The characteristics of virtual currency payment
digital currency is characterized by low transaction cost, fast transaction speed and high anonymity
1, low transaction cost
compared with traditional bank transfer, remittance and other ways, digital currency transaction does not need to pay fees to the third party, and its transaction cost is lower, especially compared with the cross-border payment that provides high handling charges to payment service providers
2. Fast transaction speed
the blockchain technology used in digital currency has the characteristics of decentralization. It does not need any centralized organization similar to the clearing center to process data, and the transaction processing speed is faster
3. High anonymity
in addition to the point-to-point transaction without intermediary participation, one of the advantages of digital currency compared with other electronic payment methods is that it supports remote point-to-point payment, and it does not need any trusted third party as intermediary, Both sides of the transaction can complete the transaction in a completely unfamiliar situation without mutual trust, so they have higher anonymity, which can protect the privacy of traders. But at the same time, it also creates convenience for cyber crime, which is easy to be used by money laundering and other criminal activities
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the impact of digital currency:
digital currency is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the blockchain Technology it relies on realizes decentralization and can be used in other fields except digital currency, which is one of the reasons why bitcoin is popular
On the other hand, if digital currency is widely used by the public as a kind of currency, it will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of monetary policy, financial infrastructure, financial market and financial stabilityThe differences between e-money and virtual money are as follows:
1. Electronic money refers to using a certain amount of cash or deposit to exchange from the issuer and obtain data representing the same amount, or through the quick payment service launched by the bank and the third party to transfer the balance in the bank through some electronic ways, so that transactions can be carried out. Strictly speaking, it is a kind of currency that consumers use the bank's Internet banking service to store value and make quick payment to the issuers of electronic currency, and make consumers trade electronically through media (two-dimensional code or hardware equipment)
virtual currency refers to non real currency. Well known virtual currencies, such as online currency of Internet company, q-coin of Tencent company, q-point and voucher of Shanda company, micro currency launched by Sina (used for micro games, Sina reading, etc.), chivalrous Yuanbao (used for chivalrous road game), silver grain (used for bixue Qingtian game), and popular digital currencies in 2013 include bitcoin, Laite coin, infinite coin, quark coin, zeta coin, etc Barbecue coins, pennies (Internet), invisible gold bars, red coins, prime coins. At present, hundreds of digital currencies are issued all over the world. Popular in the circle & quot; The legend of "bitcoin, Wright silver, infinite copper, pennies aluminum" The detailed explanation of electronic currency is as follows:1. Concept: it is an encrypted serial number representing cash, which can be used to represent the currency value of various amounts in reality. With the transformation from paper-based economy to digital economy, e-cash will become the mainstream
2. Features: anonymity, transaction cost saving, transmission cost saving, low holding risk, flexible and convenient payment, anti-counterfeiting and anti repetition, non traceability
There are two kinds of e-cash: one is based on the Internet and keeps the binary data representing the value of money in the hard disk of the computer terminal; One is the electronic wallet that keeps the monetary value in the IC card and can be circulated without the bank payment system4. Definition: consumers pay traditional money to the issuers of electronic money, and the issuers store the equal value of traditional money in the electronic devices held by consumers in electronic form
1. E-money is a kind of virtual currency. It is a kind of invisible currency based on the highly developed bank electronic technology. It uses digital pulse instead of metal, paper and other carriers to transmit and display funds, and processes and stores them through chips. Therefore, it has no physical form, size, weight and imprint of traditional currency, and the holder can not get the actual feeling of holding
2. E-money is an online currency. Electronic money is usually transmitted on the private network and processed through POS and ATM. In other words, electronic money is a large amount of money circulating online through the network in addition to the existing banks, cheques and banknotes. The storage of electronic currency needs storage equipment, the exchange needs communication means, and the computer for encryption and decryption is needed to keep its security
3. Electronic currency is a kind of information currency. In the final analysis, e-money is nothing more than conceptual money information. It is actually a special information composed of a group of numbers including the user's identity, password, amount, scope of use, etc. When people use e-money transactions, they actually exchange relevant information. After the information is transmitted to the banks that set up this kind of business, the banks can settle the transactions for both sides, so that consumers and enterprises can receive and pay each other in a more economical, convenient and faster way than the real banking system< Generally speaking, e-money can be divided into the following two types:
1. Card based e-money system includes smart card and stored value card, both of which are plastic cards with purchasing power, in which the electronic value has been paid by the cardholder in advance“ "Kaki" procts are mainly micropayments designed for retail transactions, and show the potential to replace banknotes and coins in this field
2. Based on computer software procts, this kind of procts need to install special software on the computer, so that the electronic value can be transmitted through the telecommunication network. Software based systems mainly realize remote payment through computer network, and they have the strength to replace cash and other paperless payment tools to a certain extent
through the above analysis, we understand the basic concept, characteristics and classification of e-money. In addition, we know that e-money is the medium of e-payment. We can clearly see the role of e-money in the process of e-payment through figure 1.
first, money as a means of payment is different from storage money. The reason why currency in circulation turns into storage currency is that in the first stage of the commodity currency in circulation, currency withdraws from circulation; As a means of payment, money must enter the circulation process, only after the commodity has withdrawn from circulation< Second, the functions of money as a means of payment are different from those of circulation. Money, as a means of circulation, is the medium of circulation; Money, as a means of payment, is no longer the medium of circulation. On the contrary, "it ends the process independently as the absolute existence of exchange value or as a general commodity."
thirdly, the difference between money as a means of payment and other functions is also reflected in the different purposes of sale. Generally, the seller converts the goods into money for the purpose of purchasing the goods to meet his own needs; Money hoarders sell goods to obtain money in order to preserve their goods in the form of money; The debtor sells goods to get money in order to pay the debt when it is e. Although both money hoarder and debtor sell goods for money itself, the former is caused by greed for money, while the latter is caused by the relationship between creditor's rights and debt
fourthly, when money performs the function of means of payment, the general form of goods changes differently. Commodity does not complete the first form change first, that is, from commodity to currency, and then complete the second form change, that is, currency to commodity, but "complete the second form change of commodity first, and then complete the first form change of commodity." That is to say, although the seller sold the goods and transferred the use value, he did not get money, but got the right to ask for debt from the buyer according to the private law.
Mobile payment means that mobile clients use electronic procts such as mobile phones to make e-money payment. Mobile payment creates a new payment method and makes e-money popular. Because of the advantages of convenient and fast payment, eliminating counterfeit money, no change and so on, it is loved by many people< The Ministry of Commerce issued the "overall plan for the pilot project of deepening the innovation and development of service trade in China", and officially announced that the number of digital currency has expanded from the original 4 pilot cities to 28 , which means that digital currency is coming towards us. The same virtual currency and bitcoin, so these virtual currency can replace the status of paper money
Therefore, it is essentially no different from the paper currency RMB, and will not be wildly hyped like bitcoin. In a short period of time, virtual currency can not completely replace traditional currency. There are mainly two constraints: the first is the user's will, not everyone is used to this payment method; the second is the satisfaction of technical conditions, because the speed of transaction payment is mainly limited by the technical realization, and the goal of digital currency is only to replace part of the cash in circulation. So for a long time, it should be used in parallel with banknotesfeatures: there is no opposite movement of goods (services) with it, and it is an independent link in the process of complementing exchange in credit transactions.