More than 25% of those who have not yet invested in Bitcoin said that they want to do so. Only 5% of the respondents considered Bitcoin to be a scam.
The future of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in the United States looks promising; this is according to the results from a survey that SatoshiLabs conducted in the country.
On its blog, the company posted that about half (46%), out of a total of more than 1,000 respondents, claimed to own Bitcoin or some cryptocurrencies on the market.
At the time of the survey, the researchers wanted to know whether hypothetical mass adoption is already underway or whether there are still some obstacles to overcome. They believe that the results of the consultation could show that there is currently a tipping point for the future of large-scale adoption, given the widespread interest and awareness.
Among those respondents who do not own Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, about 27% are willing to buy these types of assets in the future. Meanwhile, almost half of them would like to learn more about them before investing. Just 21% said that they had no interest in acquiring cryptocurrencies.
The small number of people who still see Bitcoin as a scam is a fact that SatoshiLabs found revealing. More than 500 respondents said that they had not yet invested in cryptocurrencies, but less than 5% of them had a negative position on digital currencies.
According to the study, the responses to the interviews suggest a promising future and few obstacles for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. However, nearly 40% of the respondents pointed to the complexity of Bitcoin as its main obstacle to mass adoption.
“More than half (51.8%) considered that they are too difficult to use or that there are too few opportunities to use them,” adds the document that SatoshiLabs published.
Possibility of Imminent Mass Adoption of Bitcoin
According to the survey that SatoshiLabs conducted, the point of view of potential users seems to indicate a promising future for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The researchers explained that this positive sentiment towards cryptocurrencies coincides with the almost widespread view that cryptocurrencies are a “genuine solution” and a “legitimate alternative” against the US dollar.
Institutional interest, which has reached new levels in recent weeks, seems to accompany this stance of acceptance. Companies have invested part of their wealth in Bitcoin, at the same time that a growing number of personalities in the financial world see a promising future for the cryptocurrency that Satoshi Nakamoto created.
Payment processing company PayPal has incorporated them into its services, and one of the world’s leading financial index providers, the S&P Dow Jones Indices, recently announced that it will launch a service aimed at analyzing cryptocurrencies.
In recent days, market analyst Willy Woo made an extreme prediction regarding Bitcoin. According to his calculations, if the current rate of adoption continues, around 30% of the population of the world will have Bitcoin within four years.
Although SatoshiLabs applied the survey to a small sample of the population, the results point in the same optimistic direction that Woo outlined in his analysis.
By Alexander Salazar
