The adoption may be slower than some would expect or like, but the major barrier is peoples' stupidity, and I see it as my opportunity. So I see no incentive to accelerate the process. That is why I do not orange pill, I do not talk about it to anyone I know, I do not go to Bitcoin conferences or meetups, do not wear a Bitcoin t-shirt.

I consider myself a latecomer to Bitcoin, not because I ever believed in Fiat (stacking Gold since I started having any meaningful savings), but somewhat because of my own laziness to understand Bitcoin-the theory (secure hash, elliptic curve cryptography, Blockchain) and operation (how to work with a node and wallet). I didn't put money into something I do not understand. But now that I see the light, I need more time to stack enough and a faster adoption (meaning an inevitable price surge) is not helpful to me.

I remember a YouTube video from a Bitcoin blogger who went to some Philippines island where a shop said they took Bitcoin for payment last year. Asked why not this year, the nonchalant answer (from the owner) was he found it difficult to convert, and forgot some password. This was a year when Bitcoin had a big bull-run, and their peso was going down against USD. He does not want more money, he just wants familiarity.

My conclusion (after watching many such episodes) is, too many poor people, would rather suffer, watch their savings evaporate and complain, than spending a tiny bit of intellectual horsepower to think and act outside their comfort zone. Their inertia is my opportunity.

This also brings me to my next point and that runs contrary to what many maxis and BTC evangelists imply, who say adoption happens at grassroot. Not really, a few BTC circular economies you see in Latin America or Africa stay alive only by Bitcoin donation from some NGOs. To me, it is functionally like Keynesian money printing when a massive NGO (the Federal reserve) is injecting Sats (liquidity) into a small village to keep the circular economy alive. The ones close to the money spigot (whoever gets the donation) benefits the most, then they spend the Sats to buy groceries. That is as sustainable as a Fiat ponzi scheme.

The very bitcoin OGs, starting from Nakamoto and the Pizza guys...were not necessarily ultra-wealthy but easily among the top rung in terms of intellectual horse power. But beyond that, and a few who see the light, most of the adoption eventually has to happen via institutions, whether Blackrock, JP Morgan, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund, Emarat (the Dubai oil company taking Bitcoin) or massive treasury adoption by Apple, Google etc.

Yes, of course, if an ordinary guy could pack his bags well before Blackrock or JP Morgan came in, the reward could be mind blowing, but most ordinary guys prefer their comfort zone. They will adopt it too, either after they (or their kids) get repriced in it, or as their national currencies collapse. Remember Gresham's law followed by Their's law? Your next door pizza seller? He would adopt when he can command ~500 sats for a large pizza and rue the day when someone offered him ~10,000 sats for the exact same pizza.