You create the environment you want to live in.

Tell people that you can pay them in Monero (or Bitcoin) and you'll be astonished how many will accept it.

USD price is a bitch. It made us think we succeeded with adoption when the opposite happened.

It needs a lot of PoW to make your community open to accepting Monero or Bitcoin.

But it is worth more than every fake POS (giftcard, payment processor) that instantly sells for fiat.