“It said,among other things,”try buying a car...or a house...with bitcoin”.
You can buy a house with bitcoin - it’s been done.
You can buy citizenship in Vanuatu using bitcoin.
If you covert bitcoin, you can buy anything.
What percentage of current bitcoin value has been used as currency? I wonder if it’s even 1%.
It’s so unstable it’s practically useless as currency.
It’s the perfect scheme for greedy speculators.