I have been in crypto for five years, so crypto has been real money for me for a long time. But I know many are just arriving and learning about crypto now through Steemit.

I decided to open a dedicated bank account at a Dutch online bank to make it more real for some.

Me with my Steemit bank account.

Yesterday, for the first time in almost a year since joining Steemit, I allowed myself to get some Steem dollars out.

Normally I would have bought more STEEMPOWER with this.

I want to celebrate Bianca's return by taking her out for a nice dinner tonight and tell her about the amazing changes Steemit is going trough and I thought it would be nice to pay for this with earnings from Steemit.

This is what the account looks like in the bank app.

I took some time to give the account a dedicated STEEM theme.

I converted SBD to Bitcoin and then I used a company in the Netherlands called Bitonic for the last step.

They charge a small fee to convert Bitcoin to Euro but I get convenience back in return. For me, that's worth it.

Because the STEEM price has gone up so much the 470 SBD that I converted resulted in almost €750,- or $840,-

Wow, that's some dinner!

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I opened a dedicated Steemit bankaccount to show new users Steemit earnings are real!

This is what the account looks like in the bank app.