If we start from a simple and undeniable fact that money cannot appear by just adding numerical entries  into a database(DB), then it is obvious that so called Block Reward, which is just an algorithmically added numerical entry (50 initially) into a DB called blockchain, is NOT the creation of money. In other words, adding entries into the DB (blockchain) is just a database management process that belongs to the field of informatics and NOT money creation process that belongs to the field of economy.

Throughout all human history money has always been - either commodity or certificate that grants specific rights. Current (FIAT) money, like dollars, are such certificates. Namely, dollars are put into circulation when banks grant loans to borrowers - who then use these dollars to purchase goods and services from individuals - who then become dollar holders. But, since borrowers are obligated to make their loan payments they needed dollars back. How will they get them? Well, they obviously must produce some goods or services so that dollar holders can buy them and in that way fund salaries or revenue of borrowers.  With salaries and revenue borrowers will get dollars for their loan payments while dollar holders will get goods and services. If borrowers fail to provide goods and services, and thus default on their loan payments, the banks will activate collaterals and instead of goods and services, sell borrowers land, cars, houses... to dollar holders. Thus, in a nutshell, FIAT money, either paper or digital, is debt certificate that grants its holder the RIGHT to goods, services or collateral of borrowers.

As we can see, MONEY is either commodity or certificate that grants specific rights. Even casino chips are form of money as they grant specific rights, i.e. - casinos are legally obligated to cash chips they issued. On the other hand, when numbers are added next to someone's virtual address in a DB called blockchain, NOBODY is legally obligated to cash these numbers or to exchange them for goods or services, which means that no right is granted by bitcoin. Also, bitcoin is not a commodity. That's why bitcoin is NOT money. Bitcoin is just a fancy name for a DB entry.

But what people did is something strange and bizarre. Namely, they took (stole) the definition of "payment" from the field of economy, and copy/pasted that definition over the text that defines informatic concept of adding entries into a DB. In that way the illusion was created that by adding numerical values into the blockchain one is actually paying. But in reality, no payment is occurring as neither goods/services nor granted rights (certificates) are transferred from one person to another. In other words, the economic definition of "payment" is this: a transfer of goods(commodity), services or rights from one person to another, while in the case of bitcoin, NOTHING is transferred, but only numerical entries are added into the DB.

So, the whole bitcoin system is just a database management system, while bitcoin is just a DB enty. And calling a DB management system a payment system, and a DB entry a money is nothing but a language manipulation. That is why bitcoin is a scam that thrives on language manipulation. In this scam, a numerical mark is added into the DB when uneducated, naive, or greedy individuals give their valuable possessions to unknown persons for free.