Bitcoin Forum

Over the years since the introduction and creation of the world's most accepted and known cryptocurrency Bitcoin, the digital currency has been making waves to the point of even changing economic histories and influencing global growth. We know how much the world ventured into investing in cryptocurrency, gaining access through blockchain wallets and others verifying their identity to be officially part of the world newest financial system. Now as exposed as our world today, we know that with everything going on there is proper documentation of every activity even in the digital space and this is what caught my attention so so much that it got me asking the question "IS CRYPTOCURRENCY BECOMING OR GETTING BORING LATELY?"

From the year 2016 to 2021, there was a really amazing rise in the number of users who got themselves verified on the digital space to be part of the dynamics and it was really impressive not until 2022 came and did even greater wonders. Achieving almost the same number of verified users as 2016-2021 did.
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This was seen as a major breakthrough because it meant the world was gradually turning around, fully accepting the new age that was presented with full heart and arms opened wide. It gave us hope that it was a birth of a new era and to the point people predicted that the world would have a total of 1 billion users even before 2027. But recently, the number of accounts which were added to the documented identity verified Cryptocurrency users from January 2023 to November 2025 is not even up to 100 million as the total identity verified Cryptocurrency users are 590 millions and this is something that has broken the hearts of many people seeing the depletion of numbers.
Certain users in their hearts are beginning to ask what is going on and if Bitcoin is beginning to lose the trust it had once had in the hearts of investors and users.

A system that had over 200 million users verified to space within a year can't even gather 100 million of users in the space of two complete years. If this continues just the way it is, then I do not think the future will really want to have much to do with cryptocurrency. And I pray we don't see Cryptocurrency lose it's love and trend at the end.

I will always say it, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are not going to do magic. I can only affirm that they've achieved what no one has ever achieved in the world's history. You are looking at the number of users, fine, this is contributory, but at the same time, this number can't be skyrocketing all the time, there will be a pause or slow down.

All these things need to obey the natural law: there can't be a perfect slope in investment and people's participation. Still, for Bitcoin to even garner several hundreds of millions of user in a short time, it has indeed done well, and the over a billion target is achievable in the future, patience is key now.

You can't compare hype and the success reality in crypto space of 2015, for instance, with the one we experience now. The most presently interested people had joined already, and many had been scammed, many had lost their investments, and they went about peddling all sorts of bad information. This could cause the slow down, but with time, the industry success will beat it. The crypto market didn't just start, and it hasn't been rewarding as before, so what do you expect?

First time there were lots of new users, who just wanted to know something about blockchain. Next wave were users who wanted to become rich. Next wave were users, who know how to use cryptocurrencies for their purposes. All others don`t need cryptocurrency in their life.
If cryprtocurrencies adoption will grow up - the number of users, who will find how to use BTC in everyday life will grow up.
The problem is that we here talk with each other and all of us know about crypto. But walk on the street and ask 10-20 people about cryptocurrencies. Who use it? Who even know what it is?(Ok, it`s easy question today :) )
In their live there is no place for crypto. Only adoption crypto for everyday deals can change it.

It's true yes patience is very much needed in matters like this but I believe it's still something to be concerned of or about because as the days roll by, we're see how people are losing the rush they earlier had for it. I only hope it's as you said and that a billion users is achievable. Even if it's just a Statistical chart, do not forget that numbers and data means a lot because it's actually what is going on in the society.

Adoption as numbers of people using it won't always go exponentially high. You can see any new technology, when they move towards maturation, the growth looks stalled but there are other qualitative growth on it. Look at smartphones, they had a spectacular rise since their launch till a few years back. But as most people have already experienced it and as a device would be useful for them for multiple years, the market demand can't go up for every brands.
Similarly as large number of people get to know and invest in bitcoin at crypto, the new adoption feels slow. But its about quality than numbers. The best thing for crypto and mostly bitcoin is it has attracted large volume of investment from institutional investors. The number might be low but the volume adds up. With too much options, the competition might be tough in altcoins but considering the limited supply of bitcoin, the interest won't just go.

At least in my country, crypto users continue to grow quite rapidly. Slowdowns will always occur at some point, just as markets are sometimes bullish and sometimes bearish. But what we should pay attention to most is that sooner or later, we're seeing continued growth.

And based on sources (https://www.triple-a.io/blog/crypto-ownership-report) I've read, there hasn't been any slowdown in this growth at all until last year. In 2023, there were around 420 million users. And in 2024, there was a jump to 562 million. Remember, 562 million represents around 6.8% of the world's population. And I think this is quite a significant step forward.

At least based on the data I've seen in the sources I've read, there's been an increase of over 100 million users from 2023 to 2024. I don't know the data for this year yet. I'll wait until the end of this year.

However, there's one thing that surprised me about the 2024 global distribution of cryptocurrency ownership data (https://www.triple-a.io/blog/crypto-ownership-report). I didn't expect the United Arab Emirates to have such a large number of crypto owners, almost 25.3% of the total population.

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Bitcoin is a relatively new technology compared to the traditional financial system that already exists today so it is quite natural that its adoption is slower than it seems, but if we look at it, people's adoption of Bitcoin is quite fast, even faster than many other technologies in their early phases, even though it is not immediately obvious, but Bitcoin has already reached global recognition, and certainly in the coming years there will be more people who adopt Bitcoin either as their payment or just an investment.

No matter what major asset, they have a value, I dont think it will become boring. With Bitcoin, there is even more which is positive. It is an independent option for financial freedom. I think it will always be the case that you can send value around the world in few minutes. Bitcoin is no longer the new internet money it was 10 years ago, it is now one of the most valuable assets in the world, and mabye nobody say bad darknet money.

In my country, Bitcoin adoption also grew because many people used it as a hedge against inflation. Many citizens converted their fiat to Bitcoin since the local currency lost so much value. Maybe the reason for the reduction in adoption as reported in the OP is that most people invested through centralised platforms like Bitcoin ETFs.

With the rate of inflows in different ETF providers this period, we might have to assume that Bitcoin is not getting boring.

You must be talking about centralized platforms or coins

Bitcoin is not part of those system. Becoming a Bitcoin user simply requires a self custodial wallet, so there's no way to know the total number of users worldwide, we can only estimate the amount of Bitcoin currently in circulation and that's roughly 19.9 BTC

The performance of other cryptocurrencies shouldn't be used to measure Bitcoin's success or suggest that its adoption is declining. In fact, the rate at which institutions and major corporations are entering the market proves that adoption has increased significantly over time.

Obviously no" crypto currency is not becoming boring rather is still becoming more interesting I know you might be asking this due to the current situation but you shouldn't be bored because it's certain, me personally do not enjoy seeing the market in this condition but since it's normal and perhaps there's nothing I can do regarding the situation than to just stay positive which I'm expecting every other Investors to do the same. Surely some people would definitely feel bored during this time and it is normal as everyone can not be the same but let it just be bored so long as there's no strange feeling attached.

For me, crypto is one of the fastest growing technologies and has become known throughout the world in less than 20 years. If you find crypto boring, it means you have never followed every advancement and trend that is created every year, or maybe you are only focused on trading and are reluctant to learn more.

I think the initial gold-rush is over for crypto-currency but I may be very mistaken. I doubt there will be any more 500x for Bitcoin in the timespan of a few years but that does not mean that it will stop going up...

Personally, I think Bitcoin is still the best investment you can make. Better than real estate, better than gold and better than any industry I can think of. Sure you might not become a millionaire if you invest a few hundred dollars anymore, but your children or grandchildren might become rich thanks to your investment now.

I think we will see Bitcoin reaching 1 Million in less than a decade. So that is 10x. Not as impressive as 1000x but still quite profitable. Far more than any other investment, aside from unicorn stock or something.

What is the percentage of the world population that has adopted bitcoin? 4%, out of more than 8.2 billion people in the world and only 4% which is equivalent to 328 million people who are into bitcoin, quite a good number.

No, it's not becoming boring. For the fact that global adoption yearly is declining doesn't mean that it's becoming boring. It just like bitcoin limited supply, as more cycles approaches that is how few bitcoins are being mined. From 2009 till now, about 19.9 million bitcoins has been mined out of 21 million but the remaining bitcoins will be mined from now till 2140 so you can see that as bitcoin is becoming scarce that is how few people are coming in to invest in it.

If other cryptocurrency will lose their value and trend, i don't think bitcoin can ever lose its value and trend because it has conquered the market and will remain the top cryptocurrency forever. Forget about the reducing figures, bitcoin is becoming scarce, so you don't expect it to have move with same way it did in those years you mentioned.

Growth is not always exponential, there is always a period in growth where it feels like nothing is happening, or like things are even possibly going bad but at the end, the upward movement returns and it becomes even more aggressive than before. I think that slow period is what we are witnessing currently, the increase in number will return.

At the time growth will return, it will set a new record better than we have already. I feel we should not get discouraged and start accepting the idea that bitcoin is getting boring because such mindset is what can force you to sell off any bitcoin you have in your holding.

Same thought I ponder on. That means there has been no emotional or risk impact that OP has had over the years, otherwise, those who have invested and do trade BTC and other crypto currencies assets would tell you how terrifying crypto currency investment is right now mostly following the dip BTC is experiencing now. Enough reason why crypto mostly BTC is so interesting to look out for now.
This mixture of emotions and speculation and volatilities affecting the crypto currency market is what makes it really interesting for an enthusiast and investor that isn't afraid to take risk.

Maybe people are starting to understand the advantage of privacy. I don't really understand why you believe it's getting boring but from what I can remember airdrop ICO were worth alot unlike now.

The number is still up, isn't it? Why complain? Of course the adoption is slowing down but the important part is that it's not stalling. This year the price has barely did anything, especially compared to gold so the money is flowing in a different direction.


They are investing in bitcoin even recently. There was news that they bought over 500m worth of BTC and by doing it doubled their investment. Bitcoin is very popular in The Emirates.

Bitcoin is not becoming boring, and I know that all this question where raised due to the recent dip that occured in the Bitcoin market few days ago, and still the Bitcoin market has not recovered from that dip, rather Bitcoin is dipping more and more, and newbies who are just kick-starting their Bitcoin investment journey are already panicking, but this recent dip is not something to panicking about, because dips are like a tradition for Bitcoin, so it will always happen and with time the market will still recover. Normally Bitcoin is already recognize globally, yet it adoption is still slow, only less than 4 percent of the world population owns Bitcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5560517.msg65856549#msg65856549) which is not impressing at all.

Although cryptocurrencies still attract a lot of attention, they are becoming boring for some due to their volatility and constant speculation. Many investors and enthusiasts are tired of the constant ups and downs, while the technology behind cryptocurrencies, such as blockchain, seems less exciting. Moreover, regulations and constant changes in legislation make it even harder to keep up with the market. Although cryptocurrencies still have potential, everyday interest may decline as people seek more stable and simpler alternatives for investing or making payments.

Shouldn't we be more interested in knowing how many people per year are becoming interested in knowing or learning about cryptocurrencies, rather than looking at a chart of how many users have verified themselves at centralised platforms for them? I mean, it's not like a person who doesn't start using a centralized platform isn't a part of this world and isn't interested in cryptocurrencies at all. So maybe we should have different metrics to gauge the interest of the people on a global scale.

That being said, the growth of cryptocurrencies and the level of adoption has a visible spike these days. Almost every other person in the world knows about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies these days, and this wasn't the case a few years back. So, that proves that cryptocurrencies aren't becoming boring or people are still showing a lot of interest towards them, and besides, this is only the beginning.

You will only feel it boring when you no longer understand what's happening in the market, especially if your portfolio is getting poorer and poorer. But for us who get thrilled and excited on what's the next move for bitcoin and potential altcoins, we end up getting excited every time the market moves unpredictably.

Patience is a virtue, and that should be perfectly applied in crypto. What we see here are just common dump and pump, and until we don't see their ultimate all time high, we should remain patiently hodling them while observing the market well.

This should not be a surprise. In fact, I feel we're looking at it wrong. When a new and enticing thing comes on board, people rush to it when it becomes popular. The fact that it is still here today and growing gradually means it has passed the test of time.
Let's take the dotcom bubble, for example. The introduction of the Internet and the World Wide Web increased the stocks of many companies exponentially. Was the Internet or the World Wide Web introduced in the 1990s? No, it had existed before that, but it was the low interest rates of 1998 that made a lot of startups grow.
Now, when the bubble finally burst in 2000, was that the end of internet companies? NO. Everybody took hits, some more than others, but when the dust settled, some remained, and many more were found after that.

The point is, from the third quarter of 2020 to 2022 can be described as cryptocurrency's own "dotcom bubble". Interest rate was part of the trigger for the start of the dotcom bubble; with crypto, it was probably the pandemic and lockdown.  After the bubble, the ones which survived forged on at a slower and relatively stable pace of adoption.
The good thing is, the adoption rate is not declining. However slow you can think it is, as long as it's not stagnant, it's progress. Today, people panic that the bitcoin price is between $95k and $96k, but we forget that there was a time, not long ago, we would have celebrated bitcoin hitting $90k; that's progress. A time will come when we would hate to see the bitcoin price hit $200k.

Cryptocurrency is doing much fine as it is. In the early times people were trooping in from the point of enthusiasm, most of them didn't fully understand what cryptocurrency was and were only testing out the waters. Now, the world has had a good grasp of crypto and new investors are coming in from the angle of appreciation and desire and those who truly appreciate the nature and utility of cryptocurrency may not be that much yet and the more people get to understand and appreciate it, the more new investors come on board. It's a good progress that we've a hundred million people who understands and appreciates cryptocurrency from 2022 to 2025. I think it's a good symbol of growth.

Let's not forget government restrictions and regulations which also stalled it's adoption. We had Afghanistan and Kuwait ban cryptocurrency completely in the period under review and other countries tightening their regulations. This also influenced its adoption. I believe as government soften on their grip on regulation, just like Bolivia which was on total ban since 2014 is now being friendly and is now aligning with El Salvador which is very much crypto friendly.

Of course not but the problem is that the OP is referring to "cryptocurrencies"
that includes Bitcoin and all $hitcoins so anyone interested in solely Bitcoin
shouldnt really care about those statistics and whether "adoption" is up or down.

In terms of Bitcoin, its important to separate Bitcoin from the market. Development
for the Bitcoin network continues, adoption is growing. The market continues
to impress and dissapoint - thats definitely not boring.

Adoption will grow, its like the markets, sometimes its up and other times down