Quote from: resty on October 25, 2018, 06:54:05 AM

Quote from: SnowAugustine on October 15, 2018, 12:13:46 PM

How can we get people to use bitcoin as a real currency and not just a quick way to get cash as a lot of people seem to do? When I say currency, I mean the literal definition of currency as something that is used as a medium of exchange.
Even online, there are only a few stores who are accepting it as payment.

That is what bitcoin purpose for the future being uses in any different aspects like payment directly to store, using bitcoin card being process to pay to airlines ticket, busses, train and any transformation we have if ever we don't have phone carried anywhere.

That is the thing! Generally there will be nothing like usage in real life when there is no means to make use of it. There are so many factors that is delaying or limiting a lot of merchants to accept bitcoin as a payment method now and that has a lot to do with scaling and volatility.

it is a gradual process and I believe in the long term this would be a forgotten story as we will get to see the scaling issue solve and with mainstream adoption, volatility becoming a thing of the past and in such cases, we will get to see more merchants accepting bitcoin and even other cryptocurrencies. With that, you will not need to tell anyone to try it all by themselves and that is how the usage in normal life will kick in.