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.
You mean real currency "medium of exchange", I think many of us use bitcoin as medium of exchange, how about the trading?as you have said some stores accept it. If bitcoin is in note or coin form, it will solve the problem, but if bitcoin should be made in Fiat form it looses it's character as digital currency. I believe as each nation advances, that will be in place.
but most of the time is bitcoin as a currency as a means of payment is still rarely used, because related to regulations, practically bitcoin is only a tool for investment and trade, after that we can only exchange it for fiat currencies as a means of payment. on the other hand there are still few shops that accept it, let alone offline stores