The Truth About Bitcoin: People Aren't Using It As Currency

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Bitcoin was meant to serve as digital cash—yet it’s rarely used as a means of payment, with most holding the cryptocurrency for speculative purposes. Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market cap. And from its inception, it’s been heralded as a form of digital cash; the replacement to the US dollar, the Chinese yuan and the British pound. Indeed, the original Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi Nakamoto describes it as a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system.”

But over a decade after its launch, the promise that shoppers would be happily using their Bitcoin addresses for payments in stores rings hollow.
Source: https://decrypt.co/43715/the-truth-about-bitcoin-people-arent-using-it-as-currency