In Philippines a lot of vendors now accept btc for their goods.
I am from Philippines but im sure this is not the case. Btc is not recognize nationwide in our country because of many reasons it is facing. We maybe from different regions but i doubt if just local btc would accept btc. We are in a country that is yet to be economize so it would be absurd to accept btc this time. The national bank acknowledged cryptocurrency but not as far as using as payment for the goods.
I agree with you. Im from Philippines and the first statement was completely not true because you can actually count shops that are accepting bitcoin as a mode of payment in you hands. 7/11 is a popular one. But i doubt you can buy goods with bitcoins there. You need to convert them to cash to buy all you want. I can't blame them for not accepting bitcoin because it will affect their business because on how bitcoin behaves. I don't think it's ideal to use in shops. It's volatile in nature. The profitability of your business is in question. Also not convinient for customers since you have to pay for other fee(transaction fee) just to give your payment. But it will be good if they really accepts bitcoin. That would be cool.