62 Percent of Survey Respondents Think Bitcoin Is a Scam
Some interesting data coming from Wired Innovation Insights this Thursday. A survey that utilized 2,000 Americans as respondents show that the legitimacy of bitcoin as a force for good, outside of our community, is very in doubt. Wired notes that the survey was run three times over the course of two months, amidst the Mt. Gox disaster that ended with the exchange filing for bankruptcy protection. Perhaps the result that stands out most: 62 percent of respondents believe that bitcoin is a scam of some sort. 15 percent of male respondents believe that bitcoin is used to fund terrorism. 23....
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