Welcome to Hive. I checked a little while back and thought you were staying at Steem. Glad you came over.

Accepting Hive would be a gamble. As you mention, most people frequenting the store will never have heard of it. Then you face the task of trying to explain all the hoops they would need jump through to actually acquire some. Unless you are prepared to help people enter the world of crypto, prepared to walk them through whatever exchanges they need to so then they can finally transfer from their wallet to yours I wouldn't plan on getting much out of it.

After all that's said and done, one of the largest problems with Bitcoin (and alts) being used as currency are the wild fluctuations both ways. Imagine selling an item for Bitcoin back when it was peaking at 20K, only to watch yourself take a massive loss for the next couple years (and counting). Or the reverse for the customer, like the guy who spent a crapload of Bitcoin for one pizza back when Bitcoin was so cheap. You would have to not need the income from those sales and use it as a gamble on the future that the value would be far greater than a fiat sale on the spot.

I've toyed with the idea of selling online for Hive, only to escape the hoops that have kept me from investing anymore so far. But figuring the cost of a website and doxxing myself has kept me from that as well.

Looking forward to seeing what you do and if anyone is interested that walks into your shop.

Speaking of your shop, I seem to recall you were opening a store right before the shutdown. Did it ruin the store for you, or were you able to somehow make it through ok?