Technically, bitcoin is not a money but some of it's functions is like money. Just like it's function for currency exchange. Bitcoin can be use as a medium of exchange. It can also be use as payment for salary. Bitcoin is now considered as the future money.
I think as long as bitcoin could be used to buy goods and has a rate or price in another currency. Any form of bitcoin. I would say that bitcoin is kind of money
Yes if you are able to purchase anything and if you can sell it and get real cash in return then I think it makes it real money and you can also send and receive money across the globe like fiat currency so it can be considered same as real money.