i have been paid in bitcoins for 2 and a half years. i do not care about dollar prices or UK prices. i live happily on bitcoin for food, rent and bills..
although only a few special people have actually done some work to establish merchant adoption to secure our living costs which can be managed in bitcoin (getting our local grocer and landlord to accept bitcoin), the OP and others just sitting on their hands moaning about bitcoin adoption, need to shut up and do some work helping get THEIR local stores to accept it. or realise that bitcoin is still in innovation stage and if they cant be bothered to help themselves then continue to shut up and wait for someone else in their town to 'man up' and get their stores to accept bitcoin.
personal note to anyone living in an area where little to no one knows about bitcoin or lives nearby
YOU really need to do it for your area, or YOUR whinging and crying wont do anything, 'man up' boys and help yourselves out
How did you get your local grocery store to accept bitcoins? Did you hook them up with bitpay or coinbase? How did you approach the subject in the first place with them?
If you have gotten multiple stores in your area to accept bitcoin, you could really help the community by posting a small guide on your approach. I know I would donate a few btc to you for doing so and it could help others with getting local merchant adoption.
I personally think getting your grocery store to accept bitcoin is a bit of a stretch, however I do know that you can buy gift cards to grocery stores via gyft with bitcoin so you can buy groceries this way.
I would think that grocery stores would be the least willing to accept bitcoin because they have such thin margins and they will not be able to afford to lose any money from payments not going through. They probably will not understand bitcoin enough to know the risks and advantages of accepting bitcoin