I wouldn't consider it money but more like a rewards points system. An effective money would hold it's value a bit better and in the idea of "consensus" a few million people and i'm being generous it's more like maybe 10,000 active users i'd consider it more like a website points system
Now i'd consider bitcoin myk more of a money due to it's tokenomics which hive does'nt have that makes it act more like a money. i also think bitcoin myk can have billions of users in this consensus as opposed to less than 10,000 people earning money writing.
Also you must consider this is more like a writers guild clubhouse. The problem is most of the world isn't skilled writers to take advantage of this situation. Which means they'll never reach consensus on this unless you assume you all will get some useful application they need which would be conjecture at this point.
RE: Is HIVE crypto real money?