You clearly do not believe the state is an important if not the most important factor in the wealth of nations. I in contrast believe that it is. Bitcoin delivers the individual superior monetary integrity because it deletes the states ability to issue and thus debase...but that ability that comes with fiat is today a huge factor in the power projection capacity of nation states. China is rising because it exercises its fiat monetary leverage more responsibly than the corrupt western governments who have been captured by parasitic rentseeking private capital interests. The real problem is that so few citizens even where they can buy Bitcoin and achieve the monetary integrity it delivers do so- perhaps 1% of citizens in the liberal democracies where bitcoin is legally available do so. Most people are lazy ignorant sheep and will remain hostage to the state- perhaps because they understand the inherent role of the state in wealth creation. The CCP is only tolerated by Chinese because it has and is creating unprecedented wealth for the modern Chinese citizens. Their prospects are looking brighter than before while the future prospects for citizens of wests liberal democracies look increasingly bleak- but in the west which ever party wins elections it is still the same shadowy bankers who pull the strings. Bitcoin is not and is unlikely to be used much in international trade- historically the dominant global trader has issued to currency upon which most trade is settled. Once that was Britain, then the USA, when post WW2 USA was the largest producer of manufactured goods in the world. Today China is and it is probable that the historical precedent will be followed and China will issue and control the denomination and settlement of international trade- they are already doing this with CIPS and mBridge as USD declines in volume held and used for trade settlement as the US is increasingly seen as a corrupt and declining rogue state that has lost its leadership role and mandate. Central banks now hold more gold than USDs for the first time since the 1980s. Gold and Bitcoin will play a role on the margins as SoV/speculative commodities but Bitcoins use as a MoE for international trade is very unlikely to increase to any significant degree - I would love to be proven wrong by this but I am simply applying logic and historical precedent rather than NGU / wishful thinking / hopium.