I see what you mean by that, and it's not an unreasonable position, that said, it's really hard to make the assertion that it's a 'share' in the economy. Why?

I see what you mean by that, and it's not an unreasonable position, that said, it's really hard to make the assertion that it's a 'share' in the economy. Why? Because A) we don't know there will be a fixed amount of currency - Kik owns 90% of the Kin, they could dump on the market at any time. And B) There's no reason that people are going to be forced to use a specific currency in most places. If there are people playing speculative games with a currency, well, people will just use another one. But it's fair to say that it's possible to 'gain' from an economy by buying into the currency as long as it meets certain conditions.