论网络虚拟货币的双重属性——商品的本质属性和类货币的衍生属性

网络虚拟货币是一种在互联网上购买虚拟商品的支付工具。它产生于网络小额电子支付的困难。网络虚拟货币虽带有“币”字，其本质属性仍为商品。随着其使用基础的扩大和功能的延伸，网络虚拟货币在虚拟世界逐步衍生出了类似货币的属性。就目前而言，网络虚拟货币还只是商品，与真实货币或准货币还有很大的差别。

On the Dual Nature of Network Virtual Money:The Essential Attribute of Commodity and the Derivative Attribute of Class Currency

The network virtual money is a kind of implement of payment for the virtual commodity on Internet.It was produced for the difficulty to small electronic payment in the network,and the essential attribute of network virtual money is commodity.But with the expansion in its use and extending in its function,the attribute of cur rency for the network virtual money gradually derived from the virtual world.At present,the network virtual money is only a kind of commodity,which is quite different from the real currency and the quasi-currency.