Fecha de publicación: -- Fuente: Wipo "digitalization" Provided are a digital currency payment method, apparatus, and system, and relates to the technical field of computers. A specific implementation of the method includes: sending a transaction amount to a first currency management apparatus corresponding to a first client, so as to enable the first currency management apparatus to determine whether the transaction amount is greater than an available balance of a first digital currency used for payment; and in the case where the transaction amount is not greater than the available balance, sending a payment request to a second client, the payment request indicating the first digital currency or a circulation identifier of the first digital currency, so as to enable a second currency management apparatus corresponding to the second client to cash, for the first currency management apparatus, a second digital currency corresponding to the transaction amount.