Bitcoin...?

[gentlemand]

even Instagram got 400 mio users within 4 years  

Comparing it to something free, 'cool' and accessible from Facebook with a couple of clicks is a bit of a stretch, no?

[Chronikka]

even Instagram got 400 mio users within 4 years  

Comparing it to something free, 'cool' and accessible from Facebook with a couple of clicks is a bit of a stretch, no?

They're two totally different things, literally apples and oranges. Instagram is a website. Bitcoin is a payment protocol and currency. You're asking people to change the way they conduct their business by using Bitcoin. Going to the instagram website is incredibly simple for anybody to do, and doesn't require them to change anything about their lives. They're presumably already using the internet anyways, just type the name into the address bar.

[LiteCoinGuy]

good points. it was just an exmaple. 

bitcoin is alot more complicated than Instagram of course. and i like that. that means we are in the early stages of Bitcoin and that is the place i want to be.

even a grow from  4-5 mio today  to  40-50 mio  in 2020 would be amazing in my view. 

[leex1528]

Do we have a current count on how many people are actually invested in Bitcoin, or at the very least how many people are using it, is there a good way to get that data anyhow?

[allthingsluxury]

BTC will get there one day, never fear 

[LiteCoinGuy]

Do we have a current count on how many people are actually invested in Bitcoin, or at the very least how many people are using it, is there a good way to get that data anyhow?

you can only add official wallet numbers from blockchain, coinbase etc. that would lead to 1-5 mios i would estimate.

[thejaytiesto]

even Instagram got 400 mio users within 4 years  

Comparing it to something free, 'cool' and accessible from Facebook with a couple of clicks is a bit of a stretch, no?

Yup, it's a pretty pointless analogy. Instagram doesn't require any thought, it's just "upload pictures on webpage". Thats why it's so famous. To get a technological revolution to that level of fame it will require more than just going viral.

[dothebeats]

Do we have a current count on how many people are actually invested in Bitcoin, or at the very least how many people are using it, is there a good way to get that data anyhow?

you can only add official wallet numbers from blockchain, coinbase etc. that would lead to 1-5 mios i would estimate.

Also take into consideration that most addresses that have been used once in a transaction have either been dumped or is not used again. And a single user holds more or less 5 addresses in his/her wallet. Wallets created in blockchain.info and Coinbase aren't that much accurate when you are trying to figure out how many people are using bitcoins. I for one created 8 wallets from blockchain.info and 3 in Coinbase, but those never had the chance to receive even a single satoshi.