Quote from: r00 on January 25, 2018, 09:19:20 AM

Quote from: junoreactor on January 25, 2018, 12:40:13 AM

Welcome to the forum r00. Sadly not enough merchants accept bitcoin, and let's face it the big majority of holders bought bitcoin for speculation purpose. That being said, I have myself used bitcoin for one of my favorite hobbies (sports betting), it is easy to find website accepting payments in digital currency. Some others like to use bitcoin to play poker.
But I guess you are looking for online shops: then I recommend the service "spendabit", it's a search engine for things you can buy in bitcoin.

Thanks for the welcome, you were the first to welcome me.
I also thank you for your advice and your directions.
In this regard, if it is a chance to make money over time, why retail traders do not start to adopt Bitcoin? What blocks them? Is it a lack of trust and security towards the Bitcoin itself?

You are welcome. Pan Troglo gave a good reply above me, the fees of a standard bitcoin transaction are way too high right now to buy/sell everyday products with it. I would not mind buying a flight ticket with bitcoin, but buying a pack of beer would make no sense. Standard fee is around 10 USD right now (I believe) but went up to 30 USD last month.
Pan Troglo above me mentioned Lightning network, and he is totally right about that, Lightning network will allow transactions "off the chain" which should result in much faster and much quicker transactions.

Another reason why not many merchants accept bitcoin is the massive volatility of the price. Most merchants fear that. They could of course convert bitcoin to EUR or USD immediately, but this is not really convenient for them.

To earn bitcoin, you can join signature campaigns on this forum, you will need to post every week first until your rank gets up to Junior Member, then you can apply to signature campaigns and get paid per week (go to the "services" section of the forum).
I would not recommend trading for a newbie. If you want to try to earn bitcoin by placing bets on the sports you know well, just send me a Private message and I will help you out with this.
Best of luck.