You can adopt #Bitcoin at any given time, until you can't. Governments have the chance to jump ahead and be proactive, although it's often a path filled with challenges, as explained by @Excellion in the following article (in Portuguese 🇵🇹) by Jornal Económico:

https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/adocao-da-bitcoin-e-um-caminho-desafiante-ja-que-os-governos-sao-lentos-realca-especialista/