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Whenever you see the government and official institutions showing interest about Bitcoin is because they want to rip it off and use features of it for their own evil intentions. They for example want to take the blockchain and adapt it to the fiat scam, which would basically be a big catastrophe. Don't fall for their traps.

But theres some government officials that have good intention to bitcoin. Maybe they want to merge or to adapt to fiat money so that the people will have a unity. Dont think a negative to the government officials they vote us because we believing them that they are good person and have a good intention to the people.

Is that really how you see the government? Benevolent public servants that care so deeply about the interests of its citizen that their own personal interests and career come second? That is how it should be in an ideal world, but that is definitely not the way it is working today.

Think of teachers, whose top priority should be educating kids right? Even in a slow economy, when they don't get the union negotiated raise they are looking for, they don't hesitate to go on strike and hold a sign instead of teaching the kids they are supposed to care about. Not trying to talk badly about teachers in particular, but I think it's pretty naive to think that a public servant is here to serve the public. A public servant is here to keep a job and make a living. Serving you is priority #2.

Bitcoin goes against the foundation of many economies, that are currently maintained with monetary expansion, so it wouldn't make sense for the government to welcome bitcoin.

Yeah that's true. Can't afford to trust the Government in my country. Government of countries are against the adoption of bitcoin as a currency as they view it as a threat for fiat money. And they surely know that if accept bitcoin today as a currency it will take over fiat money.

Same is the situation in my country. I Don't understand why we vote such corrupt and criminal politicians who are just busy in improving their living of standard and their personal benefits comes first and after that if they have spare time they will think of country and society.

It's very difficult for good hearted, intelligent, empathetic people to make it in politics. First off, the majority of the population is unable to differentiate between honesty and dishonesty, intelligence and stupidity. So in that world, if a dishonest person paints a more attractive political picture through promises that will never be realized, and slanders their competition, many people fall for it. People that are apathetic/sociopathic are able to lie day in day out and still go to sleep at night, and they just need to say whatever they need to get votes. The main concern is being elected rather than improving and evolving society.

What motivation does the cream of the crop of society have to go into the government? They become professionals, make much more money and stay out of the public eye. The government gets the leftovers of talent.

I'm not sure if the government is afraid that bitcoin will take over fiat. You will still need to pay taxes in fiat, which will be a portion of every transaction - sale/income/expense. Fiat will have a place in the economy because it's what people trust, regardless of its fundamental flaws.