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  What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks. The mysterious thing about bitcoin is that its design is public, no one owns or controls bitcoin, it is available for everyone and anyone to use. Thanks to its unique and sui generis properties, it drives in a lot of users. There are many perks while using bitcoin, some of them include fast peer-to-peer transactions, worldwide payment and low processing fees. Bitcoin facilitates instant transactions.  It is very problematic to categorize and classify bitcoin. Is it a payment network, a type of currency or a store of value? The definition of bitcoin is simple. It is a software. It is a digital spectacle. It is the most successful of attempts to create virtual currency using cryptography. It is a common household term, yet it is a relatively unknown topic.  Bitcoin is a decentralized system which records transactions in a distributed ledger called ...

Picture this, you have struggled day in and day out to make sure you and your family migrate to a more developed country, or rather a more economically advanced country in the hope for better quality of life. You are working in the informal sector like most of the other asylum seekers who migrated with you and then suddenly everything starts to fall apart when the pandemic strikes. Your job is now at stake, your safety is at stake as you are now in a foreign country with no proper status and hence cannot turn to the government, your children’s education is at stake as your are now wondering whether you can continue to pay for it, let alone bare the cost of buying new electronic gadgets as the world adapts to an online median of education and most importantly you are counting days hoping that you are not sent back to your country or that you don't end up on the streets, your life and your future is now a big question mark. This was exactly the thoughts going on in the heads of milli...