Some merchants are starting to use cryptocurrencies particularly bitcoin in their transactions or mode of payments and even in some companies like airlines are already accepting coins. But bitcoin getting into the mainstream will take time because the majority of the people and the business sector has not fully acquainted with the new kind of currency that exist only in the online world.
Crypto will be mainstream sooner than we hoped and ModernChain is one project that will see us to that era. They are a payments platform and transactions are so much better on their network. Bitcoin needs to gain more traction, yes and in due time it will.