user323: Is there some standard term to describe all Bitcoin-like internet currencies, like Solidcoin, Namecoin and so forth? Like "currency" is to dollar, euro, yen, etc?

user192: I use "chain currencies". There are precedents for crypto currencies. OT currencies are also crypto-currencies.
Ripple IOUs use cryptoGraphy in the distributed protocol too. The uniqueness is definitely in the block chain. 
I often refer to them as just "coins" since most of them are called SomethingCoin.

user108: It's called crypto-currency, Wikipedia article.

user441: distributed digital currency, or distributed digital crypto-currency. the "distributed" bit is a key issue - anyone can make a centralized digital currency, even with crypto thrown in.

323: <p>Is there some standard term to describe all Bitcoin-like internet currencies, like Solidcoin, Namecoin and so forth? Like "currency" is to dollar, euro, yen, etc?</p>
 192: <p>I use "chain currencies". There are precedents for crypto currencies. OT currencies are also crypto-currencies.
Ripple IOUs use cryptoGraphy in the distributed protocol too. The uniqueness is definitely in the block chain. 
I often refer to them as just "coins" since most of them are called SomethingCoin.</p>
 108: <p>It's called crypto-currency, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-currency">Wikipedia article</a>.</p>
 441: <p>distributed digital currency, or distributed digital crypto-currency. the "distributed" bit is a key issue - anyone can make a centralized digital currency, even with crypto thrown in.</p>
