2026-01-03 06:54:10

Back in March 2020, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik proposed an interesting perspective during an interview — money is essentially a transferable "point system" game.

This analogy may seem simple, but it is profound. It breaks the stereotypical perception of traditional currency. In Vitalik's view, whether it is paper money, digital currency, or crypto assets, they all follow the same underlying logic: they are a kind of value certificate that can circulate among different participants. Just like points in a game can be exchanged for items or used to upgrade equipment, money also completes value exchange through transfer.

This viewpoint is particularly meaningful for understanding blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Compared to the complexity of traditional financial systems, the "point" nature of crypto assets is actually more transparent and traceable — every transfer is recorded on the chain, and anyone can verify it. In this sense, blockchain is simply making the rules of this "game" more open and harder to tamper with.

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token_therapist

· 7h ago

Amazing, finally someone has explained this clearly: money is just a game, and we're all playing it.

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WhaleWatcher

· 7h ago

Point game analogy is brilliant, someone should have said it like this long ago --- Vitalik saw through it long ago, isn't what we're playing just a digital ledger game? --- Exactly, the tricks of traditional finance are all exposed on the chain --- Transparency and traceability are indeed the killer features, no more fooling people --- The game theory perspective is fresh, but the appreciation of points still relies on consensus --- Wait, does the digital RMB issued by the central bank also count in this game? --- Breaking stereotypes is true, but most people are still viewing coins with traditional thinking --- All on the chain is fully transparent, the bank folks must be panicking haha

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LonelyAnchorman

· 7h ago

That's right, the analogy of V God is indeed brilliant, revealing many things in the crypto world that many people haven't figured out yet.

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HodlKumamon

· 8h ago

Haha, V God, that analogy is really clever. But to be honest, we still need to look at the data; otherwise, just playing games would really be gambling. Speaking of which, on-chain transparency is indeed appealing, but 99% of people still can't understand those transaction records. Bear Bear smiled gently. Point-based games? It feels more like a psychological game now... Let's see if the mindset can hold until the next cycle. Forget it, dollar-cost averaging (DCA) is the way to go. Don't overthink these philosophical questions. It really breaks stereotypes, but the problem is that new stereotypes are forming again. Wait, what is a stablecoin? Are points in the game exchanged for points?

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Rekt_Recovery

· 8h ago

ngl vitalik's right but also bro i've learned this the hard way... every "transfer" in my leverage plays taught me that lesson real quick. points or not, liquidations still hit different lmao

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MergeConflict

· 8h ago

Amazing, Vitalik's analogy is indeed brilliant, instantly revealing the complexity of traditional finance. Vitalik is right; essentially, we're all playing the same game, just with different chips. So the question is, why does traditional finance still cling to those rules? Are they really that afraid of transparency? Blockchain is about writing the rules of the game in stone, unchangeable. It's quite ironic when you think about it; we've spent so long only to realize that money is just a transferable digital asset.

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