Are these realized gains? If so, how do you turn it into dollars? Do you go via BTC, or is there some direct exchange to US dollars now?

It's very funny to me how dogecoin has taken off. :-) I got tipped on reddit and now I'm hooked.

I think the seamless nature of tipping on reddit (all you have to do is reply to a comment with +/u/dogecoinbot n and it will send coins) has really spurred its use.

Btw, now that I have a dogecoin wallet (DRVMiXCneJhFVBy4r4T2zpw9j5f4Tp1KzH), anyone want to send me some...? :-D