I think the most optimistic outcome for Bitcoin would be to return to its roots, which is to play to the nature of bitcoin as a currency
Why are you optimistic about this? So Bitcoin as a digital asset, won't last a long time? Or being a digital asset isn't a proper function? I assume Bitcoin doesn't need to return to its nature since Bitcoin is also used as a payment tool nowadays. Although not all countries accept it, its function as a currency is still there. Bitcoin should develop more, I mean to function isn't only just a currency. Why not function both as a digital asset and a currency? Nothing wrong with this, right?