Think about it no matter where you were in the world as long as you had an internet conection and knew at least one other person with a wallet then you could send coins to each other.
Obtaining coins in say 2009 would not have been easy from most countries so i guess you could say that is becoming global.
At it start it has global potential, but since a few years it has become globally used. Which means progress.
In the future years to come i expect this to grow exponentially.
It has an potential to grow hugely but it doesn't promise that people will stop using fiat and will only use bitcoin for their day to day spendings, that is simply impossible.
I know a few people that make about 90% of all purchases and pay bills by bitcoin only.
If your like me and just hate banks then i try use bitcoin to pay for as much as i can.
If it does end up being used as paying bills aren't they afraid of the volatility of bitcoin. Not really useful as payment if it fluctuates so much.
Yap, I recently payed electric bills too. But the staff was confused on my payment system that i was referred to their IT guys and a lot of hustle occurred because its not really a tradition in my place the online transactions.
And i think if the times comes when the government recognizes btc, they gonna put tax on it.
We used to have to pay 10% gst tax to purchase coins and then another 10% gst tax to spend them, I'm glad the government finally woke up to themselves and changed that rule.
What country are you in?