Digital Currency
What is Digital Currency?
Any currency, money, or money-like item that is largely handled, saved, or exchanged on digital computer systems, particularly over the internet, is referred to as digital currency (digital money, electronic money, or electronic currency).
Understanding Digital Currency
Cryptocurrency, virtual currency, and central bank digital currency are all examples of digital currencies. Digital currency can be held in a distributed internet database, a centralized electronic computer database owned by a firm or bank, digital files, or even on a stored-value card.
Digital currencies have qualities similar to traditional currencies but, unlike currencies with printed bills or minted coins, do not have a physical form. This lack of physical form enables near-instantaneous online transactions and eliminates the cost of transmitting notes and coins. Virtual currencies, which are often not issued by a governmental agency, are not regarded legal cash and facilitate ownership transfer beyond governmental borders.
This sort of currency can be used to purchase tangible products and services, but it may also be limited to specific communities, such as use within an online game.
Digital money can be centralized, with a central point of control over the money supply (for example, a bank), or decentralized, with power over the money supply predefined or democratically agreed upon.
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More articlesDamir is the team leader, product manager, and editor at Metaverse Post, covering topics such as AI/ML, AGI, LLMs, Metaverse, and Web3-related fields. His articles attract a massive audience of over a million users every month. He appears to be an expert with 10 years of experience in SEO and digital marketing. Damir has been mentioned in Mashable, Wired, Cointelegraph, The New Yorker, Inside.com, Entrepreneur, BeInCrypto, and other publications. He travels between the UAE, Turkey, Russia, and the CIS as a digital nomad. Damir earned a bachelor's degree in physics, which he believes has given him the critical thinking skills needed to be successful in the ever-changing landscape of the internet.
