Bitcoins is also in news in India because of the decision taken by their government and hence people are now moving towards saving money in the form of bitcoins and gold. Smarter people prefer BTC and stubborn people choose gold.
yes the modern people prefer bitcoin as for both options, for investment and for using as currency also, they found it more easy to use bitcoin for online shopping, in present time as you can do shopping online in any country of the world therefore bitcoin is more convenient to use for online shopping.