Still a long ways from mainstream merchant adoption, it would appear.
It's because people don't use Bitcoin as currency. It's mainly speculation that makes people not willing to use it as currency, and then we have people who are afraid of using it as currency because it might turn out to go up in value. We can't change people's speculative nature, but we can point out that spending coins won't make you lose out on future increases if you replace every spent satoshi. It allows Bitcoin to circulate just like how money circulates, which is what money is for right? I honestly haven't seen any sort of increase in people using crypto in general as currency throughout the years. Maybe a sign that in the same way not much will change in the coming years....
This and the volatility in the markets add to the speculative nature of a lot of
people in crypto. Everyone has heard the stories of people who made it big with
Bitcoin and feel there are big rewards to be had.
As long as we are getting big market swings people will be looking to either buy
in or sell out at opportune times.
I am in the market currently to buy a turntable with Bitcoin and being in Europe,
I did come across this site >
https://www.alza.de which accepts Bitcoin payments
https://www.alza.de/zahlungsoptionen-art10086.htm