I don't think bitcoin success depends on politicians, but they will affect it in some form or the other.
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The only thing they can affect, in my humble opinion, is the speed of adoption. They can certainly make it more difficult to convert fiat into #BTC, but they can't stop it entirely.
In my 5-6 years in #bitcoin , it was supposed to be vice versa. #Bitcoin should affect the politicians to have no choice but to be honest else face repurcussions like how Assange and so many others are facing for stating truth