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The dominance of 0 in the answers is illuminating

• nilved 13y ago
  Is it? A lot of people use Bitcoin, but it's still a very, very, very, very low percentage of people in all.
  • eliben 13y ago
    I would expect the percentage amongst HN-ers to be way higher though.
• mozboz 13y ago
  At time of writing 2/7ths of respondents own > 0 bitcoin. Are there many other new technologies you'd expect 2/7ths of all respondents to use/own? Especially one that doesn't really have a direct use to most consumers yet and high risk for people investing. 2/7th's is huge.
  • qnr 13y ago
    It's absolutely huge. If 2/7 of the world population owned bitcoins, there would be at most 0.01 BTC per person.
  • eliben 13y ago
    From HN I'd expect more than that. Don't confuse HN-ers with "general population".
    • olalonde 13y ago
      This reply applies equally well to your original comment.