We don't have much time remaining:

http://armstrongeconomics.com/2014/09/03/ecuador-will-be-the-first-country-to-start-digital-currency/

Powers-that-be are also taking control over Butthurtcoin, with mining centralized in a couple of pools, and soon the money supply locked up off-chain:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=400235.msg8649126#msg8649126
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=400235.msg8663871#msg8663871