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Just a feeling I have. It's all credit cards and dollars and shit.

Yeah, I'd rather spend the shit money and save my bitcoins, but I can't wait until I can use real money everywhere. I'd rather get paid in bitcoin and spend bitcoin.

If there are any small grocery stores in your neighbourhood, consider supporting them instead of large chains. Not only can the food be a lot better, but they'll listen to their loyal customers. Keep reminding them that you're willing and able to pay in bitcoin, and let them know they don't have to assume any risk by using a service like BitPay.

I know it's not the same as getting a supermarket to make the switch, but those things are massive and getting something like that past their management/financial teams will be almost impossible without sufficient market research that suggests they'll be left behind if they don't do it.

Let's just wait until it happens. Or Why not you're the one who first initiates a move in your area? Like introducing to your friends, neighbors, and businesses. Then if bitcoin is already an option payment recognize by many people, it might be an option to some supermarkets to accept it as well.

Not until LN is available and widely adopted. Just imagine spending BTC for daily purchases today - a few dollars of fee if you want your tx confirmed in next block most of the time, ~10 minute wait till your transaction confirms - how that would even work, do people have to stay in the shop until their transaction gets confirmed?

For now, if you don't want Visa and your bank knowing what kind of butter are you buying, you should stick to cash. It's better to convert your BTC to cash once a month and spend it, inflation doesn't matter on such a small scale.

Unlikely that this is going to happen because of the absurd fees that we are having right now. Today, I had to send Bitcoin with a 2 dollars worth of fee on a single transaction and it took a lot of time to finish. Now imagine supermarkets doing this and customers sending with this kind of fees for every transaction they make. We'd have to wait for lightning network or a Bitcoin development that would fix or at least lessen the fees to be feasible.

That would be awesome indeed! In the Philippines, there are already a handful of stores that accept bitcoin payment. But I doubt full adoption is going to happen in our generation. Merchants and their staff have to fully understand how bitcoin transactions work and the proper technology to support it must be accessible first, and that takes a long time. We have a long way to go but we are always optimistic.    

Hello to all. I'm not sure what exactly I would like Bitcoin to be accepted everywhere in stores because of the cost of transactions, but if cryptocurrency with minimal transactions would be accepted in stores, and there would be something like Posmining for the rest of the amount, - that would be my dream come true. Sooner or later this will happen - let's be patient.

That would be a nice thing to happen. But I bet not everybody is waiting for that same thing you are waiting.

We are all aware of the huge shift of Bitcoin's treatment from an electronic cash to a speculative asset, from an alternative medium of exchange to an investment, so I guess the majority is waiting for that new ATH more than their favorite supermarket's green light for Bitcoin payment.

Well, as for me, I would gladly welcome either of the two that happens first. ;)

You can do it now anyway! Just go to Polispay and order their prepaid debit card and spend it to any store where POS machine is available. So you will be spending from your bitcoin in this case. I don't know what point you are trying to make while it is already very much possible! I understand you a bitcoin enthusiast but that doesn't give you the right to call fiat money useless or shit! The world economy is dependent on fiat currencies and bitcoin is just a new entrant to the world of economy, just 11 years old! Give it time and it will surely find its way into the economy for good.

But what you want now is already available! Hope this helps!

While some already allow prepaid bitcoin debit cards to be used, I can’t also wait for the time when I can literally just scan a bitcoin addy QR code and pay with actual bitcoins. Though currently that isn’t economical given the tx fees and confirmation times, but it is still a possibility that is just looming around the corner until someone actually comes through with it, especially on the merchant’s side.

You can also ask for your employers to give you bitcoins instead, although they may not be open with it but it’s worth it to ask.

i'd rather use my bitcoin to pay services that i use instead of using it at the supermarket. fiat would do just fine there, especially because most supermarket around my place only do cash transactions.

it would be cool, sure. but i don't know if merchants would take the risk with zero-conf or if they have the time to set-up a ln node.

I think to pay a small amount I think it will cost you a lot, if you shop in large quantities it looks interesting and worth using bitcoin payments, but unfortunately the problem of transaction confirmation is also a problem here, you need a wallet that can really be used together so that not waiting to confirm the transaction, if I were you I would keep bitcoins in my wallet and not to be spent

If you have the necessary requirements, you can start by implementing it in your city. You can have some stores that accept BTC or make partner with the other company who can make this thing possible. as of now, we cannot do it alone except with the help of others. We are still in the middle of doubt where people don't really understand what's going on with this new digital currency. In our era today right now is to educate those people what this thing is, we let the young people do their job after we are done with our job today.

Hold your horses there mate. It is still a long way to go.

You should not consider fiat to be shit, just because you don't like it. The importance of bitcoin is there because of the disadvantages of fiat. Think about it, if fiat didn't exist then bitcoin would not be talked about. There is a importance of everything in life. But we fail to comprehend it because we see only one side of the picture.

We all want bitcoin to be accepted by big merchants. But that is a long way, we can only hope for the best and see how the progress is with more people using it and thus raising the demand.

Just to be clear, I've already done this before. Yeah, it was cool and yeah, it was fun. But it's not quite the same as using the actual protocol without touching debit/credit card networks.

The ideal thing would be lightning integration and then I send a few sats, I buy some milk and maybe I get a discount for the merchant not getting hit for processing fees and using a superior money.

Inflation free money should command a discount over fiat. Or perhaps it should be viewed the other way around.

If you're giving me inflation prone money that if stored can be frozen by a bank or physically stolen by thieves you should pay me extra.

Be patient because we are still waiting for that. You don't have to use credit cards, but you can use dollars/fiat money. But I prefer to still use dollars/fiat money for now than to use bitcoin because making a transaction is too high, and sometimes we need to wait for some time before it's completed. Besides that, I can save my bitcoin and sell it once the price touches the highest price by using fiat money. Bitcoin is an investment for me, but it is also a way to make fiat money, so I think we need to give more time for bitcoin before it can accept in all countries, and bitcoin can be used to make a transaction.

Where do you live? If it's not too crazy to say, cause I might know a place or two nearby for you to do just that.

And no, no dirty cheating tricks with so-called crypto debit cards or POS terminal for some stupid switch coin. Just need your wallet, it's possible. LN as someone says above will soon make this a nice fat awesome reality =)

Finally someone who gets it! Bitcoin without a dollar middleman. Honestly I typed this up just to share the way I'm feeling a little bit. I know these options will multiply with time and LN development and adoption.

I live in the United States, in florida... I don't want to get very specific but I have one of the metro areas near me.
The closest big city to me rhymes with oompa loompa.

its will be good but still we need our fiat currency so our own country economy are in stable and not dropping. Do you know our own country fiat also has it own market. Its show how stable is our currency and it also will drop the values if the economy is dropping like pandemic time now. Support our own fiat and support bitcoin will be a good term to make sure we all win.

Our patience should be high enough because for sure it will take a lot of time. Don't expect that it will happen in months because it is impossible because there should be enough time for the people to adjust and get used not only in bitcoin but in the whole cryptocurrency market. Today a lot of people in different economies are demanding to have better payment system, a system where we do not need to fall in line if we are going to buy in groceries, a system that will give us confidence and comfortable.

I'm sure that many people will switch and prefer the usage of bitcoin than credit card or cash if they become aware it. The problem today is there are only few people who are financially literate and most of the people are still not aware to bitcoin and it uses. Adoption will happen if people will become financially literate where many merchants and business will start to patronize cryptocurrencies.

Me too. I would like to see supermarkets, grocery and convenience stores to adopt Bitcoin or cryptocurrency payments like displaying QR codes.

Here in the Philippines, GCash and Paymaya are leading in terms of digital and QR code payments. There are some coffee shops in Manila, Makati, etc., that are already adopting Bitcoin payments.

It'll take time, but we'll get there one day and our imaginations would become realities.

Ah damn, so it's not anywhere I know then, would have been able to point you somewhere in Central Europe or in Southeast Asia but the Americas are out of my sphere of knowledge=p

I'm almost sure there must be places in Florida though, I meet online a lot of people from there, and you see these videos with LN payments at clubs/bars in the US, maybe it needs hunting around within these app networks like Zap?

Good luck, and yeah, Bitcoin without the fiat interference, feels so much nicer than doing a Bitpay.

But is this really true?we can say easier that we wanted to spend our Bitcoin buying items everywhere but the truth is when we have received our Bitcoins all we wanted to do is save them and keep on our wallet and wait until the price Grows higher ,this is the reality though i have tried couple of times using Bitcoin as payments for a service and an items online.and yeah it makes me think twice if i really wanted to let go of my bitcoins or not.
asking with curiousity mate,whats the difference of spending it to service and buying stuffs?
seems like both are can be used by fiat or bitcoin so there is no Big deal if where you wanted to spend.
well merchant that will accept Crypto is a people that knows and uses crypto also then there won't be any issue.

Many are waiting for this time to come where most of the supermarkets will accept bitcoin and other cryptocurrency as payment. It will not be that long until we will reach this kind of scenario as the future of cryptocurrency is getting closer and closer as days passes by.

The acceptance is keep on growing so we can expect that in the following years there will be few countries who will accept a bitcoin payment in their supermarkets.

I think, it will happen if there is someone like you that initiate to start a business that you can pay with bitcoin and can give your change in bitcoin also and all your workers will also receive bitcoin as their salary. If it will happen, I'm sure other business men will also follow what you started specially if they are also a crypto lover and enthusiast.

Been waiting for this since I become a huge fan of crypto now could be a good time to use this kind of payment.
We would lessen the risk of spreading the virus since we wouldn't have any physical contact with anyone.
And it would also help us lessen the fee that we would pay since we don't need to convert it or trade it into Fiat and cash-out.

I'd like for it to be an option, but only with a reasonable solution to the issue of transaction fees and the time they take to proceed. It's okay for me that the price is quite volatile, and I believe in using Bitcoin as money. But I usually spend around $15 in the supermarket, and paying a priority fee of around $2 would be unreasonably high. If, however, zero confirmation cheap transactions became accepted, I would love to use this opportunity. Paying around 5% is okay by me because that's what I would lose on selling Bitcoin for fiat anyway, but around 10% or more is just too much, so I'd probably still use a debit card in that case.

Well, that's one of the reality since most of the people in crypto space considered Bitcoin as a store of value rather than a currency. While Bitcoin is supposed to be used to pay and accept as a currency to purchase goods or service. That's one of the many ways for Bitcoin to grow not only as an investment tool, but also as a currency that can purchase anytime anywhere like how fiat, debit, and credits functions. The same reason why LN was created, for this technology to expand its horizon and widen the adoption of Bitcoin.

It will be a wonderful feelings seeing bitcoin widely use in supermarkets or rentals shops.
What will scare people most is the cost of running those transactions. They will prefer using cash (dollar) than bitcoin.
For example, a goods of $10, you might end up spending $10.3 for the goods. Every bitcoin transaction has a charge fee. Which will discourage people in running minor transaction of good's

Before we can reach that phase where we will see more enterprises and shops accepting bitcoin payment, they need to get educated first. I have also heard stories/news before and there are some physical shops in my country that accepted bitcoin, although I'm not sure if they are still accepting it until now because it's really not in demand for customers. But personally, I have not seen any shops that accept bitcoin payment so I'm also curious. If a lot of people in your place are into bitcoin, there's a possibility you will see some shops or even supermarkets accepting it.

I don't believe that Bitcoin will ever become a currency, and I hope it doesn't debase itself by becoming a grocery store payment option. I see it as a valuable asset, and a medium of exchange for other valuable assets.

I'm not sure if you mean Tampa Bay, but anyway I found one map with locations where you can see all the places that accept Bitcoin. As far as I can see there are restaurants, hotels, various shops and of course ATMs - but take into account that the list was last updated at the beginning of last year. Each location has a web address and other social contacts, so you don't have to waste time and go to those places physically - and also the map has filters to choose only what interests you.

Enjoy the virtual tour and I hope you find something for yourself ;)

https://i.imgur.com/2l2ndU9.jpg
https://www.finder.com/who-accepts-bitcoin-miami

for now doing digital transactions is very necessary in order to reduce the spread of the virus that has plagued this. if bitcoin can be accepted worldwide it is likely that most governments have implemented a payment system using Bitcoin

This might be the case the charge fee when paying using bitcoin. Since some people doesn't know this crypto yet they may be discourage in using bitcoin with additional cost fees everytime on sending transactions. So the traditional payment system will still be use, and also it will take time to adopt bitcoin as payment just like in supermarket. 

There's quite a few companies already offering debet and credit cards which are connected to your crypto wallet. One of them is the Estonian project "Change" that actually started on these boards and is still doing quite well afaik (I'm by the way in no way affiliated but have followed them from the very start of their campaign on this forum).

Your crypto is in this case indeed still converted to fiat, so that's probably not what you meant by your OP, but indirectly, it's possible to pay your supermarket bell using BTC.

I would rather pay immovable properties with my bitcoin because it is much convenient to use it that way.

Bitcoin can be used also in a smaller transaction but it is more worth it if you spend it into a large and wider transactions where it will become more appropriate.

Using bitcoin in a supermarket should be done also, especially during this pandemic. Digital transactions are needed in order to minimize the spread of the virus in those establishments. But I'm still hoping that bitcoin will become much more popular and reach the mainstream when utilize as a payment tool.

This will probably happen sooner or later because bitcoin is already having good reputations in the public.

Hopefully, we can also pay using bitcoin in gaming industry, in buying things that will help us improve our quality of gaming. Nowadays, the number of streamers have a massive increase due to the quarantine. Some people really want to put the use of cryptocurrency in gaming so that they will also adopt and know that bitcoin is complex and flexible.

maybe it will happen in some countries it will be realized but there are still many countries that cannot use it because some of the most crucial reasons are because there is no regulation on bitcoin.

but for me there is the convenience of paying with bitcoin or nothing at all it doesn't have any impact because I am used to using a debit card issued by a bank that I have savings there. and the mechanism is not different from the treatment of bitcoin.

it is too beautiful to be true but too risky because there are still many shortcomings of the bitcoin blockchain itself such as transaction speed and expensive transaction fees
Imagine if you pay using bitcoin and the time for the first confirmation of your transaction is 5 minutes then you have to wait for 5 minutes and what happens if your transaction takes up to 20 minutes is very detrimental and a waste of time in my opinion

I think in many countries shops are already taking payments using Bitcoin. You can checkout this article- https://www.supermarketnews.com/retail-financial/bitcoin-joins-grocery-shopping-list. Here is a list of grocery stores in US that accept bitcoin payments- http://spendbitcoins.com/places/c/grocery/. Actually many projects are under development. There are government regulations that need to follow. So, large grocery in some developed countries may accept bitcoin payments. But it’s not that much easy for the developing & underdeveloped countries, especially in this global pandemic situation. However, as soon as all the largest ecommerce sites starts to accept Bitcoin payments. All other business will come forward without hesitation. Let’s hope everything go as per their plan. I am also excited to buy things using Bitcoin.  :)

Imagine this comes true and no one is even using their bitcoin to buy anything coz they are hesitating because of the price lol

Even me I would think the same way coz it is bitcoin, maybe tomorrow I could buy 2 apples instead of 1.

I agree, we are just waiting for the price to increase rather than being accepted as payment means. If that comes true, I'll be happy for bitcoin itself attaining that real life usefulness but for my portfolio? it's a no no when it does not hit a new ATH.
Me too, but it I'll be more happy when it reaches ATH first  ;D

I do understand where you are coming from. Everyone has their preferences on where they want to spend their bitcoins. Other see it as an investment opportunity while others treat the same way they as cash. It all depends upon their needs and priorities on where they could actually use their resources on essential stuff.

Although most would probably disagree on OP's choice, at the end of the day, bitcoin still can be converted into large amounts of cash given the right time you cash them out.


Again, it all depends upon the preference of the person and the available means of transaction. If your country allows the exchange via bitcoins, then take that opportunity to do so. While other countries have regulations which bar the usage of bitcoins, then debit/credit cards would suffice. It all boils down on the convenience and acceptable terms of payment available per country.

Yeah right, with this pandemic supermarket can offer this together with other digital ways of payments
crypto can co exist with any alternative currencies.



Not just the virus of this current covid-19 but also those virus coming from regular fiat money it
will be more safer for us.


I love that if there's an actual system that will allow us to process with the actual value of our bitcoin.

I also feel the desire to pay for my food with Bitcoin. I live in a small city where if you frequent a place they already know you. Once it occurred to me to tell to several owners of supermarkets in my city that I wanted to pay for my food with Bitcoin and that if they did not know I could teach them to get started with Bitcoin. My answer was that no, in their faces I could see that there was disinterest and ignorance.

Still in some places many changes are needed for Bitcoin to be accepted through the front door. We are used to being led by our rulers. When there is an acceptance of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies by governments is when we will see a massive adoption will occur. For now we are the pioneers for that great moment.

Well, in the united states there are good places you can pay for your goods unlike the other parts that are still coming up with the technology. The recent happenings has shown that, many merchandise doesn't understand the technology while the world still facing the pandemic. Bitcoin community has been educating the general public about this technology and in short time from now the world will start embracing the technology, then will the payment system be made available for all. LN(Lightning Network) has good innovative ideas that will make this technology work wonders for big and small businesses in terms of payment.

Most hardfork of bitcoin is meant to add those things they consider limitations eg paying using bitcoin at supermarket but where are they today? Bitcash has design a lot of apps and avenue to attract trading with its coin has yet to thrive. , Bitcoin is sitting with the high asset class in world and it profit over the year rank him as the best. Bitcoin ATM is project a well if can afford it

The last thing I would ever want to spend my hard money on is a bunch of stuff that's going to emerge from my anus or willy a few hours later. That's what your depreciating fiat is for. My weekly shop bought with BTC in 2011 would now be worth one million dollars.

 If it's to be spent, spend it on something productive or enriching. It will forever be the spending of last resort which means I don't think it's ever going to become a widespread currency.

I wouldn't like to pay my supershop bill in bitcoin. The main reason is the transaction fee btc need to transfer a small amount of money also. It won't be profitable for me or not for the seller also. So, I prefer cash on the local supershops around me. I only use btc to pay or buy something online. Because it is much easier and hassle free.

It definitely will happen, very obvious how Bitcoin is gaining popularity globaly. Rooted deep in digital marketing. And soon I will not have a shit to do with Fiat, those are dreams come through already. Bitcoin is now unstable and be legalized in no time.

I've written something similar in the past and it wasn't met very well by a few members. Some told me that I was dreaming while I've explained that with the Lightning Network development this will be a reality.

I understand that the narrative currently is to pass Bitcoin as a hedge to inflation and perhaps a way to cure all financial disease and fix everything. This is not true and everyone knows this. Bitcoin has two purposes which are interconnected. It is both to be used as a method of purchases and has also features of a store of value asset. It can't abandon any of these as it will fail in the other too.

In my opinion, the price of Bitcoin is not α goal itself but it is inevitable to keep growing as long as it is developing these two features it has since its inception by Satoshi. I don't hope but I'm expecting to be able to buy at local stores and supermarkets with our Bitcoin wallets in a few years.

I think it'll be technically possible but users simply won't want to do it en masse. You don't spend what you think will be worth more in future, especially if you have a more common alternative that does the opposite. It goes against both logic and human nature.

When you became a bitcoin fan. This is the usual reaction of bitcoin lover to which all things running in their head is all about bitcoin. Well, I could blame them too because bitcoin really a great help when it comes to investment earnings but the best things about using bitcoin for spending is the challenge. Bitcoin might be challenging when you do transfer because it may somehow take time to confirm witg the miner in the transaction especially if payments needs huge bitcoin transfer. Some are really weird like this and even myself wanted to be challenge using bitcoin as payment.

LN seems to be undervalued and not optimized by its potential. If merchants will use this network, customers will avoid btc high tx fees. But up until now, very few merchants are having LN within their payment system. And right now, I think that's one hindrance in deploying btc payment in merchants/shops. I hope that one day, LN will find its way to these entities and crypto users will have more convenience in using this service.

I also have the same desire, eager to spend Bitcoin in supermarkets. But the possibility that it could happen in my country,
around a few decades away. Because in my country until now the government only allows using Bitcoin only as a digital asset,
cannot be used as payment. It is possible that countries that have legalized Bitcoin can already experience using Bitcoin at
the supermarket.

Before it goes through your body and emerges from the rear end it has to go through the mouth first and that sensation is what people are willing to pay big money for.

I like when a good sip of nice wine or brandy leaves an aftertaste in my mouth and warms up my body. I wouldn't mind spending coins on one of the pleasures of life like alcohol, cofee, or well made meat, especially that unhealthy red one  :P

You won't get it . The Bitcoin blockchain is full. For a year, about 350 thousand transactions are made every day, and you can't do it anymore. This will not change in the coming years. This means that there will be no increase in payments for goods and services.

The bitcoin community did not go down the path of increasing bandwidth. Now a different path of development is chosen, which actually led to the fact that the development of Bitcoin has stopped.

In this case though perhaps we should stop consuming right now and swap all our fiat into Bitcoin. This isn't rational either holding fiat currencies since we can buy Bitcoin with them and reduce our consumption to a minimum.

Dont hope that much because this thing is almost impossible to happen.Im not really that against nor doesnt trust up btc or crypto but as long do government do exist then money/fiat will surely exist.

I know the feels of being optimistic but too much of it will just really frustrate you if you do wait up for the moment that you had been hoping for.If you do save up btc then its good yet we know on when it comes to potential but we do accept the fact that this will really be just an option and not would become the primary currency that would completely replace fiats.

Government would be the number one who would oppose such changes.

Same thought, it will be impossible since btc is not being controlled by the government. Unlike in fiat, it is being regulated by the government. Also, aside from the said reason, volatility is a real problem for business establishments. As far as I know, there are some businesses who tried to accept btc before, but they stop it immediately because of the same reason.

For sure that won't happen soon. Bitcoin still is not accepted as a mode of payment to many countries, and if you are living to those countries, then you have no choice but to use Bitcoin as an investment. Indeed Bitcoin and other cryptos has advantages regarding convenience on every transactions but we just cannot help thr fact that it is still in progress of development.
 Well, more likely, Bitcoin will be accepted to markets as a mode of payment, once its market price stabilize. It is more likely to happen because majority of the businesses cannot afford adding up risks. Think of it, if they would accept an amount of Bitcoin as a payment, then it happened that the price of Bitcoin is still volatile, the business will be at risk of "losing" money unless they would hold it, which will not be sustainable to majority of businesses.

We must be patient, mate. We are not in the same situation, some of us may experience a more difficult situation. Like in my country, you cannot expect to pay some goods at the supermarket as it is forbidden to use Bitcoin for payment purposes. Rupiah is the only thing that is allowed to be a payment tool. Well, I also have a big hope as you, but the laws cannot allow me. Bitcoin is only allowed as a digital asset here. We must convert it to Rupiah if we want to pay anything at the supermarket.  

You are not alone...almost Bitcoin holders have waiting that moment to come and spend their holdings. This is the reason why most of us are considering Bitcoin only for investment, not a form of currency. In the meantime, and those countries that don't accept crypto for payment option they usually converted it into FIAT money which I also use oftentimes.

The development isn't that fast as we want it, many still not aware of this and also many people had been doubtful due to its volatility. Even though the use of crypto is already legalized in a particular area but it also depends on you as the owner of that establishment if you accept it. The same thing is happening to others. They should have also to think about their capabilities, otherwise.

Well, we have to wait a little bit longer to finally be accepted in all establishments and enjoy it.

Bitcoin has a lot of competitors, and some of those are Defi by ETH, then there's chainlink and lastly Polkadot. Those projects are much hype right now and blowing up in terms of demand. So i don't think that anytime soon, will see Bitcoin as main currency used for payments for every services. Honestly, what i think is every Cryptocurrency should be accepted payments.

The price will never stabilise. It will calm down as the whole thing grows but sooner than we expect its inflation will become effectively nominal. Even if all the action stopped and it sat there and did very little it would still be worth ever more in the currencies it's presently measured against.



Yup. I expect if I ever attempt to pay for something in Walmart in 2028 with Bitcoin I'll have a rotten fish thrown in my face as they yell 'don't insult us. Get yer Polkadot out, you skinflint fucker.'

It could be the accepted payments if you buy something that is more than the transaction fees, just imagine you are paying the transaction and the fee is more than the transaction itself. This is what I am afraid by using cryptocurrency in this case Bitcoin as the payment on supermarket, they could suffer with expensive fees and confirmation speed.

I also prefer the latter getting paid in Bitcoin and and spend Bitcoin in important stuffs like groceries and paying my bills directly with Bitcoin I have to convert my Cryptocurrency to fiat first before I can do that, but maybe it's going to happen 5 years from now depends on how fast is the adoption but hoping it will happen.

I believe that all of us as the cryptocurrency community really want to be able to use Bitcoin as payment. Not only can it be used
in supermarkets, but I also wish I could use Bitcoin to buy groceries and pay bills. But the reality is very difficult to materialize,
there are several obstacles that do not allow Bitcoin as a means of payment. Usually related to government bans and also the volatile
price of Bitcoin are the main reasons why Bitcoin hasn't can be used as payment in some countries.

Yes indeed. As a part of crypto world, we all wanted for the crypto currency to be recognized around the globe but it doesn't happen because there are a lot of things to consider and one of the main points is the volatility of the bitcoin just like what you have said. But I believe that someday it can be use as a means of payment if not around the globe atleast in some areas or countries.

Until they officially support, you can buy gift cards using Bitcoin from services like bitrefill. They work just as good.

I am also waiting for this.

We all are, I know that. Despite the profits we are looking forward in the future, I know that we are also looking forward to us using Bitcoin and not just in the supermarkets. I am just saving most of my Bitcoins right now not just to be able to get the maximum profit from it, I also wanted to use all of them to transactions where I pay Bitcoin directly.

I don't think some projects from DeFi, chainlink, and polkadot are competitors for bitcoin because bitcoin still leads the market. You can look around at the market what will happen with bitcoin price will happen to with altcoin and the other tokens. But the token mostly following with ethereum price, and ethereum price is following bitcoin price.

Perhaps, the stable coins can be used as the payment system as the stable coins' price is not too volatile. I think the customer will not worry about seeing the price up to and down when they want to pay something.

The first factor that I always doubted is government regulation, how they regulate bitcoin as payment system where as we can still money fiat for payment system. It can be a two payment system in one country and I think the government never regulate it especially in my country. They believe that our money fiat has long history and it is a symbol of statehood, so it impossible to happen in my country.

And the second factor is fee per transaction where now we don't need to pay any fee for any transaction when we use money fiat. But as you may know when you make a transaction with bitcoin then there is fee that will be charge and it expansive now. I can buy 3 kg of rice just to pay for one transaction using bitcoin. But who knows if there is a way like using lightning network or another way that makes the fees for transaction is low, maybe it would be preferable.

Stable coins are issued by third parties and you would have to trust them for not dumping on the market whenever they want, but this isn't the problem with bitcoin as it isn't a centralized cryptocurrency and due to its decentralized nature we don't have to worry about the exit scams as that of other centralized currencies or with the premined ones. So higher are the chances of either bitcoin becoming the widely accepted crypto or a new centralized crypto made by the union of banks or on a per country basis becoming the leading currency of the future.

Before the 2017 fee spike happened, Steam used to accept bitcoin as mode of payment. I wish that could be brought back. The experience of paying directly from your wallet on a desktop or an app with nothing connecting you to the payment except your address does feel kindda empowering. The problem is that the authorities, media and even general public is way too skeptical for people who want "privacy".

Another thing is that those with larger stacks to spend would obviously love to find a way to buy daily necessities, food etc for bitcoin. For the likes of me who weren't here early on, stacking up is more important. Yet if i had a reliable, trustworthy method, I would love to use the replacement method of spending bitcoin. You use bitcoin for the payment and buy and equivalent amount using the fiat you would have otherwise spent. Totally get OPs desire to actually be able to use it. There is a thrill in knowing that you are helping it spread out and supporting the businesses.

That will be a dream come true for most users and even HODLers since they will be given the opportunity to directly buy something they need from a supermarket or grocery store using something that they gained over the Internet. Bitcoins platform is still expanding to most countries and would set an example that even fluctuating Cryptocurrencies have the chance in the market.

This is what we need to make this market more Functional and growing,People here must understand that Bitcoin is a currency and must be used as payment for everything just like what Fiats can do.the only advantage of Bitcoin is the fast transaction and the safeties specially from virus now.
If only My country is accepting Bitcoin or even other cryptos?for sure i am one of people like you to use it as Fiat to help circulation and make this market more healthy if the cryptos are moving from time to time.

I think the stable coins are not for dump or pump coins because so far, the stable coins price is not moving too high or low and tend to still stable. So if the government wants to use cryptocurrency, it will calm down people in the payment system because they can pay using the stable coins.

Bitcoin would be the investment type and the payment system, and the stable coins would be the payment system in the transaction.

You can try to pay something using bitcoin in the online store, and you will found that the price will always change, and the fee will always follow. But lets we wait for what each government will do related to use cryptocurrency at the supermarket.

I am planning on opening a small business on my place and I would love the idea of accepting crypto as payment method for it.
I think it is a good way to promote and to help people acknowledge crypto more even in a small way.
We already have a small store and I am planning on opening a food business since we couldn't operate a small restaurant due to pandemic I am thinking of made to order food and delivery business.

It's going to be nice just like what you have said, for people who understand crypto and who are earning
online by means of cryptocurrency, it will be nice that you can spend it directly.
More people to use it then more interest will raise as newbies and people who don't have any idea about
this system will see how things works when they've seen the actual process.
It's an additional informative drive once crypto lovers start using their bitcoin inside the supermarket and
allow other people witness how crypto currency being used.

It definitely is a dream come true but I do not think that we should hold on to that because I do not think we are getting close to mainstream yet, there will be a lot of blockades that bitcoin will have to surpass to have these things become a real thing I might sound like a pessimist but this is more on pragmatic, I believe that bitcoin can go to mainstream but their biggest blockade will be government, the more corrupt the government the bigger the blockade bitcoin has to surpass.

It is such a futuristic idea and a dream come true if ever such thing would really happen. I am pretty much sure that we are all have been waiting for that perfect moment to come alive since it has already been years since cryptocurrencies have been established specially Bitcoin and it have already been years since the day that we are all wanting and dreaming for a massive adaption of Bitcoin usage and make it as one of the payment option not just for a certain country but as well as into the world as a whole.

I cannot pretty much wait until that day comes that whenever and whatever stores and merchants you come along is you can easily used up your Bitcoin as a payment option without in need of converting it into your local currency for it is already widely adapted and accepted everywhere. Looking forward for that thing to really happen sooner or later. That would be the best dream to came into reality for us crypto users for sure.

I guess everyone has the same feeling, bitcoin today is just for investment and I still think that bitcoin is not yet ready for spending or buying things online. Still, the market price is volatile so I can't really imagine it as a currency because the value is changing from time to time, just like accepting bitcoin as payment it is risky as always but you could easily earn a profit just like investing in bitcoin. I think investing in bitcoin is a good thing for the long term and you could totally make something by saving it.

Maybe merchant could be allowed bitcoin payment when the market price becomes stable and that could happen in the future as bitcoin adaptation continue, still, we don't know what could possibly happen or predict it, something could always happen maybe market price continues to pump and adopt or market could always to dump until it reaches zero.

Restaurants are now starting to open but people should only be limited inside  . On some stores they require i.d because they will only allow people according to their schedules . It's a good way to continue the business or try other business that are fully alowed today except food business . Go on with your ambition of promoting btc because not all can do that  . Time will come that that btc will be use anywhere when all people are familiar to it

When Binance issues their card, OP’s wish will be fulfilled partly. He we be paying with Bitcoin, but still through exchange to fiat. Not exactly what he expected, but still a small step forward.

There are already coinbase cards, but it seems that they are not so popular. I wish Binance will run a campaign go make their cards more popular.

Well, with every passing day, blockchain acceptance and adoption is becoming a reality as more people continue to explore the option of using Blockchain. You may not have to wait longer before your wish becomes a reality. With what NowPayments (https://nowpayments.io) is already offering businesses and merchant stores and platforms, accepting cryptocurrency payments has just become a lot easier. Nowpayments offers a simple but highly effective solution where with simple APIs any platform can accept cryptocurrency payments from anywhere in the world. More businesses will surely be accessing this service and it won't be long before they all start adopting this.

It will be a good initiative and if you could provide payment option in BTCitcoin and anyone already using BTCitcoin would pay using them but if your plan is to attract new users you need to provide them incentives to pay them using BTCitcoin if not anyone who never used BTCitcoin will never bother using them. The reason i know this is because i took the initiative to start accepting BTCitcoin in a few business ventures including a hotel and a lodging business and until you give them discounts and offers they will not bother even to inquire about it.

It hard to convince everyone to use their cards unless they get customers that wanted to spend the coins they purchase, majority of the investors are here to make the profit and they do not care about spending the coins they purchased for some products in the supermarket and that is the reality, we can dream about it when there will be a time when the price is stable.

This is not expected in the near future. Except that in a very progressive society, and that is very unlikely. Bitcoin is decentralized and anonymous, and this is not profitable for the state. If only bitcoin changes the architecture of its structure and becomes controlled, then perhaps we will be able to buy bitcoins in stores in the city.

This can take place when global adoption takes place around the globe. Making this method of payment as an option in business will hlep spread the awareness of this digital currency to the world. Though, this might take long before we be able to pay with Bitcoin for online shops or physical shops.

There are some online merchandise who are currently accepting the payment through Bitcoin. So, this can spread through the online world slowly till everyone is convince about the digital currency and it purposes to mankind.

For now you can probably buy gift cards with your bitcoin and use it. I know its not the same as buying directly with bitcoins, but still feels good to be able to spend bitcoins indirectly to buy from the supermarket. Almost all of those major supermarkets have their own gift cards.
You can go to bitrefill or coinsbee. I bought some giftcards from them before without any problem (coinsbee has better rates than bitrefill).

spending directly with bitcoin is a fun thing, because we can easily use it. and this maybe I think this is what many people want but they can't apply because it's limited in their country they can't do this to shop with bitcoin

I don't really expect that to happen in the future and it certainly took time to prepare and maybe it's not bitcoin but altcoin according to each region. And also because nowadays most bitcoins are used by investors to make profit not not spending it to buy products in supermarkets.

If only Lightning Network is being used by many Bitcoin users right now then this can be possible right now.

Although there are some establishments or stalls which are accepting Bitcoins, most or all of them are still aren't accepting it and they are more convenient in cash rather than Bitcoin or any other crypto but I think that this will change in the next months or years. There will be a time where Supermarkets will accept it only if LN will be adopted widely. As a customer, I don't want to pay using Bitcoins with very high transaction fees and slow transaction speed. :D

Here in our country I already see few stores (not supermarket) accepting bitcoin as payment. The adoption is happening but it will take a long period before we can see a huge changes since we belong in third world. Crypto is not quite popular here but somehow the number of users increased due to lockdown. I think if the government recognize crypto as a digital currency, people will start to use it and more merchants/businesses might accept it as one of payment method.

I Really would be greatful if it gets introduced in our motherland Africa!

I know how you feel, I also feel that but we can't force everyone involved in our lives to use bitcoin. Some people cannot accept the risk of fluctuation and violating regulations in government. Digital currency is a means of payment for the future, it remains the community to increase the excess bitcoin to be seen as a means of payment for the future. Besides, is it true that we as users can accept bitcoin fluctuations when payment instruments accept bitcoin, I mean many users complained when the price of bitcoin fell last year.
 

I think bitcoin is best as an asset rather than as a regular payment tool instead of cash.
Reason:
Bitcoin transactions more slowly than cash and bank cards at transaction counters. Bank staff will not wait until the first confirmation of the bitcoin network.
Paying by card will help you accumulate bonus points and can help you to refund in future transactions.
Paying through bitcoin is also risky that the bitcoin storage applications can get into trouble and you will lose your money, but for payment cards, the bank will ensure the safety of your money. Organic.
So it is best to choose cash and payment cards instead of bitcoin in everyday transactions.

And LN still has a bigger learning curve than the layer 1 so, It is probably not going to happen any time soon.

Something like doge would work better than btc probably but again, it won't last forever because doge has its limitations too.

It may sound a nice idea to have bitcoin as a mode of payment at the supermarkets, but before it can happen, there are lots of things to consider.

The technology right now used for transacting with bitcoins isn’t the best just yet. If bitcoin would be used in supermarkets, it wouldn’t be convenient since a single transaction takes for about 10 minutes to be completed. If you’re going to have many transactions, it could take for about an hour or so since per transaction it requires another confirmation. And the consumers and businessmen don’t want that because it would just lengthen the waiting time lining up at the cashier.

Another thing is it has a high transaction fee. It just wouldn’t be practical for you to use it for small transactions because it would cost you more. It can be more appropriate to use it for big transactions only so you can reduce the amount you’d spend for fees.

As much as we want bitcoin to be widely used and accepted by these merchants and their businesses, we can’t make it right away. I hope the services offered would develop into something better than we have now, so we can consider and take a leap for this kind of situation.

We still have a long way to go, but hopefully someday it’ll happen since bitcoin has a lot to offer that majority weren’t aware of.

Most of us are dreaming and hoping that we could used our bitcoin as payments to pay goods and services in the real world a long time ago. But I think it is not going to happen from now on because a lot of crypto users are complaining about the high fees and slow transaction that it takes 30 minutes - 1 hour to complete the transaction.

We are not hopeless yet. Things can be changes sooner and fees will also be lowered.

As we all know that Bitcoin creation is intended for currency and not for investment. Maybe we are too far from happening but I don't feel to decline such a thing cause I believe that moment will come. We are complaining about fees because we are just transferring our Bitcoin to other address/es, but if we are using it to pay our bills, use in buying stuff, it actually we can't feel the fees.

I son't believe that Bitcoin was created to be a currency. The 21 million cap, and the 10 minute block creation time, means that it will never be suitable for volume payments for low value items. It is money, and a great medium of exchange when time is not of the essence. Because of this, I hope it will never appear as a direct payment method in supermarkets. If it does, then it will need an intermediate banking or quasi-banking intervention, and this rather defeats the Bitcoin concept.

This is for the time being and things will again go back to normal but major problem that in many countries there are no such option available where the btc is used as the payment option as merchant does not have it due to not legal in their country or still no proper guidance around it being provided yet.

It would really be pretty cool to just pay with Bitcoin since won't have to bother converting it into your own currency. Lets just hope some institutions withing our own countries have the time to place Bitcoin somewhere in the market in which it will be really usable within supermarkets. Its cool to have paying groceries without the hassle of using cash since nobody know how much Bitcoin you are carrying anyway.

Using bitcoin payments is cool and easy, bitcoin acceptance has been adopted in several places ranging from coffee, hotels, and many others. Although it is not yet in a famous place and place of interest, the adoption of bitcoin as payment is already planned to be accepted.

I think we will find a different altcoin as a payment method in a supermarket in the future but not the BTC. BTC is much of a store value now and max of the people accumulate like a precious metal. A stable altcoin is a better option maybe.

In this modern world, bitcoin is using for payment methods. Hopefully we will be able to see others altcoin as our payment methods. Day by day, people are getting benefits from bitcoin. I hope we will use bitcoin in different sector in future.

Ideally LN will be simpler to use than on-chain, sending transactions is already much simpler because you just have to paste the invoice, which can be done via QR code on mobile devices, so there's less room for error. Opening the channel is probably the hardest part, maybe in the future  there will be specialized wallet software that makes it as easy as possible for non-technical people.

Not only Doge has limiations, like any altcoins it's much more volatile, so it's a really bad currency.

Good thinking, these are some of the critical issues why bitcoin is not readily accepted by shopping malls or supermarkets. Until these loopholes are filled, some of us may never experience the great feeling of using bitcoin as an immediate medium of exchange of goods and services.

Even though today many people use Bitcoin as a digital asset, it does not rule out the possibility that in the future it can be used
as a currency. Most importantly, we should never stop hoping that one day we can spend Bitcoin in supermarkets. Just start by trying
small things to buy goods from merchants who have accepted Bitcoin payments, small things like this can helped the mass adoption of
Bitcoin.

Using bitcoin is also a good idea, but the most important is where to accept payments for you. Don't treat cash and credit cards as bad, they are both money and valuable. I don't want to stop your bitcoin passions, I love cryptocurrencies and bitcoin too, but you're probably exaggerating.
If it were me, I would use the payment card and then cash, bitcoin ranked last.
Paying with a card accumulates points and can be discounted according to the value of the item, among other offers.
Payment in cash will not incur any costs.
The above two methods were performed almost immediately.
Paying with bitcoin will take a small, slower time and your address will be exposed.

It's going to be easy just scanning the QR code and boom! You have paid for your groceries. I guess it will remove long waiting lines.

simple as that isnt it  ? but that doesnt remove you from waiting . you can be waiting because of limited cashiers , or so many items bought by other costumers  . add in when btc/cryptos are accepted because transaction here wont just process instantly .

your lucky if supermarkets on your place accept btc but what if not ? and the op  concern isnt just about supermarket that accepts a btc but he want to use his btc anywhere .

I think it will be credit card and dollars, Bitcoin and shitI. Prefer spend bitcoin  and save shit money. I can't wait to start using Bitcoin to purchase things in supermarket like the way we are using our normal currency to buy and sell in our environment.

I would like to believe. However, such attempts have already been carried out many times, but in the end everything led to the fact that the projects were not implemented. It is rather difficult to create an ecosystem connecting two links, one regulated, the other not. This is extremely difficult to do at the legal level, except that a fully regulated cryptocurrency will be used instead of Bitcoin. However, this will complicate the exchange of bitcoin for this currency.

In fact, when you pay in a store or anywhere else with bitcoins, it will most likely also happen through plastic cards. So physically, nothing much will change - just as you had cards, so they will remain with you. Only their content will change, but this is generally a minor change in essence. I would prefer if the money took a completely new form.

I agree with you. It is a matter of regulated currency and one that is not. Especially that in the markets, where their activities are saved on a system, and that are constantly being monitored by the government for taxation purpose. Jurisdictions could then complicate such situations.

It's not possible in the future all currency will become Crypto. I'm also waiting do that moment when everyone is using Bitcoin or any other Crypto Currency to pay their grocery, bills, or any sort of payment. But there are also some risk on using crypto currency and there will be always someone who will scam and hack those who have bitcoins.

It might take a while before we will be able to pay directly with Bitcoin in the supermarket. This is in the first place question of regulation.
But if you have one of available Bitcoin debit cards you can pay with Bitcoin already, not just in supermarket but in any other store.

Every crypto lover wanted to spend their bitcoin in their daily life routine but it can be possible on very few locations and even not for every purchase so for now we should support the bitcoin until there is a mass adoption or else bitcoin may never reach its goal to spend everywhere.

Is there any bitcoin ATMs working inside a big supermarket in the world? If yes then it could be the temporary solution for this.

If that happens, well that's good especially nowadays that everyones facing challenges on Pandemic... every transactions should be online or electronically..however, if that well be implemented then be ready for transaction charges ans hoping they develop the turn around times or waiting time for successful transactions like in credit cards that once used it will automatically be deducted to the balance and dont have to wait a little longer.

I can't wait either. It will be nice when crypto is fully supported. It will also decrease the number of scams I feel since real-world use will be prevalent by that time. However, the currencies might not be as volatile by then and making a quick profit incesting might not work as well but still hopefully by then we have all saved up plenty of the most spendable crypto.

BTCBTCYou can do it now anyway! Just go to Polispay and order their prepaid debit card and spend it to any store where POS machine is available. So you will be spending from your bitcoin in this case. I don't know what point you are trying to make while it is already very much possible! I understand you a bitcoin enthusiast but that doesn't give you the right to call fiat money useless or shit! The world economy is dependent on fiat currencies and bitcoin is just a new entrant to the world of economy, just 11 years old! Give it time and it will surely find its way into the economy for good.

But what you want now is already available! Hope this helps!

I do understand your stance here but I do believe it's going to take quite a while before bitcoin becomes accepted in stores and supermarkets just like fiats.
Bitcoin is just little over a decade unlike fiat currencies that have been here for so long, it'll definitely take a while before it is adopted.
I actually do hope, however, that everyone can help reach out to others concerning the advantages of bitcoin.
Until bitcoin is massively adopted, I do not think bitcoin can be spent in stores and supermarkets.

This will happen very soon because new people and business owners are now adopting cryptocurrency very faster than before. We can purchase many things on amazon, ebay, alibaba and etc by bitcoin/altcoins using third party sites like bitreffil. But I believe in the future we will pay directly without third parties.

When we do look back on bitcoins true usage in the first place which is really on that peer to peer transactions without 3rd party intervention then it would really be good to see for it to be adopted into
our casual transactions on everyday living.

I do feel the same way that kind of hope and expectation for this thing to be considered or included on daily basis but we know that government is always on the top of the chain where
decisions will always pass through them.

Decentralized aspect of Bitcoin will always oppose on what government is been doing.So it isnt a surprise that there would really be some blockage when it comes to adoption.

Since money is badly needed in these days, cash is used as always even with the spreading covid virus. We will be safe if we will be considering to use digital payments and crypto currencies as well. But the thing is that we can't because the adoption of cryptos are still so low. Hope it will be considered in the future.

Yes, me too. It would be great to use Bitcoin in all Supermarkets  anywhere so there will be no more hand to hand contacts with the cashier. Especially this time where we need to be very careful in all aspects, because covid-19 is still around us. How i wish this will happen soon. who knows? Its really possible, let's just wait and see.

One can use the cashless system of the banks? It is somehow effective but it could still be good to use bitcoin as another option for means of payment. We should have a choice in doing transaction, paying bitcoin or using the cashless system of the banks is really good and for me there should be no absolutism way of doing things. A working system should be mix to have a decentralized aspect and centralized combine. If we say we will take bitcoin because decentralizationis way better and less fees but we see making bitcoin too much in volatility then maybe we will still complain about it and maybe we will then suggest to go back to basic which is getting the service of the banks. So, all will be good to have a choice and it should not be like an absolute system to prevail either centralized or decentralized system.

yep this is best advice, I'm sure @OP will get a good response if he open a supermarket business that accepts Bitcoin payment systems.

until now there are still no supermarkets that accept Bitcoin but this will definitely be big news when it is reported to many media because this is a good marketing trick too by taking advantage of the popularity of Bitcoin.

Amazon gift cards is a better and convenient means of payment in supermarkets for now, transaction via Bitcoin is more expensive and considering the number of confirmation before the supermarket acknowledged the receipt of the bitcoin is time consuming maybe when the Lightning Network is perfected then swift means of payment using Bitcoin might work.
Government regulations of bitcoin is another bottleneck that might hinder the acceptance of bitcoin in supermarkets, some government insisted on monitoring peer to peer transactions of businesses for taxation etc

In my own idea, bitcoin wasn't made for such little transactions like buying stuff from supermarket or buying some soda etc... because this will take some a few time for any confirmation and as far as I know people can  get can get back the bitcoins they paid in any unconfirmed transactions. I'm not into technical stuff but maybe some sort of new hard fork can solve this problem.

The lightning network would be the key I think we needed to push bitcoin into payment such as this in supermarkets. Transaction time is really a pain in bitcoin it can come fast and sometimes it takes days even weeks to get confirmed. But even with the lightning network widely used I think government will still not allow that to happen not until they have control on their hands over bitcoin.

We have the same idea OP, but the problem I can see here is how ready the government to adopt and transition the entire country's fund to crypto. If that is so, regulation will be hard as how the taxation will work for the country's projects and infrastructures.

In addition, it will be hard to buy goods as its price could be displayed in different cryptocurrencies in such as case that you need to calculate the equivalent amount of how much the product is, into your desired and well known crypto.

The use of bitcoin for payments in supermarkets is still at risk due to the problem of bitcoin which has high price fluctuations.
Supermarkets are large retail companies that have had to think about using the available payments. The adoption of Bitcoin is a plan that must really be considered because it will concern the profit that will be obtained.

A simple adoption that can be done is to implement Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency payments in our own stores. We can build it from scratch so that we know about the process that will occur when using a bitcoin payment.

Everything also depends on the regulations in force in the country regarding the use of bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

There are small businesses around the world (but only few) that are accepting payments using different cryptocurrencies, most commonly bitcoin.
Honestly, I am also excited to use bitcoin for payments on daily transactions that we are doing. Just wondering if they will be accepting payments for bitcoin that is equivalent to the price of dollar, or just a fixed amount of bitcoin on selling/offering their products/services.
What do you think?  :-\

May be some day we will get such an opportunity, but in my opinion it will not happen very soon))) at least it will not be so mass action)) like in lots of large shops or something like that. It depends on the local owner of the business wheather he would be ready to accept such means for payments, and even nowadays there are some people who practices such variant for payments. But in order BTC would become accepted by all the business and services it would be too many nuances worked out, adopted and implemented.

And with this kind of situation, I don't know how the sales person in supermarket can be patient till such a long time. Lately that we have seen fees for transaction go high, I'm sure some people might want to delay payment till a less volatile time but this is not going to be fine with the supermarket attendant. I see bitcoin as alternative for payment for the time we are.

I am looking forward to see that digital currencies will take fiat money's place in the future or to be a solid alternative for fiat money. I would prefer spending some Bitcoin on supermarkets etc. and also saving Bitcoin. Also, Bitcoin payment option can be found in various places now but it is not much prevalent all around the world.

Well, I think digital currencies will be taking over fiat money but I don't think it would be bitcoin itself. It would be a digital representation of the fiat currencies that we have now, but still, fiat will continue to be used in other places as well since not all of the countries could eventually shift to digital currencies. There are a lot of things to consider and one of them is the technological state of that country which is a problem in third world countries.

A lot of countries aren't having a reliable network connection everywhere in their country so it will be quiet difficult to shift to the digital payments and what I think that this shift from fiat to cryptocurrencies might take a lot of time as there are still many countries where there isn't any option for its citizens to pay digitally and once we achieve this then we can go for acceptance of cryptocurrencies worldwide. Only workaround currently is using the debit cards powered by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that charge a fee for the conversion but it can do good for a while until the mass adaption.

You can order crypto debit card and pay via it everythere. This will be much faster than waiting for a mass adoption

patient, in the next few decades, I believe we can use Bitcoin to shop in supermarkets...

this time, using a credit card/debit card today is certainly much easier and faster while waiting for bulk adoption.

This might not happen even in a decade, but I'm sure more and more small businesses will massively support BTC in upcoming years, especially as USD gets less and less trustworthy

If this happens, will the government just keep quiet ? or will give a warning ? or will support the program?

It depends on the country some may accept it, some are not since they consider it illegal. In my opinion they will first issue a program more like credit card or something that is cashless I think last thing might be happening is this cryptocurrency but we are not sure maybe some markets accept both credit/debit and cryptocurrency.

Using bitcoin as payment currency on supermarket depend with your country rule will allow bitcoin or not, supermarket will take their permission if allowed using bitcoin as payment currency without get legal from government. I think how to promote bitcoin and altcoin well as good currency payment at the future by faster, worth and more friendly using by every one. After getting how worth and most benefit using bitcoin as payment currency will have any country there accepted and allowed using bitcoin as legal payment.

You definitely have a point there. But there are practical difficulties. 6-7 years ago, purchasing a crypto debit card was relatively easy. There used to be a lot of options out there. But new regulations from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) changed everything. There are still 3-4 options available, but you need to go through all sort of KYC verifications to become eligible to purchase one. The fees has also increased by quite a bit.

There is a perfect time for that. Bitcoin development is step by step and not unexpectedly, it has a process including the adoption of many people so that bitcoin will become more useful in many ways, including the acceptance of the government in bitcoin and other cryptocurrency.

In some other places there is already Bitcoin ATM machine and some business establishment and stores already accepting bitcoin. Hoping that someday i can also use bitcoin everywhere and can get paid with bitcoin as long as it has still a higher value.

The possibility that the digital currencies are going to be accepted more than the cryptocurrency is higher. BTC is just too much loss for them once the fluctuation slides down. They'd rather prefer tha stablecoin if thisis the case but ifthere digital currencies are available and can be used to widely, the goceries and other stores will surely use them.

Just think of the situation when the bear market will stay for more than 2 years just as it did in 2018, the loss of the stores who accepted BTC when the time its price is on ATH will force them to shutdown.

Absolutely true-the volatility of bitcoin is the most important factor against bitcoin reaching the level of household payment in everyday life. However, in the future, bitcoin may become more stable, due to competition from other alternative coins, and then it may well be brought to a broader and official level. Legally, this is not yet practiced.

I also want to pay with my cryptocurrency. It seems to me that unfortunately this is not possible. I hope this happens sometime. Let's believe it!

I also really want to use Bitcoin at the supermarket. Not only that, it would be great if I could use Bitcoin for transactions to buy goods
in various large market places on the internet. Like Amazon, Ebay, Alibaba, Rakuten and others. But maybe this will happen a few years
from now, the most important thing is that the government must start accepting Bitcoin as payment. What makes me sad that currently
there are very few countries that accept Bitcoin as payment.

Online retailers such as Amazon and Ebay are unlikely to accept Bitcoin as a mode of payment, because they have partnerships with PayPal and Visa/Master. Also in case of Amazon, they have their own payment gateway known as Amazon Pay. Bitcoin is a competitor for Amazon Pay and this explains why Amazon is reluctant to allow it in their platform.

You are right brother. Amazon and eBay are less likely to accept bitcoin as a payment method. But if the use of bitcoin increases around the world, the I hop all online shop will accept bitcoin as a payment method. Because they think of the convenience of the customers first. So, we should all work for the spread of Bitcoin from our own place. But before that, Bitcoin needs to be legalized in some large economical country like China, USA, Russia and India. I hope if they legalize BTC then the BTC will spread more easily. And the value of BTC will increase more.

I have already payed in a supermarket using bitcoin some years ago. But I used a debit card loaded with some coins.
Or I have sent some coins to a friend that was paying for me in cash.
I don't think at current status this could be possible, we need LN or other implementation since it could be very hard and expensive pay at groceries with coins (imagine wait for at least 1 confirmation ... :O )

If I remember correctly, I payed some "aperitifs" just with coins... but I was in a bitcoin meetup :P it was easy pay there with my crypto.

If you used a debit card which can be loaded with Bitcoin.... then I am sorry to inform you that you made the payment in fiat currency and not using cryptocurrency. I also have a debit card issued from Wagecan, which I use to make payments and ATM withdrawals. But here, the transactions are being done in fiat currency. As soon as I load my card with Bitcoins, they are converted in to fiat cash. Direct payment using Bitcoin is still very rare.

Whether you can wait or not, you have to. And it is far from possible that something like this will happen in the near future or will happen at all. By the way, in some countries, such as the Philippines, I think this innovation will be one of the first.
So all you need to do is move to another country. As for the more developed countries, banking and financial regulators cannot afford to let cryptocurrency into everyday life so easily.

I used both wirex and advcash as card. If I remember correctly wirex allow to spend directly crypto (like a conversion in real teim)
Yes I know technically in this case I used directly fiat and not crypto.
But the source of the funds was in crypto :) I mean it was another way to exchange/spend some coins.
As I have already said it could be close to impossible wait some minutes before you can leave a supermarket ;) since it could be even possible a double spend

So are you telling us that Philippines will have stores or shops that will directly accept bitcoin or crypto, no other third party involved?

I think the major hurdle when it comes to bitcoin transaction is if the store needs to wait at least 1 confirmation, so the customer should use higher fees to get it thru fast. Otherwise, he will be waiting for hours just to go thru his transaction. Or better yet, use other alts like xrp, which has very low tx fee and it is pretty fast as well.

Accepting Bitcoin is just optional for now and we can never tell which country has fully accepted Bitcoin at their supermarket or even in the big establishment. Not this time but for sure, there is a moment to come that Bitcoin is being used the majorities. There are still things needed to fixed before finally welcoming it and one of these things is SPEED, which we probably need an instant confirmation. Yeah, it just crazy to long a few minutes to confirm a single transaction and that it was not favorable to all users.

Instant confirmation is not possible with Bitcoin and you need a third-party payment gateway for that (such as BitPay). It similar to making payments with fiat cash, using PayPal or Visa. Direct payments cause unwanted complexities for both the merchant and the customer, in the form of taxation and market volatility. Also, no one will be willing to wait for 10-20 minutes, just to get a confirmation.

Exactly. I have the same feeling with you. I guess, time will come that we can actually enjoy our Bitcoin earning as a whole, especially in spending it in the Supermarket, and even in the public market as payment for groceries and other goods that we need daily.
I think it won't take that long to happen especially that we are now fully digitalized and covid-19 is still around us and we really don't know how long will this virus be vanish completely. Bitcoin payment system is really a big help if this could be implemented.

There are already many places that accept Bitcoin as a payment method and the number of them continues to increase. I would like to use Bitcoin on as many as possible shops, markets etc. .  But I am not sure about getting paid in Bitcoin on my main job. Because Bitcoin is volatile and I wouldn't be relieved because of that. However, I would like to get paid by Bitcoin on my side jobs and I would keep that money on Bitcoin to make profit.

Already available in Slovenia through phone.

And basically everywhere with Coinbase VISA card.

You are right about that, Bitcoin is only an optional that the user can choose to process the payment. Supermarkets that accept bitcoin payments are certainly in countries that have legalized bitcoin, for countries that still ban bitcoin this will not be possible. Starbuck some of the biggest fast food stores also provide payment options with bitcoin. Large companies began to adopt bitcoin because they realized that bitcoin technology was able to compete and could develop even better.

Payment speed issues require a third party payment gateway like Bitpay and instant confirmation will cause hassle for merchants and customers as @ bryant.coleman says.

Yes that's a good idea but nowadays there are few markets where bitcoin is accepted but if someone wants to use online then so many ways available like bitrefill apps where you can use bitcoin and some other cryptocurrency to buy gift voucher and you can also do mobile recharge using cryptocurrency

What for? You will get pleasure from this or something? This is likely to happen, but not soon.

     Actually, I have seen quite a few with the same concept that you have described. The only problem is that I am not sure about the legitimacy of the ones I saw that offer such service since I never experienced using these kind of services even once since I am quite afraid of being scammed or whatever. Just to be clear though, even if this is the case, I am pretty positive that in the coming years, a lot more will appear and would be 100% legit. Specially when the Bitcoin or any crypto currency in this industry gets more and more known in various parts of the world(more mainstream I think?).

If that happened then nobody would be happier than me.  Just think we are doing some shopping from the super shop through bitcoin, we can buy fish and meat from the market.  We are even able to meet all our needs.  What could be better news than this?  I think everyone in this organization is waiting for this news.

since I used bitcoin lightning network, I really want to have a real-life transaction with bitcoin.
however, it won't be allowed in my country since bitcoin cant be used as a payment.
but, seriously I love using bitcoin lightning network.
I will use it illegally just for fun though  ;D

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Btw I don't understand at all what kind of payments users usually mean. If you mean that you'll top up your XAPO balance (for example) and then pay with their card automatically, yeah, it's quick and optimal option but it's very annoying if you plan to go in a supermarket when there are a lot of peoples and queues and then login into your wallet and do payment manually. It will significantly more time if done traditionally but things can be improved if they add an additional screen to show address barcode but again, what happens if user sends with low fee transaction? In this case supermarkets may need a system that will check what's current average tx fee and suggest you a fee to set manually on the screen.

I never experienced the use of bitcoin in any local market or grocery shop because bitcoin is not being known here much. However i can only use bitcoin at online shops.

How can you use it if it's not allowed in your country?

I would also love to pay for stuffs around my area with bitcoin, but sadly I'm from a third tier country where bitcoin technology has not been fully adopted, so there's no way I can buy stuffs and pay in bitcoin, about 70% of the total of population here don't even know what is "bitcoin"  :D, and the bad news is that the 30% who know about it cant use it freely any more due to restrictions placed by the government.

You can eventually tell if you do just simply look into your countries stance towards crypto if its on the negative,neutral or positive side and by doing up some research then you can tell if there are services or merchants that do accept crypto payments and with that you can presume that it is already available on your country but only limited into some places.

Cryptocurrency adoption is still on the move even though there are hindrances and blockage on some countries but eventually it will be gradually be reconsidered.

Lets hope for the best until we can use it and be part on our daily life routine.

I think we are almost everybody in here sharing the same feeling of wishing and wanting to use Bitcoin as a payment option directly straight to do purchase goods and services within the supermarket and any other merchants without the need to do conversion of Bitcoin into any local currencies of which country you do belong. Right here in my country, we are still too far beyond that since only a few percentage of our total population are using Bitcoin and only few also knows and recognizes Bitcoin but still not into using it. As of the moment, we are freely having Bitcoin transactions but still on purchasing, there is still a call of need to convert first our Bitcoins to our national currency to be able to access our funds to be able to do payments on purchasing goods and services in any merchants and supermarkets. I am still looking forward that in the near future, we can be able to directly use Bitcoin as a payment method on paying any goods and services.

The merchants that are accepting BTC as mode of payment are very small in comparison with what the revolution has to over. Hope we are going to see a mass adoption in the near future and embraced as the easiest and reliable means of exchange by Governments of all cadres.

I think small transaction involving bitcoin isn't a big deal to their country. Some of the reasons why bitcoins are restricted to some countries is because they think it is a threat to current monetary systems. Sad thing about this is, bitcoin is a great cryptocurrency yet some considered them as a threat.

That is sad to hear since having access to Cryptocurrency can really change your life. Have you tried looking for other people that also is being repressed by that opportunity within the country? Maybe some can still use it but they need to go thru some elaborate way to get their money without being traced back from Bitcoin.

These kind of countries really need to change their ways or take a look at it more positively since Cryptocurrency can really help some people.

 Even me too i can't wait to start using bitcoin as a payment in supermarket and other business sector.
I think other country legalized bitcoin payment in the areas of supermarket and other business sector, to accept  bitcoin as a payment for the commodities someone has purchase. It will also be a welcome development to sure country that legalized bitcoin as a payment in  supermarket and other business sector in the country.
I beleive sooner many countries would like to enback on such exchange in the business sector because it will not be afear for them moving with fiat money to all business sector.

That's the problem. We need to wait that cryptocurrency will be allowed to use legally in our country although there are some person and store already start to accept as payment but still not enough. We need to see that malls and supermarkets are going to accept bitcoin as payments for goods and services.

     Well, there are probably a lot of crypto currency enthusiasts if not all that would really want to use any crypto currency as means of salary and payment since it seems so easy and futuristic or maybe because we are just so into this industry and want mass adoption that much that we really want to experience spending and getting paid with bitcoin or any other crypto currency in a day to day basis. I sure hope that day comes within my lifetime.

I do not know why the government still has not accepted Bitcoin as other countries have done it, I hope that soon the government will not see the problem in this, but on the contrary - progress, benefits, our future!

Bitcoin is worthy in the majority of territories and nations.
In my locale, numerous business sectors accept bitcoin as an installment technique.
Our legislature is supporting the digital currency and they fabricate numerous ATM There was a time when using bitcoin was illegal, however, later government recognize the intensity of bitcoin and let their people to utilizing it. I suggest you hold up until your government permitted it.

if I buy something at the supermarket for just a few tens of dollars, and I use bitcoin to pay for it,
Is the cost of buying these items not too expensive, so to buy items that are not too high in value at the supermarket, I better use paper money,
but if you buy expensive things, maybe using Bitcoin could be an option,
but I believe Op's desire to be able to use Bitcoin will come true but not for now, maybe in the future.

If you want to pay with bitcoin in supermarkets you need to know that Bitcoin transactions are slower than other forms of payment, which are cash and bank cards.
Paying with Bitcoin has a higher transaction cost. It is impractical with intermittent transactions.
I hope there will be a company that provides a bitcoin payment service but relies on another protocol like bitcoin wrap to make transactions faster and less costly.

If the transaction fees is already been solve and no longer that much, paying btc would be nice to deal with, it will promote more
and more people will be attracted to support this chain.
but for now, the fees is not that friendly yet, buying that worth with too expensive fees to proceed, it's won't attract anyone.

I think paying in form of Bitcoin will be faster and smooth flow of transaction, why? It is because we promote and like Bitcoin or crypto because we can easily made transactions, of course if it's accepted in both ways. Regarding about company that will pay in form of Bitcoin, i think it will take a longer time until it happens why? Simply because some countries maybe not ready or bitcoin industry is not known very much.

Everyone is interested also ready for it to happen, right now some people who knows the important of bitcoin prefer it more than Pape money. While is decentralized and many countries is using it as a means of exchanges, which with Fiat currency is not equivalent to their worth if it's between dollar and pond's.
Even myself intend to purchase things in supermarket with Bitcoin than shit money because everything is turning into Bitcoin and with btc all transactions are easy.

Actually I do have a feeling like you. However, It's illogical thing at the moment comparing the status of my nation. As a bitcoin lover I want to see a worldwide distribution and acceptance of bitcoin and different digital forms of money, which will permit individuals around the globe to take advantage of the Bitcoin payment system at the supermarket.

As far as I know, none of the supermarkets around the world accepts direct payments in Bitcoin. It is not very practical, due to high transaction fees, volatility in the exchange rates and time required for getting the confirmations. What you can do is that you can convert Bitcoin to supermarket gift cards (using sites such as Bitrefill) and you can make the payment using these gift cards.

it makes me smile sometimes when in supermarket and seeing some items that has QR codes,in first glimpse i thought they are accepting Bitcoin into that specific items lol.

But recovering instantly thinking that our country does not accepting Bitcoin as a currency until now.

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if this time comes,i will be the first person to celebrate and may stop holding all my coins instead will make shopping and grocery for the whole month stocking foods in chest freezer lol.

Unfortunately, regulation is becoming more and more strict. Thus, 2 years ago South East Asia was seriously discussed the possibility of implementing digital assets operations into daily routine, but currently they support Blockchain development, but not crypto. Also, got bad news from CIS region that crypto holders could be even imprisoned.
China launched Digital Yuan for inner usage, but actually it's not active in daily routine, as my Chinese friends say....
Do you think the situation can change in future?

Bitcoin fluctuates every now and then so it may affect the price of the goods. I am not aware of converting bitcoin into supermarket gift cards because it is not yet legalized in our country. Bitcoin does not have its physical form so the only thing I do is to convert my bitcoins into fiat currency and spend it in supermarkets. Also, the volatility of the market makes bitcoin not widely accepted in some large merchants as well as there is no way to reverse the transaction once it is done.

You can actually do that already. Just get a Bitcoin credit card from Binance or Crypto.com and you can pay your food and drinks in Bitcoin. Or you can buy gift cards for various supermarkets for Bitcoin on Bitrefill or Coinsbee. Pretty easy, adoption is here.  8)

Think again, if you pay via bank card it will only take a few seconds to swipe the card and sign the receipt, but paying via Bitcoin needs to wait until confirmation is first.
The purpose of Bitcoin was created to make payments fast.
Bitcoin's creator could not have expected Bitcoin to have such popular support. Like Ethereum, congestion, and wait.

I also can't wait for the Supermarket to accept bitcoin for paying the bill. For me it easier and safer when you pay through bitcoin and another advantage here is if you are lazy to carry your wallet or cold cash just pay through bitcoin and it's more easy than carrying you wallet and pay cash.

From my view, I think that is too costly like buying something for a single dollar. You will be paying transaction fees similar to what you are buying. Unless if you buy cars and gadgets and anything above a hundred dollars that would make sense. Unless if they change how transaction fees work on the bitcoin network. I dont trust paying bitcoin also using centralized wallets because in most cases there will be like system maintenance and updates which prevents you from using your funds. What if you are in a restaurant and is about to pay the bill but because you dont have the sh*t money because you are too confident on bitcoin and you are unable to pay because of that update. There are always pros and cons between currencies. But for me I still prefer using regular money or fiat as I just have to pick them out from my pocket and pay directly. Other cons to paying bitcoin is that if your device is fully drained with battery, mistakenly paying a higher amount than what you are suppose to pay, device can be stolen, weak against EMP if ever war occurs, internet connection required, entire internet is shut down, outages of internet services. What are your thoughts?

That is a possible thing yo happen but I think it will take so many years. There are still many countries that do not know cryptocurrency and they are afraid of trying it because of some reason.
If that is the case then it would so hard for the OP to do that, Imagine how broad bitcoin is and then you are the only one who is teaching it to your neighbors, of course, it would take so much time before they understand it, better for him to use social media to introduce bitcoin to people.

Are we pertaining solely to bitcoin when we say we want to pay using bitcoin in supermarkets? Because for me, even though I am not directly paying through Bitcoin, I have a wallet where I can sell bitcoin for credits such as the CRO wallet. The means of fund came from bitcoin, then their visa card allows me to swipe it easily, so I can transact wherever I am with 2 percent discount.

Anyways, if we are pertaining directly to bitcoin, there are also some markets that accept it, in Singapore for example, based from the bitcoin documentary that I've watch, department store owner in Singapore just started using Bitcoin and didn't accept fiat. That's how we should start promoting Bitcoin to people.

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We've got more number of stores accepting bitcoin. Right now more people have started to spend from the holdings same as the traditional currency. This means people were also giving importance to it as currency rather than just an investment asset.

Saw a thread, a dentist has started to accept bitcoin for the treatments provided. Same as that supermarket owners personally can start accepting bitcoin. This might slowly encourage more business people to get into bitcoin acceptance.

It's not even remotely realistic that we will see paying using bitcoin at the local supermarket in the forseeable future, and i'm talking in the next 2 to 3 years time span.

Maybe in the next 10 to 15 years we might see something like that take place, but not anytime soon.

Bitcoin is accepted as payment for services in many places. I recently saw that tickets to a rock festival were sold for bitcoins. Then, half a year later, the organizer of the festival wrote on social networks when bitcoin grew in price, that he had already forgotten about bitcoin, but it significantly increased in price and profits increased over time.  :)

Pumped after Paypal announce their will store bitcoin its clearly all the merchant and marketplace that accept paypal as their payment will start to accept bitcoin and i can wait site like Ebay and Amazon accept cryptocurrency as well

If I am only earning through crypto I would also be thrilled with the idea since I don't have to pay for any transaction fee on converting my crypto into Fiat and the withdrawal fee.
But I think for those who are like me who only earns in crypto for extra income and have Fiat I think most of us would rather pay up with Fiat than to lessen what we hold in crypto.

I think that it is still a long time!
For now, even when buying via PayPal, your bitcoin will first be converted to dollars, and then there will be payment for goods!
Well, first need to develop a mechanism of taxation when paying with bitcoins...

I am sure everyone who uses bitcoin have thought or wished for this at one point or the other. It is only when buying and selling can be made with bitcoin in the mainstream world such as buying goods in the supermarket, paying your plumber and carpenter for their services with bitcoin, does bitcoin achieve its true purpose.
When bitcoin was made, it was made to be a currency just the US Dollar and the Euro and the British Pound only that it is not controlled by any financial institution or the government

So far, for instant and micropayments, the use of fiat, both physical and electronic, is still quite efficient. It can even be more effective because we know that there are very few people who accept transactions using crypto. That is why we need to pay attention to its effectiveness with the needs and availability of networks around us. So you don't have to choose one, we can use both depending on the situation and conditions, use the best at the right time, it will be more efficient.
Well, I am very happy related to PayPal innovation with crypto, this will make the reach of crypto wide so that many people know about it.

The only way this scenario could become true for bitcoin is through lightning network because no one is going to pay a 3-5$ fee every time they buy something. The way i see this going down is some kind of big company creates a special token/coin to be used for this type of micro transactions(payments at supermarkets, local stores, coffee shops and others like that).

It not supermarket but some small merchants here in our country are accepting bitcoin already. I just haven't tried it yet because they're far from where I'm living. I'm currently in my province and it's in the city. Maybe when things are well with the pandemic and all, I'll see it for myself and try to purchase a thing or two with my btc.

There is also an online shopping platform that accepts btc as payment but I haven't tried it as well. Still trying to earn more btc and spend an amount that I can afford.

I agreed with you, there is still a lot of work to be done if Bitcoin can be used as a payment method everywhere.  Transaction process and time is one of them.  I can't go to a shop and wait until my transection is complete, it's not possible.  Again there is a matter of fee and costing where bitcoin has to do a lot of development yet.

It is way better if we will going to replace fiat currency by bitcoin that if only government will going to approve.  Fiat currency is already an old way of exchanging transactions though it was proven effective and efficient but it could not compare when using bitcoin.

First, you can be anonymous in doing bitcoin transaction and that privacy is very important to you.
second, transaction is decentralized and that no one will be making your transaction except the miners that will only take minimal fee as much as possible compared to when using third party services to make transaction done.
third, you have hold your funds not like in fiat that you need to store it in the banks.

So, I guess using bitcoin is relatively good but for now it is still not possible.

Government won't let it happen unless bitcoin starts to pay a large amount of tax and it will not be a good thing because if bitcoin starts to pay a big tax, it will be having a small price rise and big price down. We are going to have a bitcoin crisis and our earnings will be smaller than what we are expecting. I hope that government let peoples to pay on supermarket using bitcoin even if bitcoin is not paying a large tax so that people still can earn using it and can have a better accessibility.

Why people want this feature so much? What will you get from this? You will only loose on conversion at transaction fees

It depends on the location you leave to in most western countries we have seen some changes to this aspect you are talking about. But in Africa I think this will take much time and also people need to be educated about the potential and opportunities available using bitcoin and crypto in all. Then we will see much more supermarket and big companies using bitcoin as mode of transaction.

Most of us knew that once the full use of LN it will make things possible, with more business who already seen the potential of this chain, there many online business who accept btc as payment.

It takes time before the full implementations as fees and transaction speeds still holding many people to use this system.

But when the time comes for LN and everything run smoothly, the big chance to
use bitcoin in everyday transactions is always there to come.

I think this system will start soon in my country but many shops own don't have any idea of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for payment which will make them find it difficult to transact with those who want to use bitcoin to pay for their goods they bought. This system will really reduce those who are still making use of fiat money for payment. Many bitcoin users will be very happy with this new system that is about to happen in the country to make things easy for them in the area of buying in the supermarket, shops, and pay with bitcoin.

The idea is nice and interesting but not everyone is waiting for such to happen nevertheless it’s coul start from your neighborhood. It’s all about awareness and orientation, you can as well introduce or initiate the idea to the local stores supermarket in your neighborhood. Using bitcoin to pay for items would be really amazing and smart to operate. Its just for the store to have a valid bitcoin address and wallet to access The funds and keep their key secure.

I can’t wait for the day I would walk into a store and after purchasing all my needs I would have the option of paying through either bitcoin or using my credit card. Until then we keep creating the awareness of bitcoin to everyone and it’s importance.

If we compare digital currency with physical currency, I prefer digital currency, including Cryptocurrency.
But for now, I still like Bitcoin's not so fast development model, because for now Bitcoin is not ready to be used by 7 billion people in the world.

21 million BTC for 7 billion people? Are you sure you want to quickly make bitcoin famous? Or would this even kill its existence?
Let time show that this Bitcoin will be very valuable in the future

pretty much true. With the current state of transaction fees, adopting bitcoin as a form of payment will be really hard for small business which is basically the first entities to dictate a change in the business world. Without the lightning network's promise, we won't accept bitcoin as a payment because it will just become to unbearable in the case of taxes and fees.

The time is nigh, i supposed as major businesses and investors are moving in. This is probably the start of a major adoption, and big companies such as grayscale, Fidelity, micro strategy, square and recently have recently been buying Bitcoin allocating 1% of their portfolio into Bitcoin, and sooner or later when Institutional money comes flooding in. There's just not enough Bitcoin in circulation.

I understand if you prefer to make payments using Bitcoin. Because payment using Bitcoin will be much easier than a credit or debit card. Often payments using a credit or debit card will usually be carried by the waiter. And maybe they stole our identities at that time.
Transactions that occur with Bitcoin can be safer because anyone can not manipulate or intervene with them. To avoid fraud.
That is one advantage of making payments with bitcoin.

However, payment using bitcoin also has its own drawbacks. Besides Bitcoin’s high daily price volatility, each transaction takes several seconds and minutes, averages 10 minutes and is subject to fees, so there are often drastic increases and decreases in price. That is one reason until now in most countries have not legalized bitcoin activities in various situations. For example, to make payment transactions in e-commerce.

Indeed, why spend your bitcoin like that when you can actually use that to invest more in crypto, you should use your spare money when buying something especially your basic needs. At a time like this bitcoin is becoming popular and there's a lot of countries that are adopting cryptocurrency as a payment. It is really helpful this time because of the pandemic so we don't need to hold physical money or fiat.

Here in India, I have been shopping from supermarkets using Bitcoin for the last one year. Here is how I do it:

1. I get Amazon Gift Cards in exchange for Bitcoin
2. I add the gift card to my Amazon Pay balance
3. I shop from Big Bazaar (largest super market chain in India) and make the payment using Amazon Pay.

Another method is to purchase Big Bazaar gift cards, either directly using Bitcoin, or using Amazon Pay.

Well, I hope this happens to my country also but we knew that it's kinda impossible since the volatility of cryptocurrency might affect the businesses. Some stores are already accepting digital payment, but I doubt they will accept cryptocurrency as payment if they can accept digital money, a practical way. Those who're using cryptocurrency payment have a lot of investments in bitcoin so it doesn't matter if the price goes down.

Just wait for few years, everything will become cashless as we enter the cashless society. As of now, we see that there are merchandise that develop and integrate the e-wallet in purchasing items. Malls are also open for digital payment such as paypal and gcash. Soon, we will see a new qr code posted in cashier. All of sudden, cryptocurrency will become new ways to pay the products. We will shop without worrying how much fiat we brought. It will happen soon because internet is now everywhere.

You don't know or not but there are many supermarkets and stores that accepts Bitcoin.
Even a KFC in Canda also accepts payments through BTC.
Yes i know it's yet to be globalised to accept is a primary way of paying for bills , but still i like seeing the progress growth of the coin.
And yes if you are working online then there are many companies who pay you through Bitcoins but still not major of the companies do it.
Nevertheless let's hope for the best, and see where Bitcoins take us to the near future.

Paying with Bitcoin at supermarkets is a bad idea because confirmation times are so long, waiting makes things worse. Bitcoin is not such an instant means of payment.
We can withdraw money from Bitcoin ATMs located near supermarkets.
The use of credit or cash is better because of their reliability. After all, they are just one currency like any other. The purpose of the payment is the same. I realize that paying by credit card can help accumulate incentives. This will be an advantage over other means.

I think that Bitcoin will never become a widely used cryptocurrency. There are a lot of disadvantages, unlike other alternative cryptocurrencies. A high commission and a very long wait for the confirmation of the transfer completely kill the desire to use bitcoin.