You understood me, that’s good. Few problems though. That organic transition won’t happen on its own—it requires human action. And it certainly won’t happen because governments suddenly change their minds about BTC. The U.S. didn’t start a SBR because Trump had a Eureka moment in the shower. He did it because he saw that Bitcoiners now make up a significant chunk of the electorate.
In the same way, Bitcoiners need to start reprogramming themselves to spend a few sats here and there—maybe within local communities or even by accepting only Bitcoin for their services, whether it’s lawn mowing or construction. This movement needs to reach critical mass now, before normies start associating Bitcoin exclusively with “digital property in cyberspace” or any other nonsense. Because at that point, forget about getting rid of capital gains tax on Bitcoin.
And by the way, there’s nothing stopping us from using the base chain in a sovereign way. At 3 sats/vB, Bitcoin payments are practically free—yet people still don’t use them. This isn’t a scaling or a technical problem; it’s a willingness problem.
Bottom line: if we want Bitcoin to win, we need to step up our game.