In my opinion, the government plays a very important role in the development of Bitcoin in a country. For example, a government announces that it will accept Bitcoin in that country, so I'm sure the development of Bitcoin in that country will be very fast!
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What do you think, the Government or the community who play an important role in the development of Bitcoin?!
Its nice if the Government understands and accepts it, but its not required. In most cases Bitcoin ends accepted in spite of the government, or more precisely because people are using it anyway.
In the end, the community is the main driving factor.
Also in theory most governments are composed by people from the community anyway, so if everyone is using Bitcoin eventually they too, will reach the government and replace those with the old mindset. Adoption is but a matter of time, and critical mass.