I agree with the statement you made. I believe the reason why we're seeing people bring up this type of discussion is that they never understand the government's concept ruling that decentralized currency will never be allowed to lead or be among the world currency market no matter the potential and the benefit it posed.
This is the exact reason why the government makes sure the movement and the creation of Libra introduced by Facebook were shut down years ago. I am sure if Satoshi Nakamoto didn't my himself invisible the government will have tried every possible means to him do something about Bitcoin based on how they tried to make it obsolete.
Having said that, some Bitcoiner are drifting away from the reason why Satoshi created Bitcoin maybe it is because of their optimism or high enthusiasm for Bitcoin because BTC was created as an alternative, not the main or leading world currency.
Libra wasn't going to be decentralized at all, especially with Facebook behind it. The new digital cash system was meant to work closely with banks to help provide "banking to the unbanked". It was easy enough to shut down the project due to its centralized nature.
Yes, Libra is not going to be decentralized. Thank you for pointing that out. I just forgot to analyze what I mean when I was talking about the government's stance on cryptocurrency.
But I can't say the same about decentralized cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
I don't know about Ethereum but for Bitcoin, if the government have the power to shut it down I think they would have done that. meanwhile, they can still manipulate the mining of Bitcoin.
While a decentralized cryptocurrency will never be accepted by mainstream governments as the leading world currency, it will certainly reduce Fiat's dominance by a large margin.
There will be more pressure against decentralized cryptocurrencies as they go against what was establish in the first place. I'm fine with Bitcoin just the way it is, as long as it remains decentralized and censorship-resistant. Who knows if Bitcoin lives for centuries? Just my opinion
Based on my understanding. I don't see the reduction of the fiat currency dominance is the reason why the government won't accept decentralized crypto as mainstream. They just don't like the currency not solely controlled by them