Bitcoin doesn’t gain much currency at MIT

“… Two years after the MIT Bitcoin Project grabbed headlines across the globe with the goal of bringing the fringe currency into the mainstream, college students there are still sticking with cash and credit when they want to buy coffee, hit the bars, or pay their bills.” …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/09/17/bitcoin-loses-out-old-fashioned-crash-credit-mit/YNGuvgs3g0c1sz23RIxwTJ/story.html

Bitcoins are not catching on just yet. I honestly think that, if used effectively, Bitcoins could become a lot more convenient, but it’s hard for so many people and local businesses to make such an immediate and risky switch.