I think it will eventually evolve into something awesome (the original 'mission'), just going to take a lot longer than people expect. A bit of crab bucket mentality with hard forks in cryptocurrencies (e.g: ETH vs. ETC & BTC vs. BCH).
The masses don't care - they may claim they do, but what they want is convenience and somebody else to take care of all the problems (which is what banks do - you don't have to worry about personal security or just about anything else). It definitely needs to become more convenient to use than other alternatives for it to see mass adoption.