sirkent

without some sort of buy-in by regulators, it's unlikely to scale or have the mainstream impact that the Internet did.

Maybe I'm understanding "buy-in" wrong, but this statement seems to contradict to following points.

I believe it's possible that over-regulation could cause Bitcoin or the blockchain to never achieve its full potential and remain a feature of the side-economy

What helped make the Internet successful was the lack of regulation and the generally inclusive and permissionless nature of innovation.

What exactly do you mean by "buy-in by regulators" and why do you think it's required when Bitcoin was designed for circumvent regulation?