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.
I think its depending on merchant. Some merchant accept bitcoin and many merchant still afraid accepting bitcoin because government regulation. But in near future, i am believe more merchant accepting bitcoin as currency
The key is only 1 so that many people want to use bitcoin as their currency to pay for their needs, all merchants accept bitcoin payments, because one of the things that makes people reluctant to use bitcoin currency is because of difficulties in spending and difficult in finding stores that accept bitcoin payments..