Yes of cours bitcoin is a money but it'a virtual money. However you have the possibility to convert your bitcoins in real money so that's good and so you can consider bitcoins as a real money.
being able to convert something to money doesnt qualify as making it "money" while I agree bitcoin is a currency for some, many countries and users regard it as an asset,just like an apartment people buy bitcoin for the ROI it can give them, they buy at low price and sell at higher prices, its not used as a currency as much as it should to be counted as a currency in my opinion, but its on the right track!