bitcoin as a tool for freedom from globalist control, this is happening at a very small scale. We have seen people belonging to repressed hyperinflated economies turning to Bitcoin. IMO Bitcoin is being treated as a speculative asset by those who don't see Bitcoin's potential value as an alternative to the fiat system. Convenient medium of exchange, this is where Bitcoin is lacking now. If Bitcoin needs to go mainstream then it would need to have more user-friendly applications. Bitcoin can be a store of value/safe haven asset in times of financial crisis, but is Bitcoin going mainstream dependent on such bitcoin being a decentralized, permissionless, censorship resistance global system has something to offer to everybody....