I believe there is no need for hopium. Bitcoin is an incredible revolutionary protocol and has achieved a huge number of victories already. I am thinking about the fact it has survived, grown in value and triggered a huge ecosystem of tech development (eg SNs and LN). One of the biggest 'wins' in my opinion is the way Bitcoin has empowered literally millions of people to save liquid capital and that capital has grown incredibly giving those people who dared to challenge the state imposed fiat monopoly the ability to build many projects and innovations. The ecosystem is amazing and gives me hope. But, the obstruction of MoE use is huge...sly in the case of the west, but still huge. The fud, the KYC, and most of all the sly tax rules making everyday and convenient MoE use actually impractical except for those of us who are prepared to ignore the tax laws. I agree there are pockets of Bitcoin acceptance and maybe they are growing but I don't see much progress overall in terms of reaching the scale of acceptance and adoption required to enable mass adoption...what I see is increasingly the narrative is SoV speculative commodity hopium and increasing KYC and institutional custody which excludes MoE use. Except in El Salvador or some regions of Switzerland is there anywhere where ordinary people can buy a coffee with Bitcoin without the absurd tax recording requirements which make such purchases and use completely impractical? I agree Bitcoin has and does provide some very healthy and much needed competition and alternative to the state imposed fiat monopolies. I see the fiat monopoly monetary system as a hugely corrupting influence on our governments and capitalism itself and Bitcoin as a brilliant way of providing us with an alternative money/capital that is not imposed but which we can choose to adopt and by so doing avoid the states debasement and debt slavery. But the state is aware of this too and this is why they have and will obstruct BTC MoE with all their power and cunning.