Dear all, Upon inheriting the Looking Glass from our predecessors, we identified a number of key issues. Firstly, there were simply not enough articles being published, due both to a lack of submissions from the school community and limited responsiveness from the previous Academic Team. Secondly, the Looking Glass had not been advertised or explained effectively enough to the wider school community. As a result, we plan to implement a more consistent and engaging stream of articles on the Looking Glass. As part of this initiative, we are looking to recruit a select group of keen writers from across the lower school who would be willing to produce one high-quality piece of writing, discussion, or media each month for publication on the Looking Glass. We believe this will be hugely beneficial both to the school community, which will gain access to a wider range of opinions and viewpoints, and to prospective writers, who will be able to reference their experience contributing to the Look...
By Shrey Parikh What is Cryptocurrency? Have you ever wondered about cryptocurrency? What makes people talk about it, and what has led to its popularity during this decade? The answer is as follows: A cryptocurrency is a type of digital money or an alternative way of making payments, and it enables people to exchange goods and services securely without involving a third-party system. It is a peer-to-peer network or a system that enables everyone globally to make or receive payments. Whereas physical currencies are moved and traded in the real world, cryptocurrency deals exist only as digital entries in an online ledger that describes specific transactions. When you transfer cryptocurrency funds, the transactions are recorded in a public ledger. Cryptocurrency is typically stored in digital wallets, where the owner of the cryptocurrency has the private key to their wallet; this setup makes it impossible for any unauthorised party to access the wallet1 . Cryptocurrency in the modern econ...