Right now in some of the countries Bitcoin is been banned or restricted, when I think of it I do not blame the government why Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies is been restricted because they do not know the value or importance of Bitcoin. Some government officials have never done any transactions, I mean to buy or invest to Bitcoin or to use Bitcoin as a means to acquire goods and services.
Bitcoin will be more effective in the future, because presently people who are more into cryptocurrency are the younger ones (18-50 years in age).
They know the value and importance of Bitcoin. Despite the ban of Bitcoin in some countries, some individuals mostly the younger ones still have access to Bitcoin. I believe will be more effective in the future.
IMO, it is not because the Government that is banning Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their country don't understand what Bitcoin is and how it works or know the value of it, it is because they do and they understand that this is financial freedom for the people and that they can no longer have that full control of their financial system if the freely allow cryptocurrencies to flourish the way it is going, that is why some of them are having this ban on crypto.