Same here...I have the CAVirtex debit card.
Sell a coin (or less than one) throw the money onto the card....spend at will like a regular debit card.
I also bought a trip for two this winter to somewhere warm for me and my wife...it cost me a weeks mining, meh.
When you get a little more comfortable you tend to spend a bit...there is no sense in not enjoying some of this new found wealth.
So , you're using a debit card , just like a normal visa.
You're not
using bitcoins , you're selling them , turning them into usd loading a card and shopping.
Yes, this is the beta test for the card.
CAVirtex has already stated that the next step is to spend directly from your btc balance.
It would work like bitpay...when you spend it directly sells an appropriate amount of coins converts to CAD then you get what you want.
It is just masturbation talking about the semantics....I have a debit card, right now I have one manual step between bitcoin and getting goods or services I want.
Eventually the goal is to spend bitcoins or USD/CAD directly. Ie. walk into a store and see a price in bitcoins...spend those bitcoins directly without conversion on the product you want
Baby steps before we can fly.
