When US senate issues heavy financial sanctions on some countries simply because they feel like it and just feel good to be a bully and all other countries obey out of fear, bitcoin and blockchain says I don't care Mr, Trump I'm not afraid of you and your billions of dollars.
Where ever banks and their partners could dictate their terms you could slap them in the face by adopting and using bitcoin as a currency.
It will be interesting to see how governments around the world respond as blockchain and bitcoin have more high profile use cases. It was promising to see an example of a state recognizing digital currencies in the case where the South Korean government decided to auction off seized bitcoins.