虚拟货币的理论框架及其命题扩展

Theoretical Framework of Virtual Money and Extension of the Proposition

商品经济的发展产生了对货币支付工具创新的需求,因而作为其交易基础的货币不断发生了虚拟化的演化。虚拟货币产生后,充当了网络虚拟物品小额支付的媒介,尽管还没有完全取得独立的货币形态地位,但拓展了货币理论相关命题的研究。虚拟货币的含义、虚拟货币的流通、虚拟货币与法定货币的关系、虚拟货币与电子商务的关系构成了虚拟货币研究的理论框架。虚拟货币对现实货币供给的冲击、虚拟货币对虚拟经济研究的拓展、虚拟货币的发行与兑换、虚拟货币的规范与监管构成了虚拟货币有待深入研究的命题。

The development of commercial economy demands innovation in the tool of money payment. As a result, money as the basis of dealings becomes virtualized. The virtual money, by and by, comes to be the medium for payment in dealings of low-price virtual products on the Internet. Although virtual money has not assumed an independent status as a form of currency, it has promoted research on relevant issues concerning the theory of currency. The theoretical framework for research on virtual money is composed of its meaning, circulation, its relation with the legal money, and its relation with e-business. Further researches on the challenge of virtual money to supply of actual currency, its contribution to extension of studies on virtual economy, issuance and exchange of virtual money, and measures for normalization and monitoring of virtual money are recommended.