[2014-05-07] Here's What 1,000 People Think About Bitcoin

[LiteCoinGuy]

Here's What 1,000 People Think About Bitcoin

http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-1000-people-think-about-bitcoin-2014-5?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20businessinsider%20%28Business%20Insider%29#!KkBOD

http://www.coindesk.com/survey-finds-silicon-valley-wall-street-believe-in-bitcoins-future/

[hilariousandco]

In total, BIT found that 66% of respondents plan to purchase bitcoins in 2014, and that 74% believe that bitcoin will become a viable alternative currency.

Fifty-three percent of survey takers had previously purchased bitcoin, though of those who did not, 87% indicated they were likely to purchase bitcoins in 2014 or were unsure if they would do so before the year’s end.

At first I thought those figures were pleasantly high. But then I saw who they actually asked:

The survey garnered responses from more than 1,000 individuals, including those from the Wall Street, Silicon Valley and bitcoin communities. The results detail how the respondents first learned about bitcoin and how their view of the technology’s potential changed over time.

So not that surprising  .

[bryant.coleman]

A vast majority of the tech savvy young population is positive to Bitcoin. But we need to spread its popularity to the rural areas, to the middle aged and elderly and to the smaller towns.