Although Bitcoin is one of the oldest and most popular cryptocurrencies, many alternative currencies have been developed since Bitcoin`s inception. Today, there are 1,600 different cryptocurrencies, making it difficult to speculate on which, if any, will be ubiquitous in the future. No, cryptocurrency is not legal in Nepal. In addition, Nepal Rastra Bank, the central bank of Nepal, has issued a policy banning cryptocurrency and warning Nepalese citizens not to buy or invest in cryptocurrency. Not only do the NRB guidelines prohibit foreigners living in Nepal from transacting in cryptocurrencies. Various forms of digital currency have been around since the 80s, but it wasn`t until 2008, when a man or group known only as Satoshi Nakamoto proposed the idea of Bitcoin in a white paper, that cryptocurrency really took off. Digital currency has always suffered from a problem called “double spending,” which was an inherent flaw of previous forms of cryptocurrency stemming from the fact that digital data was relatively easy to replicate. Real currency has never had this problem because you can only spend your money once and all card transactions go through your bank, confirming that you only spend what you have. Nakamoto has proposed using blockchains, coupled with complex proof-of-work systems, to verify every transaction to counter this problem, resulting in one of the most robust and comprehensive systems of cryptocurrency regulation. According to Binance, they have added Nepalese rupee support on Binance`s peer-to-peer trading platforms. The Nepalese allow NPR to trade cryptocurrency exchanges without intermediary fees.
Although you can use Binance from Nepal, NRB has banned cyrptocurrency, so opening a Binance account is useless. Cryptocurrency does not exist in physical form like traditional or fiat currencies. Unlike traditional currencies, cryptocurrency is not decentralized by a central authority such as the government. As they are not centralized by any authority, cryptocurrencies are declared illegal in some countries. As more and more people use and produce cryptocurrencies, the blockchain that supports them becomes more complex and difficult to process. In the early days of Bitcoin`s heyday, people could mine it relatively easily on their laptops or desktops, but today, blockchain complexity and competition in mining require specialized hardware called ASIC Miners to mine a respectable amount of Bitcoin profitably. These ASIC miners, which are used exclusively for mining, are very expensive and consume a lot of electricity, which contributes to the overall cost of mining Bitcoin. Mining other forms of cryptocurrency may not be as expensive as Bitcoin due to the complexity of blockchain as well as the massive interest in the currency. But they are also much less appreciated. Cryptocurrency is not allowed to be traded in Nepal as it is illegal.
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According to the police investigation, the process of opening an account and attracting new members for cryptocurrency transactions as in the social media networking sector has intensified. A few months ago, cryptocurrency transaction went “viral” on social media as more and more members were added in the network`s commercial style for a virtual currency called “Pi” operated by the Pioneer network in Nepal. According to Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Sahakul Thapa, head of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) of the Nepal Police, the government banned trading of the network in 2017, and activities of this type and the people involved in this network have now switched to cryptocurrency trading. DIG Thapa said: “Currently, networking activities and cryptocurrency are banned in Nepal. We wrote to the CIB asking them to take action after nearly four dozen people were found involved. In the letter to the CIB, the ministry requested support and assistance in seizing and producing them before the ministry. The use of other digital currencies, including “pi”, on social media is on the rise and the department is investigating the risk of fraud, Director Sedhai said. The head of the IBC, DIG Thapa, said further investigations were launched after receiving a letter from the department. “Once the evidence is available, the trial will continue,” DIG Thapa said. According to police sources, the ministry asked the CIB to assist in the arrest of Govinda Shrestha, Ashok Neupane and Ratnakaji Shrestha of One Coin Digital Currency, Gyanendra Khadka and Krishna Kumar Maharjan of Excel Token, Bijay Shah and Dinesh Shah of Cash Coin and Parmananda Shrestha of Pi Network and introduce them to the department.
CIB had arrested seven people on October 4 and 5, 2017 for the first cryptocurrency exchange in Nepal. Police arrested her in Kathmandu and Chitwan. Any type of cryptocurrency mining and trading is illegal in Nepal under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 2019. The sentence regarding cryptocurrency is always secret, as in most cases the period of detention of the accused has been concealed. But there was a case of Dinesh Khadka in which a complaint was filed against him by the central bank of the Kathmandu District Court for an amount of 376.4 million rupees. In addition, he was sentenced to three years in prison, as mentioned in Nepal News. At that time, most people knew Pi Network and what it does? Still, there is a question that many people ask themselves after knowing almost everything about the Pi network. The question is, is Pi Network`s cryptocurrency legal in Nepal? Money has continued to evolve and change shape.
Today, digital currencies are what meet the demands of the digital world. Digital currencies focus on decentralizing the currency to perform privacy-focused transactions. Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that allows assets to be transferred in a decentralized manner from one person to another.