The interesting thing to me is that Bitcoin's growth and evolution is entirely driven by the number of developers solving difficult technical problems, whereas trad-fi is encumbered by the regulatory side and can only move so quickly.

So, we should expect the gap between Bitcoin and trad-fi to grow exponentially as AI takes off and improves developer productivity ten-fold. Much like the hypothesised AI singularity, I wonder if Bitcoin will have a similar moment where AI helps us crack a number of problems related to scaling and privacy in quick succession, and Bitcoin adoption explodes before regulators have a chance to even react.