> The financial world is structured as it is because of its existing ~flaws~ regulation.
> Bitcoin/crypto enables things that people don't know they need because they are now ~possible~ unregulated.
You mention the right things, but it's two separate ones. Sending/receiving currency in 1 hour - this is not impossible with banking technology today. But if you're sending $10000 this to avoid income taxes, fees or any other kind of regulation – then it's a different thing you're talking about.
You are still relying upon a 3rd party to run the ATM or the exchange – and the main differentiator here is – they are not regulated by KYC (Know Your Customer). This means, they are not yet obliged to check who you are, whether you are reporting this $1000 as your income, or the person sending it as service fee, whatever. It's basically black money. In your case – you might have as well transferred $1000 as ransom for releasing your family (god forbid).
The point at which you exchange BTC for your local government cash – can be enforced by the government at any time by mandating KYC. And then things will equalize. Or we can assume there will be no such point, and all the last mile purchases will also be BTC. This means no government cash at all, shops accept BTC directly, and since BTC wallets are encrypted – they can simply report whatever they want as income or expense. But at some point, they have to pay their suppliers. And then we can also assume this extends to the suppiers, and all the way up to the supply chain. No reporting anywhere.
If the entire money circulation becomes black money (unreported, untaxed), then there is basically no way for any government to function at all. Then the state actor has every incentive to simply shutdown power and take majority control over the ledger (remember: the state has impossibly more compute than anyone else).
TL;DR: Lack of regulation is not a feature. It's just a temporary state. We can enjoy it while it lasts.
You mention the right things, but it's two separate ones. Sending/receiving currency in 1 hour - this is not impossible with banking technology today. But if you're sending $10000 this to avoid income taxes, fees or any other kind of regulation – then it's a different thing you're talking about.
You are still relying upon a 3rd party to run the ATM or the exchange – and the main differentiator here is – they are not regulated by KYC (Know Your Customer). This means, they are not yet obliged to check who you are, whether you are reporting this $1000 as your income, or the person sending it as service fee, whatever. It's basically black money. In your case – you might have as well transferred $1000 as ransom for releasing your family (god forbid).
The point at which you exchange BTC for your local government cash – can be enforced by the government at any time by mandating KYC. And then things will equalize. Or we can assume there will be no such point, and all the last mile purchases will also be BTC. This means no government cash at all, shops accept BTC directly, and since BTC wallets are encrypted – they can simply report whatever they want as income or expense. But at some point, they have to pay their suppliers. And then we can also assume this extends to the suppiers, and all the way up to the supply chain. No reporting anywhere.
If the entire money circulation becomes black money (unreported, untaxed), then there is basically no way for any government to function at all. Then the state actor has every incentive to simply shutdown power and take majority control over the ledger (remember: the state has impossibly more compute than anyone else).
TL;DR: Lack of regulation is not a feature. It's just a temporary state. We can enjoy it while it lasts.