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Re:Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed by otabdeveloper4 on Friday September 27, 2019 @04:38AM (#21089740)
> So then the various cryptocurrencies fit the bill because a lot of people are willing to treat them as IOU notes among themselves.

Yes, but the 'crypto' part is unnecessary. You can just store these IOU's in some Postgres database, and the effect would be the same.

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Re:Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed by feanaro on Friday September 27, 2019 @05:36AM (#21090032)
Yes, "crypto" is not a necessary condition for something to be considered a currency. Neither is "¬crypto", though.
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