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 A lot of projects are going on blockchain and new cryptocurrencies are being launched day by day but when can we actually see  them floating in real market for real use cases like buying a cigarette or bread? is it possible?

I think when the problem of confirmation waiting first, the payment will be come instant, at that time, we can think of using it for daily using.

I think it's still not very realistic at the moment, because the throughput of individual tokens is still unresolved.
If you want to use it on a large scale, the throughput needs to improve dramatically. ;D

i think its not far away. even Australian airports accept crypto, microsoft accept crypto and thousands of other companies. so i think that day will come soon . crypto is spreading fast around the world

The more often you ask in stores whether they accept payment in cryptocurrency,the faster the cryptocurrency will enter the daily life and it will be possible to pay for it for basic needs)))

Airports, microsoft these entities are accepting but this is not even .001%. what about the mass adoption? when can we expect that?

IMHO the best chance to become successful on this way have Litecoin foundation) They bought part of the bank and trying to make a gate to real world. But already there some working products like epayments, PAy, Monaco. As I understood they all have some problems with regulation. IMHO we should for regulation from G20 to get real secure gates to fiat.

crypto money market needs to develop and grow a bit more. it must first be successful in instant transactions. then the prices should not fluctuate so quickly. every area can be used if assured by governments.

when the things that are being released started becoming cryptocurrencies instead of being useless things created and only used to be pumped and dumped so that people can make profit from the manipulation process and out of gullible newbies pockets.

It will still be long before that as there are still many establishments that are not convinced with cryptocurrency and do not want it as it is very volatile. The only way it can be used by such vendors or establishment is if either its volatility has been minimized to the point where it is stable in a specific price or it will have a backing from a government.

oh i think it will not happen soon. But it is possible. Cryptomarket needs time to develop and become stronger

There are a lot of difficulties in mass adoption. first of all the technology penetration has to be there and awareness about the blockchain, how it works?, what are the merits and demerits. without that it is impossible to reach to the masses.

There is some project that has some goods on its platform but they are very few, expecially because it's only too early for that. Crytpo world has to become bigger for that purpose.

It can only be achieved when market frauds will come to a halt and trust will develop among people. It is definitely going to take more time than we think.

This requires that at least one country legalizes crypto-currencies. In order for the central bank to cure that crypto currencies are safe for investment and use. After that, we really can see the breakthrough and the market capitalization will skyrocket. I think that this will not happen before 2020, because people are not yet ready for this.

But which one will be the first to be that country?

When the states accept the use of cryptocurrency. At that time we will see the cryptocurrency used to buy things in life. But it will take a long time to see that

But do you think states will legalize it? seeing the current scenario (korea,china,india) are putting a ban on these.

Crypto currency will be used in everyday life when they become more in demand. For this, electronic money needs to become stable and more predictable. People should stop being afraid to use crypto-currencies.

I think we will see this in the near future, because every month the crypto currency is becoming more popular and popular. Many people start to be interested in it. Therefore, there are such people and will do so that crypto can be used in everyday life.

They are not legal now. Most have a ban. But we need to wait in the future. However, if the SEC agrees on ETF, it will come sooner. I think so

In some country that regulated Bitcoin and cryptocurrency,  there are already many shop and merchants accepted crypto, even in some country that still netral in crypto already use crypto for daily transaction. Some project like Pundi x already has live product that make easy to buy crypto and use it for daily transaction, and many merchant and shop already use it.

Real case uses are happening already
Bitcoin for train metro, bobs tokens to pay for repairs and several tokens have prosperous prospects too
Like docademic used for medical ways, etc we just have to way for wide range of uses

Maybe it applies to bitcoin and other crypto currencies with confirmations but there are lot of crypto currencies with instant confirmations as well,so this may not be the big problem for the crypto currencies to be used in daily life.I think the volatility is the main reason that people won't accept it as a payment and people consider crypto currencies as the investment rather than currency so we need to adapt to the new currency system to be used in daily life.

That what i am willing to see now so i can eat my breakfast with a cup of coffee and pay with bitcoin , but these wishes will not be any time soon until banks disappear to enter new era of decentralization . ;D

Using it to buy physical goods will quite be difficult since its a digital currency, crypto will remain to be used for payment through internet only.

X-Infinity is an ICO that has a debit card of its own issued by MasterCard. It is a crypto wallet that can hold any cryptos due to its cross chain features. That being said, you can roll up to any store that accepts MasterCard and carry out a transaction. X-Infinity's processor would take 1 second to turn your crypto into fiat money to carry out your transaction over the counter. Check it out www.xinfinity.io

We don't need those new cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin is existing and it can be used to purchase with almost anything that you want. These cryptocurrencies and ICOs are making the market crowded and some are only there to scam investors.

Have you tried to purchase something with bitcoin before? because I do.

depending on the coin you buy has the potential to compete in crypto or not. if you invest carelessly without analyzing first you will not get anything, let alone meet your basic needs. trading is not easy to imagine. need to trade techniques properly and correctly, experience needs to be obtained to get the expected income.

HAHA! perfectly explained the major scams happening now. which is the major reason of trust issues.

So you are promoting it :p

what are those techniques then? can you please elaborate a bit?

this will take a long time for cryptocurrency to be accepted as a daily payment tool. because there are still many countries are still counter to bitcoin and the price is always not always stable to be used as a means of payment. but all that, did not rule out, maybe after all countries legalize the existence of bitcoin and have seen all sides of bitcoin to be used as a means of payment. must require decisions that need to be really mature, in order to avoid the things that are not desirable.

It will be possible one the transactions become instant and the transaction fees are almost unnoticeable. I dont think people will adopt cryptos if they have to wait 15 mins at the cashier before the transaction goes through + having to pay an additional 1-2$ for a 10$ transaction to the miners.

But it will definitely be realized in the future.
As far as I can tell, some airports and countries have implemented encryption store shopping and payroll payments.
I hope my country can accept it earlier by cryptocurrency.

Cigarette doesn't sound like a basic need to me. But I think we are almost in the edge now that maybe in just few months or a year or two we can see tokens like Lisk or stratis or whichever that will be accepted too. I guess we are all just going to wait for regulations from government and ETF. Its what will drive the price too.

As soon as payments become faster, it will be possible to apply crypto currency to purchase household needs!

I think we will have a broader uses cases in the coming years. There are great projects out geared towards this motive like xrt foundation who aims to harness the payment process in the food industry. I think its a matter of time for this initiative to manifest in our daily lives

I think it is not far away technology but now it is early. People need the know about something more the cryptocurrencies

It is already possible in some ways, some airines accept crypto.
Also, TON goes toward it.
I think in 5 years we will use crypto for every deal as t is cheaper faster and more secure.

It seems like it's not such a far out idea. There are many ways to use cryptocurrencies to buy basic needs. I just did a quick search and found many options. There are sites that will let you buy gift cards with crypto. I found one that sells Walmart gift cards. I'm sure you could buy all your basic needs at Walmart. In terms of buying things directly with crypto. I think it is becoming more and more feasible. You basically just need somebody that's willing to accept it. I found an app that lets you order groceries with bitcoins. It will just get more and more possible as time goes on.

it is possible to see this is happening in the future but for now, I think we cannot use cryptocurrency to buy something in the store. maybe there any store that available to pay with the crypto but still, it's only a few stores that allow us to pay with crypto. we need approval from the government so the crypto can work together with money and the crypto can be another solution for the customer to buy something in any store. but soon, I believe that this thing will happen and we don't have any problem to use crypto for buying something.

Well, I have seen some using cryptocurrencies to buy stuff at coffee shops, and groceries. I also know a community that only accpets cryptocurrencies as a form of payment for goods. Mass adoption will happen, it is just a matter of time.

of course it's possible because to be honest all coin in crypto market has a potential to become a payment method in real state IMO.  Such BITCOIN which is so far some of store and fast food gradually accepting btc as a payment method. So it's not impossible mate for some coin as well to become accepted in the future.

reportedly now also can already buy the food directly with crypto. In a famous world class dining. But still have yet to prove whether such right or not. I only heard this a lot.

BUT HOW WE WILL DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF PRICE FLUCTUATION?

That is a big concern but I think there will come a stability in prices after a certain point of time.

The question is how? I dont see anyway price fluctuation coming to an end.

I dont think it is happening in near future.

in my opinion, it can be applied to ico projects using blockhain technology with goods that can be seen, like Japan, which accepts bitcoin as a means of payment, in my opinion this can happen and takes a long time

In our country, we have a Cryptocurrency wallet, that allows trading of several currencies. It also has an option of free transfer of funds from any user on the same platform. You can also purchase prepaid loads as well as pay your monthly bills. Check coins.ph.

That will definitely take time to happen brother as we're just still on early adaption of cryptos and in fact people who knows cryptos are maybe just 1% of the world population so how can that happen. On its contrary, every project has their own purpose so we can just stick to it and see if it grows. And now, we also have gift cards like you just buy using your cryptos with a gift card and that gift card can be use in purchasing items in over 300 brands and stores. So you see, little by little we're stepping ahead.

He could have, because I have heard some of the world-class shops start applying payments with crypto. Of course this will be very unique, and spots for you. Because unlike the others. And I'm sure someday will be many who are implementing such a system.

Cryptocurrency is definitely paving way at the moment, and I believe things are going well for crypto users. But I'm not sure cryptocurrency will be used to buy basic needs anytime soo Ln because of the frequent inconsistencies in the market.

possible to the har is currently difficult to realize. still, a lot of denial about crypto even though there are already some who received. Moreover, there are still many facilities and also a technology not yet too can support for crypto is used as a transaction. so, of course, it takes time to crypto can be effectively used.

I don't think it will work for now, it might take several years for it to be realized. today there are many innovations from crypto technology that are useful in real life. expecting the future of crypto to be brighter and useful for all its users in real life.

now it looks like it could've been. because I heard that there are some places that sell its products, and allows paying with crypto. And the place is in fact already a worldwide scale. Everywhere there are. so it is more advanced crypto.

I think that for the time being this is not entirely profitable due to the sharp fluctuations of the crypto market.
But this idea is very interesting! Very soon we will be able to pay crypto currency in a variety of online stores.

I think it needs several years from now on till cryptocurrencies can be used to buy basic needs

While it is difficult to talk about this, companies themselves do not want to do this, understanding what difficulties they will face. And there are some problems in the technology itself, the time will tell whether this question will be solved.

Sorry, if this is a stupid question. I don't know what much about crypto. Couldn't you just always pay the Bitcoin equivalent of a dollar amount? What would be the downside of doing that? You would always have to convert, but that could be done automatically in an app, for example.

hello pal! we may not see it clearly at the moment but i am certain that we are getting there already. soon people around the globe will use cryptocurrency as mode of payment for purchasing basic everyday needs or necessary services. with the right amount of patience, together we will enjoy the benefits of cryptocurrency. cheers!

of course it would be great if you could buy basic needs with crypto. we no longer need to bring or use cash. there seems to be no project that can realize that, but it's not impossible if it really happened.

currently crypto cannot be used to buy basic needs, because each country has not fully permitted or agreed to use crypto. each country has its own rules, so crypto cannot be used fully. currently crypto is approaching countries that want to use crypto. the future of crypto will be able to be used to purchase basic needs throughout the country, therefore crypto is preparing it. for the time and when crypto can be used we cannot predict it correctly.

there were many projects that emerged a few years ago and indeed only a few still existed and continued to experience development. This should not be a matter of time because I saw that in most roadmap projects it only took one to two years but until now there was nothing that really showed progress , so I hope the new projects will be even better

I think if you have a coins out there you should have to convert it into your own currency to be able to use it as payments.

I am sure of it is possible. Lots of new ICO show that people are interested in cryptocurrency. It's just a next step of progress. like it used to be all the time when people bring new ideas and new ways, the main part of them useless and a scam, but the best one move our World forward and make our life better. In several years we will see new technologies, new horizons, new features and lots of new due to cryprocurrency and blockchain technologies.

Well, so far, I don't know whether the coin can be used for the daily need payment. But, if you are likely buying the goods or stuffs in some big international e-commerce like Amazon or other maybe, it can be used for the Bitcoin. But, of course, we must know which shops that receive the crypto. I actually agree that the crypto can be one of the choices for payment.

Most of the cryptocurrencies you see in the market are actually not intended for grocery shopping. It could be possible if an online shop or malls maybe, launch a coin that can be used by their customers to buy stuffs from them. But so far, I haven't heard any coins intended for shopping. Mostly are for trading, investments, real estate etc.

what matters is the value of the crypto that depends on the ever-changing crypto market in a short time. it makes it difficult if crypto is used as a payment instrument. I think Crypto is more suitable for investment.

Everything will be place in perfect time.
we can purchase thing online using cryptocurrency now.
soon we will have it in our basic needs we just need to wait.
like what we had from barter to fiat.

When people will accept cryptocurrency as payment?
when will the government of each country accepts that bitcoin and crypto is good for payment?
once that happen everything will be possible for that.

There are two options of payments. Payments with mastercard - in the near future some crypto companies will start to operate with card issuers like mastercard. ePayments already have announced that will relaunch their cards by mastercard card issuer. Right now we can just convert crypto to usd and to send it from epayments to a regular card. Second option is terminals in the shops that will accept crypto directly. Cryptomats are already in place, in is a half step forward. PundiX already in the process of issue terminals in asia. So, adoption is the progress...

Why you need crypto for this purpose? This technologies are for a new internet relations and not for the old economy ecosystem

It will realized soon if government will stop persecuting Cryptocurrency and let the people decide what they want to used in buying there needs.

You can use few crypto currencies on trains metro lately in USA
Also have read about acceptances across few Walmart’s though in small amount of $

Once stability of crypto currency is achieved
Buying of basic needs would be easy

Well, already now there are such things and apartments that are sold for the crypt,and in General globally, I think we will see it, so in 19-20, when everything will begin to accept cryptovayut to payments, in General, the future promises to be very ambitious,and even when regulators and States will connect, then fly into space

It seems to me that we will be able to pay ciphto currency in stores after some time. It's not long to wait. Many cryptocurrencies are not intended for such purposes, but I think smart people will come up with something!

as long as the governments don't accept cryptocurrency and they don't use crypto as a new currency, then the cryptocurrency will stay like this. but I still believe that soon, maybe in less than 5 years, cryptocurrency can be used to buy basic needs and I think right now, in a few countries, we can use crypto to buy something. still, we need approvements from the government to use cryptocurrency as a new currency.

I think it will be available in the near future. Some online shops are already testing such ways of paying for goods or their services. Therefore, I think this is a matter of time, and everything will be. Soon we will be able to use the crypt for its direct purpose, and not just as a way of earning.

I think we are just one company away from that. If a company that starts some cards like psn store cards or itunes cards that is tied to bitcoin but in fiat currency than we will have huge ways to actually buy $5 worth of bitcoin from some card in some grocery store anywhere around the globe. Those companies can charge some commissions from the sales and in the end it will come as a really expensive way to buy bitcoin because of all the costs involved however look at the ease of buying bitcoin which will be basically selling EVERYWHERE in the world as easy as giving 5 dollars and getting 5 dollar worth of bitcoin. As soon as a company does that, you are looking at a mass adoption.

Um, there appears to be multiple options for that in the US, at least. A quick Google search will bring them up. I don't want to advertise any particular site, but here's a list of 7 that apparently sell gift cards: https://www.ccn.com/7-places-buy-gift-cards-bitcoin/. This is definitely a nice option for purchasing things almost directly with bitcoins. It's definitely not the most convenient thing, but a step in the right direction.

Still need a long time because it's still not safe and still need time for doing a transaction.
It still need many improvement before it will go global currency for daily needs

I think it takes a very long time for Crypto to be used to buy basic food items (around the world), which means that all countries have legalized krypto. and really crypto is safe to use for its people.

Well it will be near to possible because our technology is advancing maybe in the near future you can buy some items using bitcoin or the bitcoin or the different cryptocurrency will become tangible who knows, because know there are different utility tokens that can be used in our daily needs, or you can convert them into fiat if you want them to and now i know there are some bitcoin credit cards that can be used in buying some items.

A great topic for someone who does not know much about it or wants to disassemble it in more detail. I think this is very useful information. Of course, I fully agree with you. There have been no such news for a long time and this is very encouraging. I liked the market during the week.

It actually depends if an establishment honors cryprocurrency as payment for goods or services. In some countries, there are stores where you can actually use bitcoin to buy goods and pay for services. This willbe convenient for both consumer and store owners since paying will only be just click away.

I know a great deal of projects that have been successful and are being widely used in the real world be it with cryptocurrency or fiat currency. And also ICOs nowadays, especially those that have a working product and guaranteed softcap, have platforms which would be of great use to the realworld, woud like to pint out those that will make cryptocurrency as a form or payment. Many of those projects can be found to ICO benchmarks with ongoing ICOs nearly ending.

There are some spots around me in North America that accept Bitcoin for basic need items.  Yo can basically buy gasoline shop type of stuff.  I'm also able to buy my electronics and other items online with Bitcoin.  It's closer than you may think.  

It may be accepted on a daily payment ... However, to do this, Crypto takes time. Samsung is at the forefront of accepting payments by crypto. Can see here is the beginning.

I don't think that we really need crypto to buy basic things. We still can use cash (visa has 2000 tx per sec, not so bad after all) and use crypto for other online payments to stay private and more secure.

Depends on the country. In Japan, as far as I know, the crypto currency is already used for domestic needs. The next such country, I guess, will be China or India. I hope that by 2020 all the leading countries will be able to use the crypto currency without hindrance.  ::) ::) ::)

Not sure when the crypto will be so deeply adopted that we will be able to purchase perishable items with it, but you can still buy a Amazon gift card with BTC and spend it on food, so indirectly you can already use it to buy the most basic stuff.

well maybe cryptocurrency can we use to buy daily needs if the government has legalized it.

The problem is that the networks cannot deal with a lot of simultaneous transactions and it takes a lot of time to complete a payment. Also, you never know how much the final fee is going to be. As soon as these problems are solved, crypto will enter our everyday lives.

i think it is still a bit early. there are still people that things that bitcoin and other crypto currencies are being used for illegal things only such as buying narcotics or guns etc. i think that when people change their mind they will be more commonly used.

While crytocurrency still need time to do all the things that we hope for it to do, there are some outlets that particularly ask to be paid in cryptocurrencies if possible. Not that this is a general thing yet, but some retailers or shop owners would rather prefer that you pay them in either Bitcoin or ethereum, here in my country. So hopefully, crypto will get to that stage soon when it becomes generally acceptable.

After the cryptocurrency returns to its function as a currency, not as a place for investment or trading place. The present situation will not allow it to become real, even to the smallest things as you say buy 'cigarettes and bread' there is no everyone will accept cryptocurrency as a payment system, unless he is a cryptocurrency user.

We can but not too available actually. Hey, the first transaction was for pizza, you know. However, I think it will take a minimum of 5 years to be used as daily currency.

yes and they exchanged two pizzas for a fucking huge amount of bitcoins. Whatever. How do you think these will be available for all?

Crypto currency is very likely to be used to buy basic daily needs. This happens if our transaction is done in a country that legalizes transactions with crypto currency. If we use crypto currencies to buy something in a country that prohibits crypto currency, then we can only do it closed. Crypto currencies can be used for open transactions when the crypto currency has been legally accepted by the country where we are transacting. When in fact if we use crypto currencies for transactions then we are more practical because we don't need to carry a certain amount of money.

If the cryptocurrency can really be used for payment, it will be a huge change in technology and a huge improvement in the financial world. Let us wait and see.

Crypto could be utilize actually depending on the project that has being implemented. There are areas where project is very essential to our life like some of the projects being implemented is focusing products where we could buy those products using the crypto they had offer in exchange as medium.

when the country accept an fully supported crypto that would be the time you can buy basic needs with crypto. but of course crypto needs to develop first and find what is useful and useless. crypto that will be used should be fast or instant in transaction with low fees and if possible no fees.

For now, no one can tell when can we use crypto in buying our basic needs. Although we have started already using bitcoin in paying for bills, buying goods or services, and buy loads, hopefully, more and more merchants like in supermarket to accept bitcoin as payments for our daily basic needs. At some point, I agree with some members in this forum that anything is possible depending on the projects they are going to work out which utilizes the use of crypto as a currency in paying for our grocery items

That can take a lot of time in my opinion. For even general stores to start accepting crypto, the prices should be less volatile.

That is not going to happen anytime soon. This is because prices are volatile and small sellers will not accept crypto.

It is too early to buy basic needs with cryptocurrencies. first of all, everyone should adopt crypto money and crypto money has to reach a fixed price.

actually, what we can get in the world of cryptocurrency it depends on how we try to get it. because if we get more enthusiasm to do it well then we will also get a big profit. but if we cannot see the opportunities that exist then we will not be able to get the benefit.

This is the problem so far. Regulation of the government. We can not do anything if government does not allow cryptocurrency to be used as basic payment to buy basic. This is not from the cryptocurrency is not ready but from government. There are some project is ready but no regulation is nothing.

Yes, I am convinced that you only need to wait patiently. The cryptocurrency will become a global currency in the next decade, and you can use it in any country.

more and more stores accepted crypto coins...give them more time and you will saw more stores... or exchange crypto in fiat and buy

Security of funds in crypto is not high. Many users have lost some of their funds in crypto. For safe use, you need to know a lot and act cautiously. Either crypto currency must improve, so that the monkey could safely use it.

A large portion of the digital forms of money you find in the market are really not proposed for shopping for food. It could be conceivable if an online shop or shopping centers possibly, dispatch a coin that can be utilized by their clients to purchase stuffs from them. Be that as it may, up until this point, I haven't heard any coins expected for shopping. For the most part are for exchanging, speculations, land and so forth.

Yes, I believe that in the near future you can buy cigarettes, bread and everything you need for a crypt. I even read such information that someone was traveling for a crypt and was also buying stuff. I think this currency will soon be the first.

Now you can use the cryptocurrencies when you want to buy something, there are a lot of shop accepts cryptocurrencies but it should be possible next three years, you can use cryptocurrencies for everything

This is already possible in some ways, some airlines accept crypto for pay, also TON goes in soon, it will make it even more adopted, I think in 5 years we will use crypto for every deal as it's cheaper faster and more secure.

Depending on the acceptance of your country because other country are already accepted bitcoin as payments from hotel and restaurant and some of malls , although personally I have not yet experience on this things , but there's a project which I also follow , it's the Ubcoin with a very promising platform and the purpose is to buy goods using crytocurrency .

Could you please tell us which country you are talking about? Where can you pay for hotels and restaurants with cryptocurrencies? I'm not sure that I've heard to them. I guess the restaurants must immediately convert their cryptocurrencies into fiat currencies. Or are they paying their employees in BTC? I have a hard time believing that they can already buy their supplies with crypto. I'm sure this will all happen in the future, but are we already there?

I think we can't use crypto to buy something in the store, maybe there any store that available to pay with the crypto but still it's only a few stores that allow us to pay with crypto at that time.

I think, at first, we'll use them for other purposes, e.g. the purchase of video, audio or graphic content via dApps (decentralized apps) or smth like deposits in banks or usage of algorithms for the improvement of databases - such spheres which are almost invisible in daily life!

High volatility of crypto assets makes the mass adoption difficult, but there are many stores already accepting crypto as payment.
For them it is a new market and more and more merchants will follow their example in the future.

Have you heard about Flogmall? It is a platform where you can buy goods and services for crypto. I wouldn't call it basic needs like food purchases, but you can buy here clothes, phones .

it can happen when all countries legalize cryptocurrency and in my opinion it takes a very long time, because it is not easy to make cryptocurrency legal.

well once a cryptocurrency starts and trades in an exchange, you should be able to use it to buy real things, once it trades with bitcoin, it has some value and can be accepted by certain shops.

I think that we soon will see. Cryptocurrencies are too unstable for them to pay something every day or change prices every day

It is worth waiting for this only when the cryptocurrencies become at least a little more stable. So do not think about it for another year at least

Yes let's hope for the best, well in few countries they have already started transactions and hopefully this will be implemented in future days.

I think it will take time that cryptocurrencies will be used to buy basic needs especially now that there are projects that pop up like mushroom in a garden. and then just dissappeared in thin air  or the development just died down. If the coins can  be easily acquired by the masses any where and the prices began to stable then cryptocurrencies will definitely be able to be used as payment for basic needs.

we have not been able to see its development functionally, although some projects are currently running and developing their products. maybe if countries in the world legalize crypto, it will simplify and accelerate the functional use for all levels of society.

I think that very soon we will buy all that we need in stores for crypto. A few years must go by.

Unfortunately, this is not yet possible. You can certainly pay for something in some countries with cryptocurrency or pay someone in cryptocurrency, if that person knows about it and is ready to accept it.

In the distant future it is possible. But it is too early to talk about it. The crypt is very volatile and using it for everyday purchases would not be very convenient. In General, there are already places where you can pay with bitcoins. Its the beginning. With the crypt we are waiting for a lot of new opportunities.

This will all be gradual, for example, as with mobile phones, only by 2020 almost every person will have a mobile phone. In order for a cryptocurrency to be used in everyday life, it is necessary to go through more stages of development, then maybe in 5 years we will see results.

that might happen by buying goods using digital payments (cryptocurrency), but that will happen when all countries can accept cryptocurrency (become legal), because only in this way cryptocurrency can be used freely to buy goods or basic needs.

The cryptocurrency market is very large and interesting. Electronic currency is the future of the world. And it is very convenient and profitable. Altcoins develop the market, they have great potential and very soon, we will buy goods in stores for altcoins.

According to studies of authoritative sources, the annual average increase in investment in the ICO sector over the next years will be about 35% per annum. This is not so fast, a similar increase can be observed in the field of application of cryptocurrency for normal purposes. If cryptocurrency is actively used now by about 4 percent of the population, then it will take many more years to reach the level of at least 50%.

I think it will happen very soon. Personally, I know a couple of online stores in Russia that sell goods for cryptocurrency, they even said that they would be happy to accept, rather than send dollars to Western Union. I was even surprised by this. There are also many people talking about some companies that also accept. I think this is how little by little it all begins and soon will be everywhere.

Buy Horizen and use it with Paytomat app on your phone. Problem fixed! Real use case with cryptocurrency to pay for your coffee :p
There are many solutions currently, I don't know what more people will want, a cryptobank maybe, but it isn't something going to happen anytime soon.

your expectations might be nice, but it's still too far away. Crypto is still being in the developing stages here, and wait for the crypto can be used for everyday life-hai is far from wishful thinking. Maybe if for just another transaction can only be used in some countries but not for all of it. so it's still pretty minimal crypto can be used in real life.

I think it is only adopt the cryptocurrency in your country as soon as this is really. But, not all coins can be solvent..it seems to me that only bitcoin, Ethereum and even the main coins.

If crypto will be announce as a new exchange through transaction online we can buy our basic needs in easiest way and most fastest, secured. Crypto created to face the future in order to progress and have changes.

When crypto has become legal globally, that's where I'm sure we will be able to easily use crypto to buy our basic needs every day. If you look at the current situation, I feel that to make this happen it will take a long time because the level of crypto legality is currently still very low.

The cryptocurrency can be used to buy the basic needs , if the stores that sell basic goods are accepting the bitcoin and cryptocurrency technology ,because this cryptocurrency will be functional when there is on line ,internet connection , that is the time the crypto holders could used their cryptos in buying and paying this basic needs.

Isn't that allowed now? In my city you can buy products for cryptocurrency.
There seems to be a question about the widespread introduction of this technology.

it's true like that, but I will make a cryptocurency purchase if I really have a good smart contract and have a good trend.

Check out Plutus, they are creating a card that lets you spend your cryptocurrencies anywhere that accepts visa/Mastercard. When buying something, only the amount of crypto needed to make the purchase can be converted into spendable fiat which then goes to the merchant. This way you don't have to way for the slow process of merchant adoption and can instead utilize the existing payment infrastructures. They are also building a mobile tap & pay app to make purchases also.

They are currently live beta testing some of their products and they say a full launch will be in Q1 2019 but these things always take slightly longer than projects plan. To facilitate the purchases they need an exchange and that part is already fully functioning so its a pretty legit project. Smart team also.

Let me know if you got any questions, websites here https://plutus.it/ could be revolutionary imo

It may take till 10 years. for everyday use, cryptocurrency still needs a lot of technological transformations. Besides legalization, technology is at a low level of development. Very slow now)

I reckon we'll see it sooner than we think, not the disappearance of banks but the use of Bitcoin for payments. Plutus is releasing their crypto card in a few months which lets you spend in crypto at any store that accepts Visa/Mastercard. The crypto is technically converted into spendable fiat before the merchant receives it, but it essentially makes Bitcoin useable as a currency which is pretty revolutionary. Can use Bitcoin at 40million+ stores and online.

It takes time, now there are such coins, it is convenient to pay directly from the phone, but there are not many such places. It is necessary that for example a visa or MasterCard supported such a project, then we can pay anywhere.

There are quite a few blockchain projects working on this. Saw one advertised on this site the other day that I checked out. (forra.io)

The thing is, buying basic needs with crypto is cool, but decentralization is what really should be supported. There has yet to be a virtual platform where you can buy and sell goods without a central authority.

Just because a platform is using blockchain tech to process payments doesn't mean it's decentralized.

With me, for such simple things the more we should use cash because it will be quicker and more convenient if we use cryptocurrency for payment, it is too complicated and time consuming

Even as I believe this will happen in some.time in the future, I think it is still a question of how much the community as in the general public in the different parts of the globe have come to believe in and understand the blockchain and the overall cryptocurrencies itself. Until the common retail store owner understands this and accept the concept behind cryptos, it will be difficult for a cryptos to be used or accepted as a payment for our basic needs but this is visible sometimes in the future I believe.

Well for now the cryto coins that could be used to buy our basic needs is not that plenty. And those coins are running for a long time. I don't think new crytocurrency can be used in this manner because as you can see most of them can't even last long as bitcoin or eth could. I'm not saying there's no hope for new currency but it will take a lot of effort in order to notice by the users.

There are projects out there that automatically convert the cryptocurrencies into fiat before the merchant receives it so you wouldn't have to wait for every retailer to implement a crypto-enabled payment terminal. Plutus project is creating a card to do that right now which will be available in a few months. Can essentially pay with crypto anywhere that visa is accepted with it

Definitely this could be the best of cryptocurrency and thats what's the reason it was developed for. There should be no third party between the transactions, it needs to benefit the people's that is the motto of crypto.

As soon as 25% of the population starts using it, it will be available in most countries. Here the question is on the scale of application.

The market is quite complicated now. We are only going to ensure that the prices for cryptocurrencies are stable and it is not known what we will come to in the end. I think that we will be able to introduce them into our lives soon enough

after crypto is legal in all countries it might be quickly solved. this is a real problem making crypto a transaction tool especially in traditional life.
so the point will take more than a decade I suppose before the state legalized crypto

 I think that day will come soon. crypto is spreading rapidly throughout the world so we should often ask in the store whether they accept payment in cryptocurrency, the faster the cryptocurrency will enter daily life :) ;)

I lost a lot on altcoins this year

I think that it is necessary to introduce cryptocurrencies into everyday life right now. After all, we have long needed it. But most likely we will reach this level in at least 5 years

For bitcoin it is possible in other countries they have bitcoin ATM machines and you can even buy pizza or pay your food in the restaurant. But for other altcoins currently it is impossible.

Yes, payment for goods and services using cryptocurrency is real even at this time, but only in those countries where the cryptocurrency is legalized. As for projects that have a working product / technology, there are unfortunately very few such projects, but I very much hope that next year some of them will succeed in this regard.

I think this will happen eventually but before we reach that point of using bitcoin for day-to-day basis the blockchain technology must be improve tremendously in terms of its speed and security with every transactions as it will cause delays and it will be an inconvenience if you have to pay your bills and yet your transactions cannot be completed at once.

is there any need for us to continue to use cryptocurrencies as well as now we use ordinary money. I do not think that we need it, because in this case the probability of earnings will be reduced to zero

I would like that in the near future. for example, in 2019. but it seems to me that with such poor growth and constant drops and I don't expect we'll see something similar. waiting for better

I think in 3-5 years we will start using cryptocurrency in everyday life because now the market and all the coins are very high volatility and nobody will be interested and profitable today to buy a bike for 1 coin and tomorrow for the same coin you can only buy a wheel from a bike  :D

I really doubt that it will happen anytime soon, so the best thing that we can do is to wait, because it can take a long time to see it happen
Crypto mainstream adoption is not going to happen before 2020 like many people thought, it is a very large process which can take decades.

But yes, you can already buy a lot of stuff just by using bitcoin as a payment processor.

it seems very difficult to be able to make cryptocurrency be used for certain payments because in some countries there are still no clear rules regarding the use of cryptocurrency so the use of this digital currency is still not too applied on many platforms because they are still afraid to use it.

In several coins, it already been started the implementation toward that possibilities. But it can't be rush if we wish to have a maximum result for it. The next time it should be able to utilize any cryptocurrency to be used for our daily need.

Certainly possible and will be in the near future. Here is an example of several projects that are already implementing this feature -
1. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/pundi-x/
2. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/minexcoin/

I think it will be a long way for cryptocurrency to become usable to buy basic needs.
It will need to have a stable value in the market first. Currently, the value of crypto is still volatile.
It is possible for us to buy cigarette using crypto in the future, but at least not for now.

Some countries are already been using the technology which means it has a bigger possibility to be used by many nations. Many ICO's that their concept is somewhat tokenizing the services instead of using fiat. This is the sign that in the coming years cryptocurrencies can be as demand as Fiat due to its given services.

Yes it is very possible, now we have coins with instant transactions that you see as soon as you send them, those coins are the coins of the future and they are going to be the coins that we use for our everyday needs like buying groceries and paying for a cab. Once that happens then you can be sure that the coins are going to skyrocket in price

Some merchants are accepting bitcoin. However, cryptocurrency is not yet widely adapted by other merchants. I think cryptocurrency needs further development and regulation to be fully accepted by the mass.

It's already happening, I know that there are some shops you can shop with your crypto currency, even pundis have lunched their cryptos POS, so it's happening a lot just that it has not attracted mass adaption.

You can already use them to buy, of course it's still not what many expect, but even now they can be used to purchase anything.

Of course, after about a few years, we just have to use cryptocurrency in the same way as now we use ordinary coins. I think that rather will pass about 5 years. No less according to my calculations.

This is possible, but only if the price of the cryptocurrency must be stable, because no one wants to use the cost of replacement per second, such as electricity and water!

It is now difficult to make the impact of cryptocurrencies ubiquitous. The cryptocurrency market is still very small. Many people think Bitcoin is expensive, but in fact, Bitcoin is now very cheap. When Bitcoin prices exceed $100,000, you can buy demand in many places.

It is happened and many stores are accepting Bitcoin and some other coin for selling their projects but a majority of this community do not know about it at all as these shops do not advertise much. The have to advertise especially on this forum to aware all of them.

In fact, I would like to use them for this purpose much faster than it is possible to realize in life. I think that it makes sense to consider the option in which cryptocurrencies are not used in life

We need more working products, because without any competitive products, we won't reach the mass adoption and it is going to be a very bad move for the whole industry. Hold your coins and wait for more product releases.

Cryptocurrency can only be used to purchase basic needs when the key technologies of the blockchain are improved on, which will facilities the blockchain to bring value to everyday activities of the public .
This I believe would drive up adoption rate of Cryptocurrency among the public.

Check out flogmall store, there you will be able to buy something for crypto.
It is for sure! I've recently purchased PS4 for lower price than in official store and I've bought it for crypto!

Usually the store only develops in certain communities, usually most of the local community is in the coverage of the store. Advertisements are indeed an important factor, in a calculation most stores lack information about the products and services they have. Even if the store makes advertisements that provide information about receiving payments via cryptocurrencies then that will help improve the use of ryptocurrencies much more in daily life.

Yes, the present would like to do that is impossible. We have to wait for the price in the first market to rebound, the second is tended to increase periodically. And then we can apply in a powerful way, paying them either electricity or water ;D

It seems to me that in the very near future we will be able to pay crypto not only in the Internet shops, but also in regular stores !!! Enterprises are likely to start paying crypto soon instead of non-cash payments! That's when the crypto and get a very wide spread.

Cryptocurrencies are already being used in the real world for basic necessities. The AutoBlock's AutoCoin helps you in buying luxury cars using coins and this altcurrency has a lot more to offer too. So while you can't really buy eggs, butter, and bread with crypto right now, it won't take much time for it to be implemented properly.

In order to see this, we need real economic projects. Which will make it easy to use cryptocurrency as a means of payment. With this, everything is tight. I do not think that the business will soon switch to selling goods through cryptocurrency because it is not stable and has a number of problems. This is a long way of development, I think not less than 10 years.

It is going to be possible and when this starts to happen then you can be sure that cryptos are going to be the main currency and that everyone would start using them. Although right now it does seem a little bit like a long shot because people are already used to cash but with the next generation knowing exactly how the technology works they would be more inclined to use it

Crypto can be used to buy basic need only when infrastructure is done. Now legislation is shady towards crypto, so I believe we need to surpass this moment and wait for new rules

some projects already trying make it happen.such as pundix and few others.we should have strong faith it could realize soon.moreover if government regulated this crypto market.

I agree that it would be very convenient if we could do this for everything like electricity or water taxes ... And there may be some benefits when using crypto currency for payment, Maybe a discount, or something. Just the opinion from me ;D

It's possible to buy goods with crypto, but who will do it when the volatility of the market is so high!? It's more beneficial, ofc, to trade cryptocurrency on exchanges cause its price changes momentarily

   Question is not when, question is where. It`s already happening, as Bolivar_Tony wrote, some people can buy what
ever they wish, they can pay bills with crypto-currencies.
   Next logical question is when will that be available for every person on this world? When that`s happen, we can expect
value of crypto-currencies to grow a lot. It can happen, each of us have some answer on my question, in 5 years or maybe
10 years, it will happen, every person on this plant will be able to buy anything with crypto-currencies.

I hope in few years we will be happy to use crypto in daily life. I know that there are some shops these days that use Bitcoin. So the future is near

In my opinion, you can use your bitcoin to buy some things in the market if bitcoin is legal and can be used in some transaction in the market. Somehow you can buy anything you want if your coins converted/exchange to national currency in a specific country. Not all countries are open to do some transaction in the crypto world because of some reason but hopefully in the next years they can embrace the innovation of currency.

I think that the possibility of the development and active use of cryptocurrency and technology in modern society is becoming a reality. You just need patience. But now we see that BTC and Ethereum are used in the work of many stores, significantly improving the trading market.

A business can use cryptocurrency for settlements only when it becomes more reliable and less volatile.

I don't think crypto currency can be used to buy basic needs because for a very small amount , nobody will bother , but for big amount , this is very safe because Ethereum address is unique and hence more secure.

I think such times will come along with general crypto acceptance. Now many still consider it to be a dead end project or some kind of fraud. It's a question of time, in short.

I believe that society will have this opportunity in the near future. Some stores are already introducing functionality and the ability to accept payment for their goods and services with cryptocurrencies. Therefore, I am sure that cryptocurrency will gradually strengthen its position, will be used for various everyday tasks.

I am sure that we see the first prerequisites now. In the work of many stores are actively used BTC and Ethereum. For example, Japan already uses various cryptocurrencies for its internal needs. Such a possibility in the near future may appear for Canada and Switzerland.

We still have to wait some time but I believe it will happen, sooner or later. Even now there are many cryptos which are leading to facilitate payments (like Dash or FuturoCoin) and we cannot forget about many places where you can already pay with Bitcoins

Many steps have already been taken. As an example, I can remember the issue of debit cards in the UK, which allow you to pay with cryptocurrency in stores, currency conversion occurs automatically. In addition, can you remember Argentina, where cryptocurrencies are actively implemented and they can pay for transport.

that's the problem for us crypto users
there are many ideas and technologies that are carried by ico and so are the benefits for the use of daily life, as you say.
but I do not see what really works as it is written on white paper.
in my opinion, only a few can be implemented and even then it will take a long time

not gonna happend unless there is new ways to make fee for transfer become like zero
and before that cryptocurrency must be accept by goverment

I am waiting for that to happen especially in my country, but that seems very unlikely given that there are many bans and bans for bitcoin and crypto.
in my opinion, only in a few large countries have legalized crypto and bitcoin to be able to become a payment transaction tool as you say.

It's possible and it's happening now. There are a lot of merchants who are now accepting Bitcoin is means of payment however they are not huge companies. I heard that some online shopping such as Amazon are considering cryptocurrency to be used as means of payment however we can't say as of now when will it happen. I think there are regulations who are not finaliized yet that are being waited in order for them to use it.

I hope so, but for that to happen, does it need a massive adoption of all people in the world and with the legalization of the
government? because without that, I doubt if many stores will use bitcoin as payment system..

Cryptocurrency can now be used to buy basic needs and there are many stores who already accepting cryptocurrency like bitcoin as payment. In this generation, a lot of people are now into digital currency which you can now paybills, buy load, and buy things and gadgets through online, that is why there is a chance for bitcoin and other cryptocurrency to be more recognized in the whole world and be legalize by the government. Anyways, i have found an exchange which is a good trading platform that has a high security it is called Darb Finance. Most of my trading activities are in Darb (https://darbfinance.com/?=crowd) because i can easily convert all of my fiat and altcoins into bitcoin and vice versa and you can also use it as a wallet. Lastly, you can mostly use your cryptocurrency to buy things through online because there are online shopping like Amazon who are already accepting bitcoin, but for me i only use my bitcoin to buy games in steam and garena.

It would be very nice if the cryptocurrency user received certain discounts when buying certain goods, if he would pay for these goods with cryptocurrency.  Thus, it will be possible to very quickly attract more investors to cryptocurrency and interested parties.

Well i wish that can happen soon and on most of countries to can buy food with crypto. In my country i can buy with crypto PC from a site and from another site i can recharge my phone but there are too small and i wish also so i can buy mor things with, i think is need more years to happen.

I guess we need 10 more years, this process isnt so fast, just think, billions of people with different goverments and laws, different civilizations with their customs and tradition are using fiat money many centures...so transition to crypto will last a long time.

Well, it is possible because time will come when crypto currency will become a global currency that everyone will start making use of to buy goods and services. But it can only be possible when you and I start accepting it as a medium of exchange for goods and services in our small shops and other business related activities that will encourage to use.

There should be simple stores in your locality that will be ready to collect BTC or other cryptocurrencies that appeal or interest them. you can make findings for that. For instance, there is such available where i am resident, but they do not sell cigarette  and bread or other food materials as you mentioned. What these set of people deal in many are clothes and shoes and other accessories as might deem fit.

You thought is great but in my word it's not possible at this moment. The acceptence of Bitcoin or other currencies are not that much as fiat money. It will take time to discover all the thing. But they are in working already many big company working hard and some of them take Bitcoin as a payment option. And after few year this acceptence will be great. And we have to wait for that day.

I think the question is more to do with mass adoption.. The more awareness towards cryptocurrencies,  merchants, outlets and stores would be forced to accept crypto payment in due time.. Although I think this will happen,  I think it will take a little while to attain this level of outreach and establishment of trust..

except that we just have to wait for this day, we have to start studying technology and earning bitcoins not to sell them later, but to use them

Although it is not widely available today, it is possible to shop with crypto in some places. Maybe it does not satisfy you, but it is a huge success that crypto has made so much progress in little time.

In my opinion the most obvious opportunity to wind up effective on along these lines have Litecoin establishment) They purchased some portion of the bank and attempting to make a door to genuine world. Be that as it may, as of now there some working items like epayments. As I comprehended they all have a few issues with guideline.

In my opinion we ought to for guideline from G20 to get genuine secure entryways to fiat.

It is very likely  that crypto currency is used to buy cigarettes, bread, and other daily necessities. Indeed according to its function that this crypto currency will provide convenience in online transactions. Someday crypto currencies will be more useful to facilitate all human activities. If more people  are aware of the benefits of crypto currencies and try to use them, all activities can be done with crypto currencies. In countries that have permitted the use of crypto currencies, daily purchases of basic needs have been made with crypto currencies. I'm sure this good thing will be followed in other countries as soon as possible.

We are not expecting that all tokens and coins will be used for such things. As of now, some establishments and businesses accept Crypto as their alternative mode of payment or an Altcoin then we convert it to fiat before we can buy things that we need. What more important thing is that it serves its purpose.

I really like crypto can actually be used as a payment tool because crypto is basically a digital currency so it should be used as a means of payment but as you say that indeed not all countries have regulated crypto then because crypto adoption is still not correct really spread and because there are still many people who regard crypto as an investment, so it still won't come true in the near future, but I believe that in the end crypto will be like that and I'm really excited to wait for that

In my country crypto currency is not really popular as fiat and there are so many people that really didn't have any idea about it. So i think we cannot still use crypto here to buy our basic needs directly, but i think we can freely convert crypto to fiat here to buy our needs so it is sounds like it is almost the same thing.

To buy basic needs we need to see 2 key points:
- crypto stronger mass adoption for price stability
- network lightning fully implemented for transactions speed and scalability

When does cryptocurrencies can be used to buy some basic needs? For now I am using to buy some of my needs for example I can used my wallet to buy some load, buy food etc. And for now I am using it too for playing some games (https://vegascasino.io/casino/video-slots/wild-pixies?utm_source=ccwp) especially I am using it to gamble so that I can earn a lot of money due to this matter I can earn profit as much as I can as long as you know how is the strategy to win and play some games. Because of this games I'll be able to earn my profit by just playing and enjoying my money. But this is a gamble world in which you must take risk in order to earn a lot of profit.

I already know many different projects that have achieved success and bring real benefits as a full-fledged and reliable currency. I also think that despite the large number of fraudsters in the ICO market, there are regularly useful new projects and technologies for the development of modern society.

The fact is that over the past couple of years, quite a lot of ico companies have been implemented that have implemented cryptocurrency not only in the gaming industry, but also in real trading sites where you can really buy and sell various things and goods for cryptocurrency.  Of course, we are still at the stage of development of the entire infrastructure, but I hope that the cryptocurrency will very quickly be introduced into the daily life of a person.

I think that cryptocurrency can be safely seen in execution immediately after it is legalized.  Because a lot of things depend on it.

Although there have been news about cryptocurrency being used in real-world applications, but it isn't as massive as it ought to be. For cryptocurrency to used in a global scale there is need for high TPS. With this, cryptocurrency will on the perfect path to global adoption.

I think that today there are services that accept payment as BTC, I video such payment in VPN services, so I think that this is already there and probably even in some online stores.

Take it or leave, there are certain places the use of as a means of payment can never work or not feasible. One of such places is the traditional market, especially where majority of the traders are not tech savvy and in buying materials or items of a real low amount, Imagine buy some stick of cigarettes for about a dollar and being charged almost same amount for transaction fee

Every day there are more and more merchants offering shopping with crypto. There are also many possibilities to change your crypto instantly to Fiat and using your credit card doing the everyday shopping or to switch your
crypto to gift cards which you can use to purchase goods.

Cryptocurrency getting more popular and maybe in near future we can buy goods in near merchant. The obstacle crypto for buying goods in merchant mostly on government regulation. Its because many country ban crypto if used as currency

It takes a long time for Crypto to be used to buy basic good items in the world, This means that all countries were able to legalized cryptocurrency, But you have to accept the risks what ever it is, Because that was crypto is.

I think it is possible for the reason that cryptocurrency has been evolving every single day of our lives. And in these days, there is always an improvement, a new thing that humanity can be use in the future.

There is a possibility that it could be accepted on a daily payment ... But to do this, Cryptocurrency takes a long time. And also, There is a company that already accepted cryptocurrency as a payment this is the Samsung company. This is a first step to make crypto more legalized in many country.

I dont think it would be any time soon, maybe in some 10 years time we could see it take place. It would need some catalyst for that to happen, as most people are still not enough educated about crypro as a whole.

Its possible but will take time to circulate,as per info on this forum I heard some stores are already collecting Cryptos as means of payment so its a gradual process, step by step bit by bit

Cryptocurrency is almost used by people all around European countries and in the US and Canada. Bitcoin has been in wide use in the said countries and even in the countries where it is not legalized. Though illegal, it is still used to speculate for gains. Microsoft is willing and has actually announced officially that they accept Bitcoin. You could pay for a suit in a local shopping mall in the New York or Vancouver.

I am not aware of any mainstream retailers where you can purchase basic need items aka groceries with crypto and I doubt there are any. But we are moving forward, slowly, but at least we are not stagnant. PundiX just secured more deals for their devices, but this is still a drop in the ocean.