Bitcoin isn't money unless the Government says it is. We would have have to wait till the Government approves Bitcoin.
This is partially true:
BTC IS money, to a small portion of the world.
In the US (where i live), it is NOT money (according to my govt)
Case in point:
Say i am a store owner and someone wants to buy a computer i have advertised for $1000, for $1000 in cash. I tell them no, gtfo. They can actually get various police / courts involved to enforce this.
Now consider that same computer i have for sale and someone comes up to me and says they want to give me 1btc or even 1000 euros or pounds for it.
I can tell them to gtfo without incident because the us govt does not recognize any of those currencies.