In this aspect, we are fighting a war we simply can not win.  We are using a scarce currency to fight a system that OWNS the money printing machine.  No matter what we do, our currency is priced in the symbol used by the system.  At one point, this sterlie vibe you mention was inevitable.  You can not fight an army with a single bullet.  Even if most of true Bitcoiners were millionaires, we would still be fighting against a system of billionaires.  A single billionaire has way more power of influence than a thousand millionaires.

What we now need is in my opinion not the revolutionary feeling brought back but finding ways to keep Bitcoin alive in the way SATOSHI MEANT and Monero as a backup too.  The system is clearly NOT defeated but is finding a way to pretend they are in our boat while cunningly finding ways to destroy the success Bitcoin right from its core.

Bitcoin is almost useless in a world where anonymous European Cryptocurrency transactions are considered illegal or suspicious of Anti Money Laundering law breach.  It becomes almost useless if we get to a point where you can only use Bitcoin if you link your addresses to your identity.  At that point, it becomes a tool of dystopia and not of freedom any more.  And while Bitcoin will not die entirely and can still be used anonymously in the underground, it will ultimately either become just that, as in an underground currency, or it will simply die out in time.

Monero is clearly the first they are going to try shooting burst bullets at and we will have a lot to learn once that happens.  I still have a hope that we have enough cypherpunks who will gather and find ways to avoid the death of Bitcoin or Monero as we know it.

The Wall Street joining us is cheered by many, including me partially, but I am in the middle of a mental conflict between being enthusiastic about what looks like a quick evolution of Bitcoin and being skeptical of it all.  It seems not only too good to be true but almost like a trojan horse of our era.

A government may accept a coup, but here they are fighting against the virtual.  It seems dubious that they would accept the defeat against Bitcoin this easily.  And The European Commission is showing strong signs of retaliation against us.  Through public statements they say they are doing this to fight the good fight, but if you know the pieces of the dystopian puzzle then you know very well this is anything BUT the good fight they are fighting.

You are feeling sterile to what is happening because time ticking bombs have already been positioned and set.  This is only a transitionary step toward the aftermath of these bombs.  In about two years, Europe is ready to shoot the first missiles against Monero and Bitcoin through the 2027 Anti Money Laundering laws.  I believe this is a feeling of what I like to call the brewing Cryptocurrency Cold War to break out into a full scale war of digital currencies and privacy in a matter of years.

I am ready.  I expect nothing any more.  If this world is bound to enter the worst nightmare of mine, becoming the dystopia we once only saw in movies, then we really have nothing to lose by continuing to fight for our privacy, our freedom and, ultimately, for at least part of what used to be a good world or future.