Why do people call changed digits in the blockchain a coin or money? How can changed digits constitute an actual item?

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The same as all other cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin is just a fancy name for changed digits in a publicly distributed database called the blockchain. It is obvious that NOTHING can appear or disappear by changing digits. Since coins, tokens or money are SOMETHING i.e. they exist as actual items independently of digits that express their quantity in some database, or paper or metal medium, why do people call changed digits a coin or money?

niwrad

Posted 2019-02-04T15:12:10.797

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Question was closed 2019-02-15T02:35:39.297

Many developed nations conduct the majority of their economic transactions digitally, which is also just numbers being moved around in some databases. Very little trade is done using actual physical cash these days.chytrik 2019-02-04T22:22:14.390

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