A presentation on the evolving digital economy as of year 2005 CE. This presentation was made to the Indian Professionals Association, Paris, France on 26-Feb-2006 by Vijayan Ganapathy Explores the footprints of the digital economy, the transformation of the notion of money, the convergence of technology and resources, digital money, virtual money, internet, digital control and intelligence, the pains of a digital life, flight of money, digital money taxation issues, digital crimes, digital value preservation, examples of virtualization from daily life and the transforming digital economy, examples of privacy and piracy issues and their impact on e-commerce. The presentation ends with a peek into the evolving future and some general guidelines on how to tread safely and derive value from the digital future. Note: The information in this presentation was sourced from various articles which were available on the internet as of the date of the presentation. The author does not vouch for the veracity of the information. Since the material for this presentation has been sourced from multiple sources for a purely academic purpose, the author may not be able to individually credit each of the sources from where the information was sourced. If you feel that you deserve credit for some or most of the information presented, please reach out to the author of this presentation.