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Topic: is bitcoin bigger than we think? (Read 9836 times)

legendary
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April 22, 2014, 12:18:26 PM
Did the data show all accounts?  Many people took all of their coins off the exchange before the collapse.

Nope... 69,000 is the number of people who actually lost money in Mt Gox, and not the total number of users who were active in Mt Gox at the time of its shutting down. Anyway... I myself lost BTC0.001. Grin

I had a fraction of a coin on there too.  I am not even sure how much but it was only $1 worth or so.

In ten years that $1 could be worth $100.  I will be so mad then. Wink LOL
legendary
Activity: 3766
Merit: 1217
April 22, 2014, 12:05:08 PM
Did the data show all accounts?  Many people took all of their coins off the exchange before the collapse.

Nope... 69,000 is the number of people who actually lost money in Mt Gox, and not the total number of users who were active in Mt Gox at the time of its shutting down. Anyway... I myself lost BTC0.001. Grin
legendary
Activity: 1148
Merit: 1001
April 22, 2014, 12:03:19 PM
#99
I have a feeling that the number of people who possess Bitcoins might be significantly less than the 1 million to 3 million figure quoted by various sources. Look at the Mt Gox data. Only 69,000 people lost their coins. Most of the Bitcoiners were using that exchange.... so that number was much lower than what I was expecting.

Did the data show all accounts?  Many people took all of their coins off the exchange before the collapse.
legendary
Activity: 3766
Merit: 1217
April 22, 2014, 11:59:32 AM
#98
I have a feeling that the number of people who possess Bitcoins might be significantly less than the 1 million to 3 million figure quoted by various sources. Look at the Mt Gox data. Only 69,000 people lost their coins. Most of the Bitcoiners were using that exchange.... so that number was much lower than what I was expecting.
full member
Activity: 164
Merit: 100
Indie Developer
April 22, 2014, 09:45:03 AM
#97
is bitcoin bigger than we (or i) think, as it is often referred to or insinuated that it is only used by relatively few people.

From looking at the alexa ranking for some of the bitcoin sites, they are much higher than i would have expected (i am very pleased to see this!).

bitcointalk.org is 5,158 most popular site in the world.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitcointalk.org

CoinDesk is around 20,000 which is not bad for a news site on BitCoin that supposedly does not have too many followers.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/coindesk.com

bitcoin.org is 8,924
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitcoin.org

mtgox.com is 9,292
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mtgox.com

all 4 above sites are climbing fast too (much faster than most sites)!
From my limited experience of Alexa rankings, i would say that the above sites must take multiple-millions of page views and unique visitors per day.

Just thought i would share this....

Ford

Bitcoin users and people interested in Bitcoin may be overrepresented in the stats that Alexa produces.
sr. member
Activity: 593
Merit: 271
April 22, 2014, 09:13:53 AM
#96
Bitcoin will rise again. It's just the calm before the storm. I expect so... Smiley
newbie
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Merit: 0
April 22, 2014, 08:00:24 AM
#95
Search volume in my earlier post is actually worse than I expected think it's an accurate reflection of how well known it is minus the fluctuation due to price jumping, etc.   I checked 'pokemon', gets 3 million hits, just randomly something I picked.  I would like to see what it looks like on Baidu also.
bitcoin will rise again, stronger than ever.
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
Cryptocurrencies Exchange
April 22, 2014, 03:00:34 AM
#94
For sure it is big in internet. It will take some time for the rest of the world but for sure ti will happen at some point.
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 101
April 21, 2014, 04:17:16 PM
#93
Google:
how do I buy


look at what comes up
4th is Bitcoin related, nothing else. Wasn't very big to be honest.
full member
Activity: 176
Merit: 101
Cryptographic money will be the bedrock in time.
April 21, 2014, 02:10:32 PM
#92
I'm really interested in crypto money  Smiley

member
Activity: 73
Merit: 10
April 21, 2014, 07:55:00 AM
#91
I just went to yahoo and googled this but couldnt find anything???
donator
Activity: 2772
Merit: 1019
April 21, 2014, 07:44:42 AM
#90
I'm really interested in crypto money  Smiley

you came to the right place. welcome!
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
April 21, 2014, 07:37:36 AM
#89
I'm really interested in crypto money  Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1554
Merit: 1000
April 21, 2014, 05:17:09 AM
#88
Bitcointalk.org is 2296 on Alexa now. Smiley
Bitcoin is big, but I think it will be bigger soon.
legendary
Activity: 3990
Merit: 1385
April 21, 2014, 05:04:36 AM
#87
Bitcoin is way bigger than we think, but not in the way we think. Here's a tiny explanation of how Bitcoin is way bigger than we think: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.6320271.

Smiley

EDIT: Ford, you wouldn't happen to be the Ford from "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," would you?
legendary
Activity: 938
Merit: 1000
April 21, 2014, 03:17:17 AM
#86
I don't get anything ebay related. On the first page it comes: how to invest BTC, exchange BTC, buy/sell BTC and many other bitcoin related topics. So i guess bitcoin gets more and more popular on the internet.
sr. member
Activity: 462
Merit: 250
April 21, 2014, 01:09:37 AM
#85
I think it's about as big as we generrally think it is
member
Activity: 84
Merit: 10
Hello World!!!
April 21, 2014, 12:50:31 AM
#84
Google:
how do I buy


look at what comes up


Wow!!! It appears that "how do i buy bitcoins" is the second most searched for key-phrase after "how do i buy stocks". 
Appears on #2 in suggested key-phrases!!!

hero member
Activity: 784
Merit: 1000
https://youtu.be/PZm8TTLR2NU
April 21, 2014, 12:03:30 AM
#83
So, should the title of this thread be "is bitcoin SMALLER than we think?"
Ideas grow in popularity if they are well-rooted in the soil of truth. Bitcoin is - it's raw mathematics, the purest of all the sciences.

And what do people think will make it bigger?
Time.
member
Activity: 112
Merit: 12
April 20, 2014, 11:42:47 PM
#82
I'm not using a UK google but i still get nothing exept buying on ebay different stuff too
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