Bitcoin Investment Trust Releases Survey: Results Too Optimistic?
The Bitcoin Investment Trust took a survey of "over 1,000 people from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, [for] their thoughts about bitcoin." The evidence displays a positive correlation between knowledge of Bitcoin and a positive perception of Bitcoin. Of the polled almost half (45%) found out about Bitcoin last year, and 52% claimed to have heard in 2012 or before which I find difficult to believe. Some good news is that once people knew about Bitcoin, 68% of them had positive views and thought it would change the world or solve a real problem, 66% of respondents planned to purchase bitcoins....
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