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We discuss only a few '''real currency''' issues here, like:
See [[w:money]] for more general coverage.  We discuss only a few '''real currency''' issues here, like:


*[[price premium]] which must be stated usually in real currency terms, requiring some [[currency conversion]], e.g. to multiply a [[score]], or convert some data on real price premiums people or entities with similar [[buying criteria]] are willing to pay IRL in another country to avoid doing some damage.
*[[price premium]] which must be stated usually in real currency terms, requiring some [[currency conversion]], e.g. to multiply a [[score]], or convert some data on real price premiums people or entities with similar [[buying criteria]] are willing to pay IRL in another country to avoid doing some damage.


The [[revert currency]] probably is not something you can cash out of in real currency, but, eventually, who knows?  Credible [[community currency]] tends to become convertible, and if [[wiki ideology]] is right about wikis being a real community, then, maybe, someday, it'll be real.  [[Game currency]] has become real.
The [[revert currency]] probably is not something you can cash out of in real currency, but, eventually, who knows?  Credible [[community currency]] tends to become convertible, and if [[wiki ideology]] is right about wikis being a real community, then, maybe, someday, it'll be real.  [[Game currency]] in several [[MMORPG]]s (and "game goods") have been converted into '''money''' often.
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