In as much as we all wish to help fulfill the dream of Satoshi Nakamoto in using BTC to make transactions in our daily lives we must look critically at the high volatility of BTC. Come to think of it people, how many of us in here would wish to purchase an item worth $500 US right now when this same amount of BTC was worth over $1000 US last year. If we are able to solve volatility issues with BTC then trust me the acceptance of BTC will go viral. I just wish there were some real holders in the cryptospace!
ive been around since 2012 and i got a nice hold of coins. i buy stuff all the time.
the way i see it is that say one coin in 2012 worth 6 loaves of bread. today can buy me 3500 loaves of bread so im happy to spend bitcoin buying bread with my bitcoin.
from a merchants perspective when they sell a loaf of bread for say $1. they in seconds display a btc price and in minutes that amount arrives. they can automate the sell of the btc to fiat in that time too.
if they know the cost of the dough, cooking and labour came to 30cents. tax 20cents. they can convert half of the sell back to fiat to cover costs. and keep half as bitcoin for the shop owners own retirement fund
knowing at some point that $0.50 of btc will probably be able to at a later date be able to create more than just another loaf, but the $0.50 of fiat will only make them one loaf.
its all about finding the needs of the merchant. displaying the benefits to the merchant and also showing how easy it is to accept bitcoin.
you will be surprised how many merchants take up and start accepting btc when they see how easy it can be, by actually doing a demo/dry run purchase with them when you mention bitcoin to them