Woah. this is epic.

Very excited about this!!

Shift Card is quite the accomplishment! (The regulatory hurdles you must have been through. Dang.) Can it be used to pay for recurring transactions? Also, the website says that a Shift Card transaction has the same consumer protections as any debit card...who provides those? What are these exactly as you define them? Have you gotten much criticism for bringing the block chain into a decidedly traditional, not anonymous commerce system?

@megnakamura I'm *really* curious to learn how Shift works. Shift allows you to spend not just bitcoin via VISA acceptance, but ostensibly any store of value (e.g. Dwolla). What can you share about what's under the hood?

Excited to try this out and love that you've integrated with Coinbase. Can you describe the relationship with VISA and/or Coinbase? Do you act as a card issuer? This is awesome!

This is awesome! Odd it isn't available to Illinois residents yet... wonder what the reason is behind that. Wish there was an option to be notified when it was available in my area. Great idea though, can't wait till I can get my hands on one.

Congrats on the launch! I've been watching each new bitcoin debit card launch and each has missed something. Either UI to track purchases is lacking, the card isn't well supported with merchants or has high fees. This has it all! Amazing job!

The immediacy alone makes this incredible. The fact that you can withdraw cash from your bitcoin wallet in an instant.

Are there any fees for the user at all? Are there any issues for getting a transaction reversed with returns?

This is awesome! Now waiting on the Apple Pay integration so I don't have to even pull out the card to use it...

Love the look of this - do you guys have any plans to launch in the UK? 💳🇬🇧

Seems like a great concept.

@eugeneotto @megnakamura @charley @javacuate - would love to hear your story! How has the development process been? This seems like a HUGE deal - what does it mean to you?!

Fascinating.

I can finally use my bitcoin (almost) anywhere!

Sign up process is slick. Consider that another +1 for UK.

This seems massive? You can now use Bitcoin pretty much anywhere by card...am I missing some kind of catch?

International launch? @megnakamura @eugeneotto

+1 for AU

Another ++1 for UK