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by beambot 1639 days ago
Crypto transactions featured heavily in Stross' Neptune's Brood for synchronizing transactions over interstellar distances:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune%27s_Brood

Money was split into slow, medium, and fast variants -- the former of which was subject to speed of light limitations in the key signing for verification.