So, per the very definition of money, bitcoin is plainly just that, money.
You are quoting very good sources for the beginners. May I suggest that you dive a little bit deeper: follow the links I gave to the John Nagle's post, and follow his links to the appropriate legal sources.
Thanks for your compliments but I don't think reading treatises about stock exchanges will really change the definition of money.
This back-and-forth is kind of pointless, leads to no greater understanding for anybody. With the beginner-level argumentation one can make a proof that cigarettes are money. And in fact they were in use as such in some prisons and internment camps.
Please, do give me an example of 'beginner-level argumentation' that proves that 'cigarettes are money'.
As of now, I'd not be able to achieve this. (I wonder whether this makes me a not-even-beginer in securities litigation.)
Ultimately, this kind of arguments for and against will end up as an evidence in some future trial about illegal promotional and sales activities of bitcoin. Quite obviously you are a beginner, for example don't meet the definition of "accredited investor". You also never have been involved in any securitues litigation, and probably not in any litigation whatsoever.
Exactly, I am a useless amateur who spends all his time wasting the time of 'accredited securities investor para-legal counselors' with extensive experience in securities and other fraud litigation, or whatever 'whatchamacallit' else you are
Look, if you are getting tired of arguing things that other people think are wrong, and you do that in a public forum like this is, then please do not be offended, or bored for that matter, if somebody is trying to reply and tells you where he thinks you are making a mistake.
Please treat this forum as an opportunity to learn the wider social context of this nice innovative whatchamacallit called bitcoin. Repeatedly arguing the same point over-and-over with somebody like me is just a waste of your time. You can spend it better on a real learning and education. Web is full of the resources to learn, but all the good ones require focus and dedication, they aren't a single page summaries like the ones you referred to.
Yeah right... Please point me to a thorough college/university textbook on bitcoins then. O wait, that does not exist.
And if a simple definition, found in a 'one page summary' somewhere on the web, already proves your statements wrong, then please be a good sport and admit either your mistake or lack of economics 101 knowledge, and don't try to intimidate people out of the discussion, just because of the simplicity of their argumentation and/or their supposedly lack of education. It's the simple arguments that are the most fundamental.
K.I.S.S.