Not directly at least, but perhaps indirectly. It's like wanting to join a foam party without the intention of getting wet. Everybody wished for Bitcoin to hit mainstream adoption. But it's certainly difficult to imagine Bitcoin getting into the mainstream without the powerful government minding it a bit.
Or we could look at it the other way round. Bitcoin has been an unstoppable force with more people knowing and joining it for years, and so the Government didn't want to be left out, and they had to force their way in as well.
Yeah, because the government is that bully kid who could enter the game as soon as it looks fun and recreates the rules for everybody to obey, not that timid child who could only watch from the sidelines.
And because it has become fun and Bitcoin didn't stay as a geek's internet money, you now have to declare your Bitcoin assets for tax and other purposes, your transactions are being tracked, your information are being submitted and shared, you're being sold IOUs, and so on.
It seems the progress of adoption lately carefully follows the baton of the government.
Government did some crazy step just to make people think that they are adapting, but they have other plans since they are looking at it to earn money. That's why they try to regulate every platforms that they can control so they can do this taxation and people don't have a choice but to comply.
Now the growth of Bitcoin comes with government monitoring and they are slowly taking out the original things we enjoy before which is freedom to use it online on anywhere we want.
That's why I have doubts on their participation since they provably enter because they want to control and implement taxations.
