It seems to me that the real solution would be a way for people to spend their DVC directly, without affecting the exchange rate.
Thoughts?
Wholeheartedly agree. Other than computer parts and setting up bounties in this thread, I frankly see little in the way of Devcoin services...
What we really need is an Ebay style Devcoin platform, where members of the community could list goods and services and buy and sell stuff from one another, all in Devcoin. So, if someone wants to buy from amazon.com, instead of cashing out to fiat to buy, they can just buy amazon voucher codes for Devcoin from someone else on the platform etc. I'm sure it could be expanded to include loads of things.