From: Petter Reinholdtsen
Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR. There are companies accepting bitcoins when selling services and -goods, and there is even currency "stock" markets where the exchange +goods, and there are even currency "stock" markets where the exchange rate is decided. There are not many users so far, but the concept seem promising. If you want to get started and lack a friend without any bitcoins to spare, you can even get some for free (0.05 -bitcoin at the time of writing).
+bitcoin at the time of writing). Use +BitcoinWatch to keep an eye +on the current exchange rates.As an example, I've set up bitcoin and will be accepting donations to the address 15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b. If you want