I didn't know about the local currencies in France either.
I leave them using what they want, in 10 years there are only 500 users for the local currency in my region... Maybe nobody see any point in using this currency either.
I am not surprised.
As I understand it, they would be like casino chips, which have monetary value but only within the casino. Similarly, this would be the case for local currencies in certain regions.
However, there are many places where bitcoin is used. Besides, bitcoin beach seems to work very well for example.
Fees and waiting times up to at least 1 confirmation also work well?
Finally, maybe it's just a ploy by the French government to authorize useless currencies to prevent people from learning about bitcoin?
I don't think the level of conspiracy will go that far, having the internet available today at any time where bitcoin information is available.