Wrong. Bitcoin is a black swan. For example, me and my friends use it to pay each other for various thing because it's just so easy/painless. There is NOTHING out there that is as easy and painless and cheap (pre fucked up BTC fees, we're using LTC for now to transfer between one another).
How is the government going to stop me from using Bitcoin? Buy bitcoins locally, store them in your wallet, memorize your passphrase, and delete your wallet. Now what? How are you going to know I have coins? All you can surmise is I bought 'something' for $X which could have easily been chips I bought with cash.
Used to work for a popular bitcoin wallet. LOTS of Vene users. Even talked to some personally who used ETH/BTC to pay for goods.