(a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Digital asset" means a representation of economic, proprietary or access rights that is stored in a computer readable format and is either a digital consumer asset, digital security or virtual currency; (ii) "Digital consumer asset" means a digital asset that is used or bought primarily for consumptive, personal or household purposes and includes: (A) An open blockchain token constituting intangible personal property as otherwise provided by law; (B) Any other digital asset which does not fall within paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of this subsection. (iii) "Digital security" means a digital asset which constitutes a security, as defined in W.S. 17-4-102(a)(xxviii), but shall exclude digital consumer assets and virtual currency; (iv) "Virtual currency" means a digital asset that is: (A) Used as a medium of exchange, unit of account or store of value; and (B) Not recognized as legal tender by the United States government. (v) "Private key" means a unique element of cryptographic data, or any substantially similar analogue, which is: (A) Held by a person; (B) Paired with a unique, publicly available element of cryptographic data; and (C) Associated with an algorithm that is necessary to carry out an encryption or decryption required to execute a transaction. (b) The terms in paragraphs (a)(ii) through (iv) of this section are mutually exclusive.
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