Depends which war you're measuring. Adoption as 'digital gold'? ETFs, nation-state reserves, institutional allocations - that war is being won. Adoption as 'p2p cash'? Lightning is growing but slowly. Most transactions are still speculative, not economic. Adoption as 'freedom money'? Mixed. More ...

We're losing battles, but we're not losing the war. The war is growing Bitcoin to a valuation that can support everyone on earth. That is happening, but it's a bumpy ride. To use Bitcoin the world needs Bitcoin to be distributed to it, the primary group that drives that growth in distribution is...