I think many people on here coming from a libertarian (I'm in that category) or full-out anarchy philosophy tend to view government as one giant beast, whose actions are coordinated and deliberate. I think the reality is that gov is a loose collection of individuals, most of whom just want to do their jobs, maybe get some praise every now and then, and take home a paycheck. Regulators want to meet their mandates, law enforcement wants to catch people who break the law, the Fed wants to meet their inflation and employment targets, and politicians want to get re-elected. The notion that there's a coordinated well-thought-out deliberate conspiracy across agencies, involving calculated strategic deception, to twart bitcoin as a threat to a devious fiat banking regime is....naive. Government is not coordinated. The individuals that comprise it are generally not that visionary. Agencies are composed of a wide array of individuals with all manner of their own ideologies.
I've raised this exact point myself. I call it the collectivist fallacy, and it's one most libertarians fall into. Once this misconception is cleared away it becomes apparent that Bitcoin won't necessarily encounter much resistance from petty bureaucrats as it doesn't directly affect them, or at least it won't seem to them that it will be able to affect them by the time they leave office.
Nevertheless, there are powerful people who
do see sound money as a direct threat, and they would see Bitcoin as a threat if only they understood it AND believed there was a decent chance it could take over. The ECB report and others suggest at least some of them see the threat. But do they understand how clear and present it is? Maybe they are too slow to care, but if they did understand they only have two options that I can see: 1) Attempt to suppress it, or 2) Buy in massively.
Fully agree with the sentiments above, that government is not a coordinated entity and most individuals just want to do their jobs, and as a result there will not be a coordinated attempt to take down bitcoin. As long as Bitcoin does not directly interfere with day to day activities, the government will largely take a Laissez-faire approach.
However, in times of crisis governments have been shown time and time again to create scapegoats and look for causes. During the depression FDR constantly railed against "hoarders", i.e. those who saved their money, and devalued savings for the greater good.
The US government has been living beyond it's means and the taxpayer's means for a long time. If Bitcoin emerges as a sound money system
which in turn forces the US gov to live within its means, that will awaken individuals in government who no longer can spend money at will. Anyone looking for a scapegoat will not have to look far...