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Digital rupee goes offline-first in two lakh villages

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The RBI's digital rupee pilot expanded to two lakh villages with an offline mode that settles peer-to-peer without connectivity. Tap phones, done. Transactions sync when a network appears. If it holds up, it solves the one problem UPI never could: payments where the signal dies. Cash's last argument is under trial.

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