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CRYPTOCURRENCY
Group # 06
ANURUPA BANERJEE (PGP03014)
ARJUN DIXIT (PGP03015)
KAUSHIK BAGCHI (PGP03029)
MOHIT YADAV (PGP03033)
NIVEDITA DAS (PGP03039)
PRINCE SHARMA (PGP03045)
SANAT KUMAR GABEL (PGP03052)
YASH SHAH (PGP03063)

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CONTENTS
• Introduction to cryptocurrency
• Its advantages, risk involved and failures
• Conventional currency v Cryptocurrency
• Reaction of governments
• Buying of cryptocurrency- who? why? and how?
• Relation with the monetary policies
• Our inferences and conclusion

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INTRODUCTION AND ADVANTAGES
• Virtual
• Alternative
• Decentralized
• Anonymous
• International
A digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses
cryptography to secure its transactions, to control the creation of
additional units, and to verify the transfer of assets

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TOP TEN CRYPTOCURRENCY IN 2016
• Bitcoin
• BlackCoin
• Dash
• Dogecoin
• Litecoin
• Namecoin
• Nxt
• Peercoin
• Primecoin
• Ripple

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HOW TO BUY CRYPTOCURRENCY?
• Cryptocurrency
exchanges (online)
• Bitcoin ATMs (put
money inside and
load your bitcoin
wallet)
• Bitcoin Voucher Cards
(i.e. Austrian Post
office, House of
Nakamoto, Azteco
London)
• Buy it personally from
other people
Where to buy
cryptocurrency ?
Online Exchange
Person-to-person
Bitcoin ATM
Paypal Credit Card Cash
Payment methods
Bank
transfer

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• Purchase custom mining hardware
Popular Bitcoin-mining hardware brands include Butterfly Labs,
Bitcoin Ultra, CoinTerra, and more

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WHO BUYS CRYPTOCURRENCY
• Any individual can buy cryptocurrency.
• Payment service provider.
• Financial institutes.
• Investors.
• Venture capitalist.

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WHY CRYPTOCURRENCY
• Transactions are irreversible, fast and have low fees.
• Universal (within the internet).
• Decentralised, no trust necessary.
• The supply of coins is regulated by software and the arrangements of the
users of the system and cannot be manipulated by any government,
bank, organization or individual.

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RISK AND FAILURES
• Supporting Criminal Activity
• Cryptocurrencies can be used to anonymously purchase illegal goods,
launder money from illegal activities and purchase illegal services.
• Lack of Transparency
• The anonymous nature of cryptocurrencies make transparency and
accountability difficult for consumers seeking to ensure safety of their
investments.
• Hackers
• Cryptocurrencies are target for highly sophisticated hackers who have
been able to breach the advanced security system.

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RISK AND FAILURES (Contd.)
• Cost
• Cryptocurrencies can cost consumers much more to use than credit cards
or even regular cash, often due to price volatility.
• Scams
• Fraudsters are taking advantage of the hype surrounding virtual
currencies to cheat people with fake opportunities.
• Fewer Protections
• If you trust someone else to hold your cryptocurrencies and something
goes wrong, that company might not offer you the assistance you expect
from bank or debit/credit card provider.

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CRYPTOCURRENCY AND ITS MONETARY POLICIES
• All cryptocurrencies have inflexible monetary policies implemented through their coding and DNA
• Types of Cryptocurrencies base on their monetary policies:
• Deflationary Coins
• Total number of coins is fixed. e.g. Bitcoin 21m
• Growth Coins
• No limit on number of coins. No. of coins grow steadily with a fixed coin supply rate. e.g. Dogecoin and
Reddcoin.

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WHY CONVENTIONAL POLICIES WONT WORK?
• Not regulated by any government or central body
• No central control over economic behaviors like inflation, unemployment etc. as the conventional methods
of expansionary and contractionary policies won’t work
• Can be traded, mined and sold directly without the role of a regulating body
• Therefore, no control of any central body

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Similarity:
• similar to traditional currencies. It is recognised and has a value
• can be used to buy things
• its value can change according to market variables
Difference:
• Unlike any traditional currency, bitcoin is not bound to an institution
• or country
• International and not subject to authorities like bank or governments
• that are typically associated with other currencies
COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL CURRENCY

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• It needs to be reasonably difficult to produce
• it needs to have a limited supply .
• it needs to be recognised
BITCOIN: PARALLEL WITH GOLD
Defining Characteristics:
• Like gold, bitcoin supply is limited.
• Bitcoin technology can only ever produce a certain amount of
bitcoins. The more bitcoins that are produced, the harder it is to
create new ones. In this way, the value of bitcoins is regulated.
• Because of its parallels with gold, the production of bitcoins is
known as mining.

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ACCEPTANCE OF BITCOIN ACROSS THE WORLD

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ACCEPTANCE OF BITCOIN IN INDIA
Bitcoin is not legally accepted in India as of now due to the
following reasons:
• Governments are unable to track payments in bitcoins.
• It is a decentralized mode of exchange.
• Lack of underlying legal framework.
• Vulnerability to loss
• It is highly volatile.

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