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Bits on Blocks

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Bitcoin and blockchain technologies are becoming fundamental building blocks for the next generation internet. The invention of the Bitcoin Blockchain represents an entirely new platform to build upon, one that will enable an e eosystem as wide and diverse as the Internet itself. Bitcoin is the newest technology to serve the function of money - an invention leveraging the technological possibilities of the digital age to solve a problem that has persisted for all of humanity's existence : how to move economic value across time and space. Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that you can buy, sell and exchange directly, without an intermediary like a bank. Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, originally described the need for “an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust.” Each and every Bitcoin transaction that’s ever been made exists on a public ledger accessible to everyone, making transactions hard to reverse and difficult to fake...
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Indian Premier League 2020

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Indian Premier League (IPL), Indian professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2008. The league is based on a round-robin group and knockout format. It is generally contested in the month of April and May, but this year it is starting from September. The venue for the 2020 season has been moved, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) will take place in UAE, starting from September 19 with the finale being played on November 10.    - Sponsorship :- Dream 11 (Rs.222 crore) - Schedule                                                          - Venues                                           ...
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Thinking matters

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How we learn has a profound effect on the way we work and the results we produce. Researchers have found that there are three basic approaches to learning: Surface learning, strategic learning and deep learning. Surface learners approach learning as an exercise in recall, memorizing facts and definitions in anticipation of taking a test. Deep learners, on the other hand, approach learning with the desire to understand the meaning of an idea, to tear it apart, to see the concepts behind the ideas, to identify the logic of the idea, to see how ideas fit together. Strategic learners often earn high grades and may look and sound like deep learners. Except that they focus their learning on determining what the “professor will put on the test”, then they study that material exclusively to achieve high grades.  Think of surface learners and strategic learners as “task oriented”, and deep learners as “learning oriented”. The issue is that students learn procedure, f...
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