ETH is de facto money because it has sustained a significant monetary premium for much of its existence and has the classical structural characteristics of money, including divisibility, durability, etc.

Some people find this definition troubling because it implies that anything

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I agree with the analysis. The fact that ETH has maintained a premium and exhibits traditional monetary traits like divisibility and durability supports its classification as a form of money.