There are two kinds of Bitcoin adoption:
1. Symbolic adoption = legal tender headlines, political branding, Bitcoin-friendly laws.
2. Forced adoption = using Bitcoin because the fiat banking system or reserve structure is failing you.
Iran is the best example of the second category. El Salvador-style symbolism gets headlines. But Iran-style forced usage is what actually matters.
Iran already has the three conditions precedent to forced adoption: external sanctions pressure, devaluation of its national currency, and an immediate need for payment rails outside the dollar system.
Iran’s crypto activity was already surging amid sanctions and currency devaluation, and now it’s demanding ships to pay Hormuz tolls in crypto or Chinese yuan.
Iran is turning to Bitcoin, not because it loves Bitcoin, but because sanctions + wartime pressure are pushing it there.
Gradually, then suddenly
https://decrypt.co/363641/iran-bitcoin-payments-oil-ships-seeking-hormuz-passage