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THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY FINLAND

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  Finland ranked happiest country in the world Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored report. The  World Happiness Report  saw Denmark in second place, then Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands. New Zealand was again the only non-European nation in the top 10. The UK fell from 13th to 17th place. Data from  analytics researcher Gallup  asked people in 149 countries to rate their own happiness. Measures including social support, personal freedom, gross domestic product (GDP) and levels of corruption were also factored in. The country deemed the most unhappy in the world was Afghanistan, followed by Lesotho, Botswana, Rwanda and Zimbabwe. There was a "significantly higher frequency of negative emotions" in just over a third of the countries, the report authors said, likely pointing to the effects of the pandemic. However, things got better for 22 countries. Several Asian countries fared bette...

CRYPTOCURRENCY

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                       WHAT IS BITCOIN  Bitcoin is a virtual currency. It started in the year 2009 but has gradually become very popular, the price of a bitcoin equals millions of rupees. It is also known as cryptocurrency because it uses cryptography for payments. That is, now this currency is also known as the currency of the future. How Bitcoin Works for Transactions? Bitcoin transactions the customer must send a payment message via digital means connected with a private key, which is verified by a worldwide decentralized network. Payments made through this are different from payments made by debit or credit card. Bitcoin is a virtual currency that can only be used for online transactions. Due to the large fluctuations in the value of bitcoin, the question often arises as to whether it has the potential to function as a currency. Since it was not initially supported by the central bank, bitcoin transactions are done pri...