The only good thing governments and financial institutions see in bitcoin or any of the actually useful altcoins is the technology behind them. The potential cost savings, and how it can be used to monitor and control even more than now. Anyone expecting Neo to fail because it doesn't fit in their new world order of 'crypto freedom' is naive at best. I'm not invested in Neo any more than anything I make money from. I just think a compliance oriented platform like Neo is actually more likely to succeed because it isn't trying to change the narrative nearly as much. At least until this whole crypto thing rises to whatever threshold governments and financial institutions have set before they deem it necessary to properly get in the ring.
It's also not possible to completely crush the freedom - and with the right coin, anonymity - of crypto, which pleases me It will just never be the norm. Most people aren't particularly sharp, or brave. They need shepherds. They want someone looking over their money whether they say/realize it or not. They want the peace of mind of knowing they can contact someone for a refund, be protected from a scam, or get their money back if they accidentally send to the wrong bank account. The way it is now, one wrong number or letter in a bitcoin address and in most cases bye bye money. That scares people, so they don't even entertain the idea. I don't really blame them.
Regardless, isn't there's room enough for both worlds to exist? I'm not sure I understand why one or the other must fail. We do like to take a side.
Final thought - I am also a stupid human who thinks, does and says wrong things. I wish for most of the above to be completely wrong
