The fact is, the choice of payment vehicle, offered by the merchant, is driven by the payer who usually bears, directly, none of the cost of such choice. Why then would any buyer choose to complicate any transaction, particularly a “local” transaction, by paying with Bitcoins, that are effectively a volatile “foreign” currency which you have to buy/sell at a price and requiring a 1% buy/sell fee at both ends of every transaction (ie 2% total), and has no transaction dispute moderation process? Dream on Bitcoin fanboys …