In my last blog I identified a couple of building blocks necessary when discussing “who will win the digital money game”. In this blog I will establish the first, which is a working definition of digital money.

There are probably as many definitions of digital money as there are people defining it, but most definitions can be classified according to the perspective used by the person providing the definition. Our research in Shift Thought shows that there are four major perspectives, the interface perspective, the characteristics perspective, the operations perspective and the ecosystem perspective.

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In my last blog I raised the question “Who will win the digital money game” and discussed why the question was relevant. Through this series of blogs we will develop an answer to that question. In order to do so, it is first necessary to put some building blocks in place.

1. The first is a working definition of digital money.
2. The next is a working understanding of the digital money game.

Each of these merit a blog in themselves. So here is a sneak preview of what is to come.

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The digital money space is huge and growing. Our research at Shift Thought tracks over 4000 players and the myriad of relationships between the various entities in this space. The volumes and values in question are enormous. There is clearly a lot to play for.

So who will win the Digital Money game?

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