I don't believe Bitcoin has enough people who would protest loudly if there was a severe government crackdown.
Of course. I was discussing with this guy the other day, and he was telling me that Bitcoin adoption is at nearly 10%. I almost fell out of my chair! I think it's more like 0.10% I'm doing my part trying to educate people, but I'm not able to move the needle at all...
I also agree with you in the network -vs- adoption thing. I see all that people saying "Bitcoin doesn't care, 1 block each 10 minutes, lol!!"...