Sounds like an incredibly subjective definition of a monetary transaction. And yes, paying someone to do something is a monetary transaction, idc if it's 25¢ for a sucker, to store data or a blow job, when money moves hands regardless of it's for , good, services , or a gift, that is a monetary transaction. Do you think the IRS doesn't consider it a monetary transaction if you trade that to someone else after the sats 10x in USD value?