% of ownership

[SirJEsq]

Is there a way one could find the % of currency owned by a single individual? Or how many different/unique persons own a currency?  I'm asking because I would like to find out how many coins a few of these currency owners possess compared to the general public.

Thank you in advance! 

[pooya87]

no there is no way. bitcoin is what they call "pseudo-anonymous". which means all you can do is to query the blockchain and find how much bitcoin belongs to what key (how much each bitcoin address has balance).
like this: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
but you can never tell if an address belongs to an individual or a service. for example we know the second address in that list (as the tag under it says) belongs to a service called bitfinex which is a bitcoin exchange service.

go through that link, i guess it has the data you are looking for.

[cjmoles]

Some blockchain explorers also have a "Rich List" that will sort the list with the top holding addresses....some will provide stats according to address weights....Look at the stats in the blockchain explorer of the particular currency you're interested in comparing....There can also be several different explorers for the same currency that display alternate information....Just check out the different block explorers....you might be surprised at what you'll find!

[VeneVici]

Some blockchain explorers also have a "Rich List" that will sort the list with the top holding addresses....some will provide stats according to address weights....Look at the stats in the blockchain explorer of the particular currency you're interested in comparing....There can also be several different explorers for the same currency that display alternate information....Just check out the different block explorers....you might be surprised at what you'll find!

https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

Here's the link you just talked about. I have seen these rich lists and they're amazing.. These guys are either huge players (billionaire investors) or people who bought BTC under $1 and are now living off it. Top 1 player has a third of a billion.. However, I don't think anybody knows who these guys are. Wondering how they manage their funds..

[hubballi]

Some blockchain explorers also have a "Rich List" that will sort the list with the top holding addresses....some will provide stats according to address weights....Look at the stats in the blockchain explorer of the particular currency you're interested in comparing....There can also be several different explorers for the same currency that display alternate information....Just check out the different block explorers....you might be surprised at what you'll find!

https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

Here's the link you just talked about. I have seen these rich lists and they're amazing.. These guys are either huge players (billionaire investors) or people who bought BTC under $1 and are now living off it. Top 1 player has a third of a billion.. However, I don't think anybody knows who these guys are. Wondering how they manage their funds..

From this chart you cannot say whether the wallet holder are still holding that coins or not because in the initial when bitcoin fell to single dollar that time lot of users who holding high bitcoins just thrown their wallet and forget it now they are searching all details and crying. So keeping this list in mind you cannot tell perfectly whether that much coin are in circulation

[Prodigan786]

no there is no way. bitcoin is what they call "pseudo-anonymous". which means all you can do is to query the blockchain and find how much bitcoin belongs to what key (how much each bitcoin address has balance).
like this: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
but you can never tell if an address belongs to an individual or a service. for example we know the second address in that list (as the tag under it says) belongs to a service called bitfinex which is a bitcoin exchange service.

go through that link, i guess it has the data you are looking for.

Its really informative link yes of course we cant find the owner of this coins but i wonder how this people going to cash this amount or convert into real world big question for me . Millions of dollar