Here is the complete survey result for those looking for more details (@OP didn't post anything) Very long page to read by the way
https://thetokenist.io/bitcoin-survey-2017-vs-2020/
Participants are from 17 countries (not any particular) and come from a survey network mainly and their email list. @OP forgot to say the confidence in Bitcoin dropped for some age groups (senior people for example).
(IIRC, this survey network rewards people to take their surveys so people answer the questions the way to make the network happy to be sure to get the money and to not be rejected in the middle of the survey)
Interesting results, definitely worth a look! Undoubtedly an enjoyable read for Bitcoin enthusiasts. Maybe at some point in the future(I sure hope so) the following will be true for the general public:
Over 45% of respondents would prefer to own Bitcoin over stocks, real estate and gold ...
60% of respondents felt that Bitcoin is a positive innovation in financial technology ...
47% of respondents trust Bitcoin over big banks ...
But for now I think we are far from it. After examining the methodology of the survey we can see that the respondents were not picked up randomly, but rather were the people more or less familiar with crypto and BTC, in particular. I think if a broader audience were interviewed, we'd see completely different results, much less pleasing ones. I'd be glad if I was wrong.
It probably is much less pleasing ones, cause if it isn't, maybe we don't really need that survey in the first place, or we will be not this surprised with the result of this. And honestly, we all know how other people see btc. We can feel it from our friends and etc, it has this image of being used illegally, or something connected to scamming and so on. We are really that far in making it known as a currency to other people. And honestly even us who are into this technology are still much comfortable using traditional banks as of now, because the society I live in still prefers traditional banks. We won't live by btc only as of now.
Yep. Most people I talk to, think Bitcoin is a pyramid scheme. I can't blame them much cos indeed it looks like one for those who are out of the loop. Notice that many ICO scammers promote their sh*tcoins using exactly the same words ppl use describing Bitcoin. So, yeah, it's a tough call for a layman.