The first thing to understand is that Bitcoin is part of the economic cycle, and, as such, serves as a medium of exchange(one of the properties of money). What do I mean by this?
I'll explain with examples for RECEIVING and SENDING.
RECEIVING
Scenario 1: I offer a product or service and, in return, I receive Bitcoin in my wallet. Perfect, two Bitcoiners exchanging their time and energy in the form of Bitcoin.
Scenario 2: I offer a product or service and, in return, I receive fiat currency through a payment gateway, transfer, or whatever. I will be responsible for: educating this person about Bitcoin, or spending/converting that fiat currency into another product or Bitcoin.
Scenario 3: I offer a product or service and, in return, I receive another product or service. The classic barter system.
In every case, I've received something, and that doesn't stop me from offering my product or service.
SENDING
Case 1: I'm in a pro-Bitcoin country or city, or at a business that offers its products and accepts Bitcoin. I can send my BTC without any problem.
Case 2: I'm in a place where they don't even know BTC exists or where they're forced to accept fiat currency because they're a large company/franchise.
Here, I show the local merchants the advantages, ease of use, and freedom of using Bitcoin, and that way I can pay with my sats.
However, there's a possibility that they haven't wanted to commit to accepting Bitcoin due to fear of legal repercussions, fear of having to learn something new, business decision-making power, etc; and they can only accept fiat currency.
In either case, I'm not left without the ability to use their services. I pay because I can.
IN CONCLUSION
I'm a Bitcoiner. But I also know that the economic cycle works through barter, and in this cycle, a factor called "double coincidence of wants" comes into play, where one person must be looking for what you offer, and vice versa.
If we add to this the fact that this person, for whatever reason, doesn't know about Bitcoin, we can't demand payment for THEIR products or services exclusively in Bitcoin. You could demand payment for YOUR products/services, but many won't want to go through that process(for now).
The first thing to understand is that Bitcoin is part of the economic cycle, and, as such, serves as a medium of exchange (one of the properties of money). What do I mean by this?
I'll explain with examples for RECEIVING and SENDING.
RECEIVING
Scenario 1: I offer a product or service and, in return, I receive Bitcoin in my wallet. Perfect, two Bitcoiners exchanging their time and energy in the form of Bitcoin.
Scenario 2: I offer a product or service and, in return, I receive fiat currency through a payment gateway, transfer, or whatever. I will be responsible for: educating this person about Bitcoin, or spending/converting that fiat currency into another product or Bitcoin.
Scenario 3: I offer a product or service and, in return, I receive another product or service. The classic barter system.
In every case, I've received something, and that doesn't stop me from offering my product or service.
SENDING
Case 1: I'm in a pro-Bitcoin country or city, or at a business that offers its products and accepts Bitcoin. I can send my BTC without any problem.
Case 2: I'm in a place where they don't even know BTC exists or where they're forced to accept fiat currency because they're a large company/franchise.
Here, I show the local merchants the advantages, ease of use, and freedom of using Bitcoin, and that way I can pay with my sats.
However, there's a possibility that they haven't wanted to commit to accepting Bitcoin due to fear of legal repercussions, fear of having to learn something new, business decision-making power, etc; and they can only accept fiat currency.
In either case, I'm not left without the ability to use their services. I pay because I can.
IN CONCLUSION
I'm a Bitcoiner. But I also know that the economic cycle works through barter, and in this cycle, a factor called "double coincidence of wants" comes into play, where one person must be looking for what you offer, and vice versa.
If we add to this the fact that this person, for whatever reason, doesn't know about Bitcoin, we can't demand payment for THEIR products or services exclusively in Bitcoin. You could demand payment for YOUR products/services, but many won't want to go through that process (for now).