United Kingdom Poll Reveals People Want Bitcoin Regulated
A new poll taken by Miningpool.co.uk reveals some interesting information on Bitcoin views and use throughout the United Kingdom. Miningpool.co.uk has spent the last two months polling over 10,000 unique monthly visitors to find out how the British Bitcoin community uses and sees Bitcoin. Bitcoin use still dominated by the usual suspects. The new poll reveals that use of bitcoin is still an issue, with only 6% of those surveyed claiming to be female owners of the digital currency in the United Kingdom. Demographically, almost half of all bitcoin users in the country are between 25-34 years....
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