I know that flow of electrons is not current, it is opposite to the direction of flow of electrons, is it just a convention? why such a convention was chosen if it is one. . Please correct me if you think i have very wrong assumptions.
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Current is flowing electrons, full stop.
The sign of the charge on the electron is negative, for historical reasons. This causes some odd things, but the change isn’t worth the effort. 5 electrons is -5 and 10 electrons is -10, that’s just the way it works. The sign was an unfortunate convention, but we’ve gotten used to it over the centuries.
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