Monday 2 February 2015
'Bit-what?' Most Americans clueless about cryptocurrency, study finds
From Mobile Payments Today –
“Coin Center, a nonprofit research and advocacy center focused on public policy issues around cryptocurrency technologies such as bitcoin, has released data from its first Bitcoin Public Sentiment Survey.
The survey — "the first of its kind," according to a press release — measures Americans' perceptions about bitcoin. This initial study was based on five months of survey data collected between the beginning of September 2014 and the end of January 2015.
Approximately 65 percent of respondents in the survey said they're not at all familiar with bitcoin. Of those who do know something about the currency, more than 80 percent said they've never used it.”
Read more>>
Labels:
Bitcoin,
crypto-currency,
digital money