I suppose if the debit card is stolen you could get around this, but if it's your own card I don't think so.  Your name is associated with the bank you got the card from--at least in the United States, don't know about other countries.  If you want to remain anonymous, don't use a debit card.  I think that's solid advice.

You can buy a prepaid Credit Card an buy them. I have done it before with some search work.

Wait for better infrastructure, killer app and user acceptance. I will give examples:

Remember how we used credit card decades ago? We give a card to salesperson to fill in a small form, "swipe" the carbon copy form with this roller thing, phone the credit card company for a authentication code. This used to take ages and lines were busy at peak times, so end up paying cash. Merchant fee was high, not many places accept credit cards and there was no point having one.

Remember how we send email? Logon to a terminal, select email in a menu, start typing email on a blank screen including "to:" and "subject:", press some keys in sequence, it vanishes and you hope it's sent. Attaching a file was a major operation where you have to use tools to compress and then uuencode your file. Not many people had email accounts, it is much quicker and safer to fax a message to your friend.

Credit cards and email are part of our lives now. What's the different between the ancient times and now? Technology, infrastructure, app interface, and common availability. These are what Bitcoin needs to have to go mainstream.

keep in mind that many of them are running a small business, authority will not bother with those

you can play on those without problem, at best you can mix your coins or find some of those casino that accept cryptonight altcoin, which would be even better and use a random vpn to register

remember that bitcoin itself isn't regulated in some country or illegal, yet people use it

Just find out where all the bitcoin gambling sites are hosted haha. Are you thinking of making one? I do think that they'll start cracking down on them eventually regardless of where they're hosted.

UK actually has already started getting strict towards these gambling sites that offer their services to UK customers. Since these sites would generate a large amount of revenue to UK for being licensed so they are actually likely to target these hosting sites and shut down these gambling sites.

Much of the Gambling sites are hosted Off shore or are using Anonymous Hosting.
these days hosting with bitcoin is easily available they just grab them and Start running their sites.
Moreover Few countries have ban their users From Gambling like I see williamhills not Operating in US , so the people there are using Proxy.

Lol, how does everything else operate on the open web? Torrent sites, warez sites etc etc. Not all things are illegal everywhere. Some countries ban gambling and porn, but people can freely view them online. Usually the sites are hosted in countries with lax preferences on this or outside the jurisdiction of the certain law enforcement agencies that would take them down. If they were hosted in the US they likely would get taken down pretty fast.

Offshore hosting. They don't directly operate on countries that dislikes their content. If feds are on their asses, they'll just hide in the bush for a while and pop out like a mushroom.

What would you class as a precious value?

I think it'll be five to ten years before it starts to make proper headway and even then there'll be a long way to go.

There's no risk in getting on the internet, sending your first email or getting a smart phone. This thing is a much harder sell.

Mainstream adoption hasn't even begun. Why is it taking so long? Well why did it take so long for the internet to become mainstream? Why did it take so long for people to stop using paper mail and using email? Why did it take so long for people to stop fearing the concept of paying for something you aren't seeing in real life? (internet shopping).

Dude, radical change takes time, and guess what... Bitcoin is the most disruptive technology since the internet itself.

I like how they announce this card to be: "Versatile, global, anonymous" But I can't see any info on how exactly this anonymous status is achieved with Debit Card.
Also this: "Low commission: We guarantee the lowest commission on all card transactions, as well as low service fees." - But Fees are still there, and there are probably on par with standard debit card fees.

Bitcoin Debit card is option for desperate Bitcoin Users who want to use bitcoin at any price. I will wait for direct bitcoin acceptance.

We run an online market place for Android TV Boxes. We have recently began to accept bitcoin, however the purchases through this method have been minimal.

Our wonder is, if bitcoin is truly being used as a currency or not. If so, what did you last purchase with your bitcoin?

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last time i checked zero coin was in better position than darkwallet, because it was based onf zero-knowledge proof

i would simply use monero for now, if i want to avoid tracking, you sell monero for goods here on bitcointalk, i'm sure there are those who can accept it, it's pretty stable as a currency

It would be impossible in all cases unless the mixer sites store information on the customers as they don't forward payments but mix with other payments and the original will have no connection with the final one.

If you are that paranoid, go through 2 different mixers.
It is double the fee, but the chance that they are in cohoots is very low