, there are tradeoffs involved. At the current stage of development for cryptocurrencies, there are many differences between the theoretical ideal of a decentralized system with cryptocurrencies and its practical implementation.
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Cryptocurrencies were introduced with the intent to revolutionize financial infrastructure. As with every revolution, however, there are tradeoffs involved. At the current stage of development for cryptocurrencies, there are many differences between the theoretical ideal of a decentralized system with cryptocurrencies and its practical implementation.
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Will the Agneepath scheme weaken the Indian Security?
This will increase the expenditure on training and there will be a shortage of experienced personnel in the army, which threatens the security of India. The possibility of dissemination of confidential information of the army will increase. MySQL natural language full-text searchProblem Statement:Implementing text search for e-commerce/blogs and other platform like web directory or any sime dashboard search is a big problem when using mysql database. In these problems we use solr/elasticsearch, but in these search engines there are some data indexing and reindexing issues. Data take some time in indexing so this can not be real time.
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Why is the price of fertilizer increasing in the international market?
The global prices of urea, DAP, MOP, phosphoric acid, ammonia and LNG have increased two-and-a-half times in the last one year. Objectives of World Bank:i. To provide long term capital to members countries for economic reconstruction and development.ii. To induce long term capital investment for assuring BOP equilibrium and balanced development of international trade.iii. To promote capital investment in members countries by following ways:a. To provide a guarantee on private loans or capital investment.b. If capital is not available even after providing a guarantee, then IBRD provides loans for productive activities on considerate conditions.iv. To ensure the implement
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PPF (Public Provident Fund) is a long-term investment instrument. It works both as a pension instrument as well as a risk-free tax saving investment. PPF deposits allow a maximum cap of Rs. 1.50 lakh per financial year and it has a tenure of 15 years. It offers competitive interest to the PPF account holder. You can know the interest earned on PPF usingĀ PPF Calculator.Advantages of PPF accountFind below the PPF account benefits with example:It generates guaranteed returns.It is backed by Central Government.It is very flexible, that means you c
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What is cryptocurrency and how does it work?
What are the features of Cryptocurrency and how is it different from any reward point? Understanding Cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrencies are digital or virtual currencies underpinned by cryptographic systems. They enable secure online payments without the use of third-party intermediaries. "Crypto" refers to the various encryption algorithms and cryptographic techniques that safeguard these entries, such as elliptical curve encryption, public-private key pairs, and hashing functions.Cryptocurrencies can be mined or purchased from cryptocurrency exchanges. Not all ecommerce sites allow purchases using cryptocurrencies. In fact, cry
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Cryptocurrencies were introduced with the intent to revolutionize financial infrastructure. As with every revolution, however, there are tradeoffs involved. At the current stage of development for cryptocurrencies, there are many differences between the theoretical ideal of a decentralized system with cryptocurrencies and its practical implementation.
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