Measuring the Bitcoin Public Sentiment in Numbers
How do we measure something that's qualitative? Like the Bitcoin Public Sentiment, for example. The stats and data currently available on Bitcoin usage obtained from sites like Blockchain.info are largely - Quantitative data. These metrics can be used to measure the scope & vibrancy of the Bitcoin Ecosystem, such as transaction volume or network size. These technological measures, while extremely useful for measuring Bitcoin itself, cannot answer qualitative (I like to say squishy) questions about Bitcoin's public perception. - An excerpt from the "Bitcoin Public Sentiment Survey," by....
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