Governments are constantly faced with changes in the environment: Political, economical, legal, medical... The sharing community and Bitcoin is trivial compared to the worst problems they need to address.
They choose to ignore the situation until it boils over
How will local governments adapt to these new ways of doing business that are disrupting traditional business models? All we know now is that governments are a long way from even contemplating and accepting this new reality.
They choose to ignore the situation until it boils over
Nowadays, there are governments that have accepted bitcoin and allow bitcoin to trade as a paper currency. There are countries that are still working on more specific policies to make bitcoin safer, and there are governments that are banned bitcoin