"First they ignore us, then they laugh at us, then they fight us, then we win"

[bitcoinjasensatom]

Surely, we keep on winning.

Yes of course we win, because this is what happen and proven that Bitcoin is doing incredibly well. We cannot deny the fact that big countries are now embracing cryptocurrencies. And we're looking forward and hoping for the worldwide adoption of cryptocurrency.

[r32godzilla]

Andreas has perfectly described the current situation.But just a small chance that he described that we are in laughing stage in 2014 and now in 2018,we are in the next stage of fighting.Just the final stage of winning is to come.But the bankers would not let us easily to win.

[BrewMaster]

it is in nature of some people to deny the inevitable. they get caught up in things that are temporary and then lose sight of things that really matter such as the fact that bitcoin is the only decentralized border-less currency that exists and it has a limited supply.
right now everyone is too caught up in the price drama that they don't pay attention to this.

[Dr.Nina]

This is a great speech and this things happen in every case. In every case when you introduce a new thing to the general people then they laugh at you without understanding anything. People do not accept unconventional fact. When they see that gradually it become important then they fight against you. In this fight some will join to your group by understanding the importance of your fact. And finally some will loose. In the case of bitcoin the same thing happen. Finally we will win an laugh at them.

[Mpamaegbu]

Definitely, bitcoin will win all the battles for cryptocurrency. All the negative talks against bitcoin are the necessary speed bumps on its way to prominence and mass adoption. If Bitcoin weren't coming to destabilize the ancient financial institutions and their banking cohorts, nobody would be sticking it. While growing up, we knew a tree with delicious fruits by the array of stones lying at the foot of a tree after the stones would've been thrown at tree to get its fruits. It shows how interested people are in that tree. So also is with the Bitcoin. Nobody throws stones at tress with worthless fruits.

[virendarnagpal]

slow and steady wins the race.  more and more people are coming into the fold of bitcoin.  the number is increasing day by day.  when people will find crypto more profitable ; when they find it easier to transact then definitely they will start transacting via crypto only.  After the people start using crypto and so as a result the usage of fiat currency will decrease day by day.  This day by day decrease of fiat will finish the fiat.
So if bankers are laughing at bitcoin at present; then they shall keep them ready for a fight; and win for bitcoin.  Though I myself being a banker feel some sad that banks will finish in future but it is true that bitcoin will be better option for people in the times to come.

[estupido]

fate we can not avoid if we are not wrong why we are blamed, bitcoin is a form of technological progress in the future and those who insult it because they do not want to lose control of the currency they have

[stayeduptolate]

Andreas M. Antonopoulos was a Chief Security Officer of Blockchain.info and is popular Bitcoin evangelist,  this excerpt is from his speech back in 2014 in Los Angeles Bitcoin in a Meetup Group about money and the evolving concept of currencies worldwide,



Watch the video on YouTube @ 01:03:24 or you can read  transcript here

This is so inspiring you see we are already on stage three "we are fighting", next stage is we win

What you guys think? How you relate this to current situation?

Edit: Original quote was by Mahatma Gandhi - and re-quoted by . Andreas M. Antonopoulos. (Thank you avikz for pointing it out)
^{Inspired from [reddit]}

I think this is something we should happy at. This is the win of bitcoin over hundreds of nations, millions of people. Andreas M Antonopoulos has very well said , considering ourselves as a part of bitcoin, he said first they ignore us means that people initially ignored bitcoin and they laughed at bitcoin and then they will fight against bitcoin and in last bitcoin will win and we are at laughing stage and I think our victory is not so far we have to fight for some years only for bitcoin .

[Lamisa asfiya]

Yes it is really that they used to always scoff, laugh. But those who loved or supported Bitcoin believed that they would one day win. And now they win the war. Bitcoin has not yet fulfilled its expectations, but will fill in the future.