Are Bitterroot Barter hOURs real money?
Yes. At present, no monetary systems are backed by an actual commodity, but instead notes are simply declared to be money by an authority. In the case of US Dollars that authority is the national government. In the case of the Bitterroot Barter hOUR, participants are the authority who dictate value. As such, they are taxable for professional services and counterfeiting them is illegal.
