Yup..this is what WE as cryptopeople have to create. If there was a shop who accepted Steem as payment..I would buy things there. If someone sold a Macbook Pro for Steem, I'd buy it. (If i trusted the shop/person)
This is what we need for growth.
And ESPECIALLY with STEEM. I'm much more likely to spend Steem, because I know I can easily earn STEEM. STEEM feels like a whole ecosystem. I can earn it, therefore its easier to spend it.
Not so much with Bitcoin and other cryptos which you have to buy. There is more hazzle to get it. Steem I could spend like that. If the shop just required me to send some steem from my account and that was it..damn..
That would be pretty awesome I think
I agree with you, @scandinavianlife. I have a (maybe too) low threshold of spending Steem compared to spending real money, because as you said, you feel like you can earn more Steem again without having to spend money on it.
It's a very good point indeed , and being able to pay from wherever you are in the world and have the payment go through instantaneously, without any extra chargers, now that's pretty awesome as well :)