Yeah, the price fluctuations scare away the average merchant which is absolutely clueless about how the money creation works and doesn't understand the importance of Bitcoin, they just see a crazy price and tend to avoid it.

In my opinion, the advantage of bitcoin is the very easy to use system of it.
less stress and cheap transaction fees. the disadvantage of it is the flactuation of it
in the market. we cannot know when will it really go down or go up.
so we are blind of it. and the people around me thinks that bitcoin is just like some
other scam scheme in the internet. well i cannot blame them. people are afraid of what they
do not know yet. and its because of they have less knowledge about it. even you explain and explain
to them if their minds are close to absorb and accept it. it will be non sense for them.
But i think in the future it will all change. so goodluck then..

Pros : fast, portable, electronic, backup, inox proof life money.
Cons : need learn before use.




you can learn at any age.

the biggest con/disadvantage is for sure the learning curve.
Especially if your not computer savy. Its hard to explain to
a lot of older people even how to check their email let alone
understanding what btc is and what to do lol.

This is very true. I have tried to tell a couple of my friends and family members, but they never seem to understand what I am trying to say. You kind of have to learn it by yourself online because not many people know how to explain it in an easy to understand way.

I think the biggest advantage for me is that it provides an easy way to spend money online without having to apply for a credit or debit card.

Advantage: I'm getting it for free
Disadvantages: It's hard to have it for free

                     

when a merchant comes up with the volatility remark.. your reply should not be the shady practices of the fiat inflation world in regards to money creation.

what you should do is tell them coinbase or bitpay swap it for fiat. at the value calculated at the point of sale, instantly

EG customer wants to buy $10 product via bitcoin.. merchant sends API to coinbase or bitpay with value $10.. then coinbase/bitpay shows a QR code with a bitcoin amount shown to represent $10 of bitcoins.. customer pays within 10 minutes and the merchant gets his $10 in the bank account within a few business days.

they can if they love bitcoin and they know the production cost of the $10 product was only $5 they can decide to only convert $5 back to fiat to buy more stock and keep the other amount as bitcoin.. which they can use instantly
volatility should never dissuade merchants to not accept bitcoin.. because its no loss to them

Bitcoin has numerous advantages. No need to mention. All are obvious, already pointed out many times.
As you stated the unstable price are seeming disadvantages now. But prices will get stable in future then bitcoin will become flawless system in anyone's view.