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I think of blockchain currency as coins and currency issued by a blockchain as tokens (i.e. ERC20).

• tylersmith 9y ago
  There's no fundamental difference. Currently there are implementation differences but those will go away. Eventually Ether will be ERC20 compliant.
  • AgentME 9y ago
    >Eventually Ether will be ERC20 compliant. Citation? Ether is privileged on Ethereum. It's what mining gets you, it's what transaction fees are paid in, if proof-of-stake comes around, it will be what's staked, and any transaction can include some. I don't expect any of these to change.
    • cslarson 9y ago
      I think the reference is EIP 101: Crypto Abstraction which is planned for the Serenity release. https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/28 https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/28
      • AgentME 9y ago
        Thanks, that's interesting. I take back some of my incredulity from my previous post!