Thanks, this is something that I have been thinking for sometime. While I would love to see more merchant adoption, some nuance is necessary in what kind of merchant I want to see adopting it. I do not care so much about whether my next door cafe sells me a latte for Bitcoin (which will come, when his hand is forced, whether he is a Bitcoiner or not).

As always, it is the critical mass and network problem. Merchants will have to pay their taxes, labours, suppliers and rent in Fiat, hence accepting Bitcoin just adds a layer of complexity, which I sort of have to agree with.

That is why I always believe the most positive signs of adoption would be when Bitcoin is adopted by manufacturers (not only merchants)

Here are some present examples and some others that I hope to see.

I am hoping some copper, Aluminium, oil refiners, steel makers, ship builders, Lockheed Martin or Boeing, some cement companies, NextEra Energy (one of the giant electricity suppliers in north America) etc. will get on-board with Bitcoin settlement (especially for global payments and final settlements worth like ~100 BTC or such).

They can have more base layer (pun intended) impact than cafes selling a latte or pizza for Bitcoin. These are businesses you will likely not see on BTC Map, but even one of their impacts can be felt in the world of money more than all the Steak-n-Shake combined.