actually I will not care about bitcoin being legalized or used as a means of payment by the government, because in my opinion the most important thing is that the government must allow its people to invest in bitcoin, yes, even if they have to pay taxes to the government.
and in my opinion, bitcoin is very difficult to make as means of payment, because the price is unstable, and maybe that's why the government doesn't allow btc to be used as means of payment.
1. The government is not needed for Bitcoin adoption.
2. It doesn't matter what they allow. You do your thing. If you want to pay with BTC to someone who is happy to accept it, there is nothing to get in the way. That's what Bitcoin was created for; to allow you to transact without the mafia's permission.
One thing you can do to help adoption is only allow BTC payments. If someone wants to pay you with fiat, you can say "Keep that poo to yourself, I only accept BTC."
I think that bitcoin is growing stronger in some ways, but as for mass adoption I think we still have a very long way to go. After bitcoin came close to hitting 60,000, and then falling all way down to like 14,000 or 15,000 (can't remember) I think a lot of the people who bought it are non-finance people who know nothing about bitcoin and only did so because they heard they might be able to get rich. I'm not sure they will ever come back so that worries me for adoption reasons.
People have the ability to learn. On average, their ignorance decreases over time.