in 2009 people had a lot of bitcoin but most of them had exchanged the bitcoins they had, this information I had read on the news. there are also people exchanging their bitcoins with just a slice of pizza. because they don't understand if bitcoin prices will rise in 2017
even many people do not care about the value of BTC, at that time, the public experienced a monetary crisis, so they chose gold as a place to save their assets from the global crisis.
and at that time, BTC did not have good popularity. so, I think, only a few people care about BTC.