Conspicuously, the obstacles to the blockchain technology's development mostly pertain to the low level of understanding of the technology itself — for example, it is one of the reasons for the governmental rejection of the technology.
This is common for every new technology that is aimed at changing existing foundations of society. At the dawn of its development, Internet has faced similar problems. On the other hand, the prospects that blockchain offers are capable of drastically improving the current situation in the world and first of all in the monetary field.