Bitcoin in England: Shocking and Disappointing Survey for Bitcoin
Bitcoin in Pieces? What percentage of the UK population want to use bitcoins? If they do not, why not? What is the breakdown? A new survey commissioned by Venda suggests that the majority of people surveyed do not understand it, do not trust it and would prefer not to have to use it. Eric Abensur, writing in New Media Knowledge, reports that71% of UK consumers would prefer not to have the option of using bitcoins when shopping online. This is in contrast to a recent report that found that Global transactions of Bitcoin have increased ten fold over the last year to reach an average figure....
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