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shuntress on April 10, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Minecraft Set to Launch Its Own Currency

Steam uses 'Steam Wallet' which is 1:1 with real currency. This prevents the obfuscation/disconnect with what you are actually spending.

As far as I know, it is functionally identical to any other 'fake' currency (it's like store credit).

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