One of the things that really tipped me to being way more bullish about bitcoin's power was the Seedsigner. Why? The Seedsigner is a bitcoin signing device. Kinda like a hardware wallet but really its more than that. Anyway, it is something you can build from off the shelf parts with limited skill. It is being given to people in developing countries. Its one of these things that would be very hard to stop without banning basic electronic devices that have nothing to do with bitcoin.

Its a bit like the evolution of firearms. Today you can buy a 3D printer or a CNC machine and with time and some information that is easy to get online, build your own firearm. Politicians still pass gun laws and will try to ban firearms but its a LARP. They can't stop it. The only way they could stop firearms is to literally gain control of raw aluminum supplies as well as the Internet. Seems unlikely.

Now you might say, they can throw us in jail. They can. But that requires these soft tyranny's like the US to expose themselves for what they really are. I don't think they are that desperate yet.