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September 28, 2014, 03:43:13 PM |
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This number is something that bothers me. According to bitcoinrichlist.com [1], there are only about 1.6 million addresses with a current value of more than 0.001 (= $ 0.40 currently). Assuming, that each bitcoin holder has to control at least one address, this feels a bit wrong. I assume there are a many ways to explain this: 1) All bitcoin holders currently owning more than $ 0.40 in bitcoin are also coinbase users. -- Somehow this seems to be unlikely. 2) Coinbase sugarcoated their stats. 3) A significant amount of coinbase bitcoin users does not hold the private key for their bitcoins. (EDIT: thx to FNG) 4) A significant amount of coinbase users bought coins with a total value less than $ 0.40. -- Is this even possible or rational because of fees? 5) Stats of bitcoinrichlist.com are wrong. -- Are there alternatives that provide the same data? Am I missing something? [1] http://bitcoinrichlist.com/charts/bitcoin-distribution-by-address?atblock=3200003 + people who keep btc on exchanges Thx. This is just logical, the less users that don't hold the private keys to their bitcoins, the less addresses are used. And this phenomenon not only applies to coinbase. How about some people have more than one address. With a market cap at 5,240,808,508 and 1,600,000 users, that is $3275.50 per user. Of course, there are more users than coinbase users. I know I don't have all my funds on a single address.
Also, there is the fact that coinbase btc for multiple users are stored on a single address that is in cold storage.
Point being, there is not a 1-1 correspondence between users and addresses.
Yes, if you assume, that some people have more than one address, the comparison of 1.6 million addresses vs. 1.6 million coinbase users even more implies, that one of the above explainations has to be true. I don't try to establish a 1:1 relationship between addresses and users. But with 1.6 million addresses, there can only be 1.6 million users (at most), who control the private key to their bitcoins.
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September 28, 2014, 03:46:28 PM |
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This number is something that bothers me. According to bitcoinrichlist.com [1], there are only about 1.6 million addresses with a current value of more than 0.001 (= $ 0.40 currently). Assuming, that each bitcoin holder has to control at least one address, this feels a bit wrong. I assume there are a many ways to explain this: 1) All bitcoin holders currently owning more than $ 0.40 in bitcoin are also coinbase users. -- Somehow this seems to be unlikely. 2) Coinbase sugarcoated their stats. 3) A significant amount of coinbase bitcoin users does not hold the private key for their bitcoins. (EDIT: thx to FNG) 4) A significant amount of coinbase users bought coins with a total value less than $ 0.40. -- Is this even possible or rational because of fees? 5) Stats of bitcoinrichlist.com are wrong. -- Are there alternatives that provide the same data? Am I missing something? [1] http://bitcoinrichlist.com/charts/bitcoin-distribution-by-address?atblock=3200003 + people who keep btc on exchanges Thx. This is just logical, the less users that don't hold the private keys to their bitcoins, the less addresses are used. And this phenomenon not only applies to coinbase. How about some people have more than one address. With a market cap at 5,240,808,508 and 1,600,000 users, that is $3275.50 per user. Of course, there are more users than coinbase users. I know I don't have all my funds on a single address.
Also, there is the fact that coinbase btc for multiple users are stored on a single address that is in cold storage.
Point being, there is not a 1-1 correspondence between users and addresses.
Yes, if you assume, that some people have more than one address, the comparison of 1.6 million addresses vs. 1.6 million coinbase users even more implies, that one of the above explainations has to be true. I don't try to establish a 1:1 relationship between addresses and users. But with 1.6 million addresses, there can only be 1.6 million users (at most), who control the private key to their bitcoins. Well I personally have several addresses with less than 0.001 btc, but maybe I'm just weird.
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September 28, 2014, 05:48:46 PM |
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Look at this ad. Makes you proud enough to want to bomb everyone out of existence: Bloomberg: F-22 Stealth Fighter Debuts Firepower in Syria http://bloom.bg/1vdjOyK
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FNG
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September 28, 2014, 05:58:10 PM |
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Look at this ad. Makes you proud enough to want to bomb everyone out of existence: Bloomberg: F-22 Stealth Fighter Debuts Firepower in Syria http://bloom.bg/1vdjOyKAs a U.S Expat...it makes me feel ill
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September 28, 2014, 06:01:02 PM |
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Look at this ad. Makes you proud enough to want to bomb everyone out of existence: Bloomberg: F-22 Stealth Fighter Debuts Firepower in Syria http://bloom.bg/1vdjOyKAs a U.S Expat...it makes me feel ill I can't wait for the day I can apply that label to myself.
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September 28, 2014, 06:03:18 PM |
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Look at this ad. Makes you proud enough to want to bomb everyone out of existence: Bloomberg: F-22 Stealth Fighter Debuts Firepower in Syria http://bloom.bg/1vdjOyKAs a U.S Expat...it makes me feel ill I can't wait for the day I can apply that label to myself. Obtain a location-independent income derived from a non-US source. Once your income and savings are in bitcoin, it hardly matters where you're located geographically.
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September 28, 2014, 06:20:59 PM |
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Sorry for OT, but I need your advice fellow posters (and this thread needs more posts)…
My parents recently asked me to help them with their investment portfolios (they're retired and in their 60s). They don't have pensions, so it's important that they avoid excessive risks with their capital. But my opinion is sitting 90% in cash, bonds, GICs (excluding real estate) is actually more risky.
They presently have about 1.7% of their non-real estate assets as bitcoin. How high do you think I could suggest they push this without it being viewed as "reckless" should things work out poorly?
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FNG
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September 28, 2014, 06:27:58 PM |
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Sorry for OT, but I need your advice fellow posters (and this thread needs more posts)…
My parents recently asked me to help them with their investment portfolios (they're retired and in their 60s). They don't have pensions, so it's important that they avoid excessive risks with their capital. But my opinion is sitting 90% in cash, bonds, GICs (excluding real estate) is actually more risky.
They presently have about 1.7% of their non-real estate assets as bitcoin. How high do you think I could suggest they push this without it being viewed as "reckless" should things work out poorly?
Depends how much they have.. Business assets covering expenditures would be best then a couple of years cash on hand combined with 70% gold and 30% btc of excess funds. If btc goes up don't reshuffle but I feel that is a decent enough entrance amount.
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September 28, 2014, 06:29:39 PM |
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Honeybadger is bleeding to death. What's next guys?
Right, so it's possibly a good time for people who were thinking of increasing their exposure to begin to do so. I'm thinking 3-4% of financial assets in this case is acceptable: enough upside to make a difference to their lifestyle should bitcoin adoption continue, but the downside is limited to only a few % of net worth.
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September 28, 2014, 06:31:06 PM |
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Sorry for OT, but I need your advice fellow posters (and this thread needs more posts)…
My parents recently asked me to help them with their investment portfolios (they're retired and in their 60s). They don't have pensions, so it's important that they avoid excessive risks with their capital. But my opinion is sitting 90% in cash, bonds, GICs (excluding real estate) is actually more risky.
They presently have about 1.7% of their non-real estate assets as bitcoin. How high do you think I could suggest they push this without it being viewed as "reckless" should things work out poorly?
Honeybadger is bleeding to death. What's next guys? For alot of us, it'll need to get into single digits before we feel any pain. And we'll also be big buyers well before it gets there. I do feel bad for those who got in higher than this. Hell, I feel bad for myself as I've been buying small chunks on the way down. But I'm not worried for the long term as nothings changed in the fundamentals. In fact, those are better. Maybe we are in the equivalent stage of the NASDAQ crash of 2001. Apple was at 12. BTW, gold certainly is not UP. You've got plenty to be worried about.
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September 28, 2014, 06:35:39 PM |
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Honeybadger is bleeding to death. What's next guys?
Right, so it's possibly a good time for people who were thinking of increasing their exposure to begin to do so. I'm thinking 3-4% of financial assets in this case is acceptable: enough upside to make a difference to their lifestyle should bitcoin adoption continue, but the downside is limited to only a few % of net worth. I'd push it to 5% Peter. Especially given what I think are low and getting cheaper prices. That's not an unreasonable % and I'd be more concerned if they were buying at 1000. Leg in slowly.
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September 28, 2014, 06:38:35 PM |
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Sorry for OT, but I need your advice fellow posters (and this thread needs more posts)…
My parents recently asked me to help them with their investment portfolios (they're retired and in their 60s). They don't have pensions, so it's important that they avoid excessive risks with their capital. But my opinion is sitting 90% in cash, bonds, GICs (excluding real estate) is actually more risky.
They presently have about 1.7% of their non-real estate assets as bitcoin. How high do you think I could suggest they push this without it being viewed as "reckless" should things work out poorly?
Honeybadger is bleeding to death. What's next guys? For alot of us, it'll need to get into single digits before we feel any pain. And we'll also be big buyers well before it gets there. I do feel bad for those who got in higher than this. Hell, I feel bad for myself as I've been buying small chunks on the way down. But I'm not worried for the long term as nothings changed in the fundamentals. In fact, those are better. Maybe we are in the equivalent stage of the NASDAQ crash of 2001. Apple was at 12. BTW, gold certainly is not UP. You've got plenty to be worried about. Wowow. I bought in at $550. lol Such investmenting Well then, sell now if you feel so bad.
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September 28, 2014, 06:41:16 PM |
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Wowow. I bought in at $550. lol
Such investmenting
Diversify, dude. Even Doge will fare better than Bitcoin. Don't let your money go to waste for nothing.
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September 28, 2014, 06:42:29 PM |
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Wowow. I bought in at $550. lol
Such investmenting
Diversify, dude. Even Doge will fare better than Bitcoin. Don't let your money go to waste for nothing. wtf is with the doge pump overload the past couple of days....fuck off already
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devphp
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September 28, 2014, 06:44:51 PM |
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Wowow. I bought in at $550. lol
Such investmenting
Diversify, dude. Even Doge will fare better than Bitcoin. Don't let your money go to waste for nothing. wtf is with the doge pump overload the past couple of days....fuck off already You sound agitated. That's a sign of uncertainty.
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September 28, 2014, 06:45:30 PM Last edit: September 28, 2014, 07:33:35 PM by cypherdoc |
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Sorry for OT, but I need your advice fellow posters (and this thread needs more posts)…
My parents recently asked me to help them with their investment portfolios (they're retired and in their 60s). They don't have pensions, so it's important that they avoid excessive risks with their capital. But my opinion is sitting 90% in cash, bonds, GICs (excluding real estate) is actually more risky.
They presently have about 1.7% of their non-real estate assets as bitcoin. How high do you think I could suggest they push this without it being viewed as "reckless" should things work out poorly?
Honeybadger is bleeding to death. What's next guys? For alot of us, it'll need to get into single digits before we feel any pain. And we'll also be big buyers well before it gets there. I do feel bad for those who got in higher than this. Hell, I feel bad for myself as I've been buying small chunks on the way down. But I'm not worried for the long term as nothings changed in the fundamentals. In fact, those are better. Maybe we are in the equivalent stage of the NASDAQ crash of 2001. Apple was at 12. BTW, gold certainly is not UP. You've got plenty to be worried about. Wowow. I bought in at $550. lol Such investmenting Well then, sell now if you feel so bad. Early adopter with nothing to lose? Thanks for the advice  I helped fund a major portion of the Bitcoin economy early on when it was not in any way clear it was going to make it especially during the down turn from 32 to 2. So yes, I do have a lot to lose. There were guys all over here just like you crying foul and trying to scare everyone. So what's your excuse?
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September 28, 2014, 06:48:55 PM |
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Wowow. I bought in at $550. lol
Such investmenting
Diversify, dude. Even Doge will fare better than Bitcoin. Don't let your money go to waste for nothing. wtf is with the doge pump overload the past couple of days....fuck off already You sound agitated. That's a sign of uncertainty. It's a sign of me being annoyed by the influx of dogetards
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devphp
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September 28, 2014, 06:50:56 PM |
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It's a sign of me being annoyed by the influx of dogetards
You feel annoyed because your position is vulnerable, like anyone else's whose only crypto is Bitcoin.
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September 28, 2014, 07:00:07 PM |
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It's a sign of me being annoyed by the influx of dogetards
You feel annoyed because your position is vulnerable, like anyone else's whose only crypto is Bitcoin. And your constant shilling here for POS, despite claiming you were done with this thread, indicates you are worried that your investment in pos is vulnerable.
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devphp
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September 28, 2014, 07:04:36 PM |
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It's a sign of me being annoyed by the influx of dogetards
You feel annoyed because your position is vulnerable, like anyone else's whose only crypto is Bitcoin. And your constant shilling here for POS, despite claiming you were done with this thread, indicates you are worried that your investment in pos is vulnerable. You're shilling for Bitcoin, telling newbies to buy a losing investment and be bagholders for early adopters who are in this position: it'll need to get into single digits before we feel any pain.
Oh and I didn't mention PoS. I said to hedge against Bitcoin decline. They need to research themselves what to hedge with.
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