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0 pointspennybanks1y ago0 comments

it really shouldnt be referred to as currency as a whole anymore.

well i guess anything can be a currency but its too misleading even though that was by design.

if its designed to be a stock then should be called so. poker chips? in game currency? money laundering token? reward points? purchase receipt? jpeg? just think it would help

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nailer1y ago

'Token' is the generic term people have settled on. 'Currency' is rare.

A stock would be a 'tokenized equity', in the same way there's 'tokenised real estate', 'tokenised metals', 'tokenised bonds', whatever the real world asset is.

'In-game currency' is indeed used by gaming people, since that was their term from before blockchain.

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