Definitely,the genie bitcoin is out of the bottle and it has started to show its potential.People who wanted to put it once again inside the bottle like china don't understand that it could not be done and instead,they should rethink how to effectively make use of it just as japan did.Most of critics are not optimistic and they just see a bottle filled half with sand as a half empty bottle.They fail to see the advantages that bitcoin has provided to the community like blockchain technology,very fast transactions,etc.
I hope that atleast other countries as well as big economists should here after follow the way of japan concerning bitcoin.
Bitcoin is really unstoppable but we can't blame those who can't see what it can do for them. I think the one that will really benefited from it is their community. However, they don't see it because they are instead looking at the other way around. They still think bitcoin is being used by criminals. But on the other hand, bitcoin has many advantage. Japan is has a different mindset as far as bitcoin is concern though.
The internet received the same resistance in the early days. People only saw the "Dark" uses and the criminal activities and looked past the innovation it enabled. As time went by they found ways to regulate it and things calmed down. Innovation were given wings to fly and today we see more positive/legal applications for the internet, than negative things.
You cannot change people and you cannot stop Bitcoin, if you think you can, you are living in denial or you are on some power trip or hallucinating drugs. ^hmmmmm^
Yeah, people is really resistant to change. But if they keep denying bitcoin, they will be left out in the dark. Its the new innovation and they need to understand that. They have to adapt and accept changes. This is how life goes. If this still insist on their old traditional way then there is no way they can grow. The bitcoin tsunami has started and it is really unstoppable.