it ain't money. however you can buy, sell, loan, rent, invest, legerage, bet, lose, be stolen, divide, or barter them or even trash them. making them a thing. if you broke them (send to an impossible address) they are gone. like a thing.
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don't let them fool you. Welcome to bartertown.
If you are in the U.S. it doesn't matter if it barter or not:
Bartering is the exchange of goods or services. Usually there is no exchange of cash. You must include in gross income in the year of receipt the fair market value of goods or services received from bartering.