There's no bitcoin equivalent for the experience of being able to have someone physically swipe their credit/debit card in your phone for point of sale payment. Bitcoin cannot replace all point of sale transactions that Square enables.
And once more the crowd asks, "who's going to use it?".
There is a very, very tiny competitive advantage to supporting Bitcoin. There is a catastrophic competitive disadvantage to not supporting the basic method of Internet transactions.
The entire context of this discussion is regarding a person who cannot accept cards. It is pointing out that Bitcoin is a non-solution because the user base is so small and most people pay with credit cards. You need to keep in mind the context in which you are responding.
The guy can't take cards and this thread is nattering on about how Bitcoin is the answer and you're asking that question when I point out that Bitcoin NFC apps don't replace that he can't take cards?
QR code payments phone to phone are even easier. I'm seeing street fair vendors who started taking square last year taking bitcoin now with QR codes on phones without much resistance. I don't know what their volumes are like.
