{"id":727944,"date":"2018-01-14T21:07:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T05:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/?p=727944"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:46:33","slug":"bitcoin-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/cryptocurrency\/bitcoin\/bitcoin-statistics","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"templateFF-nav is-sticky\"><nav class=\"scrollspy\" data-spy=\"affix\"><div class=\"templateFF-content\"><div class=\"scrollspy__links\"><ul class=\"nav\"><li><a href=\"#who\">Who uses Bitcoin?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#popular\">How popular is it?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#mining\">What about mining?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what\">What is a Bitcoin address?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#facts\">Fun facts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"templateFF-body__content\"><div class=\"templateFF-content\"><div class=\"templateFF-content templateFF-content--compact\"><p>The first digital currency and the largest to this day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitcoin<\/a> makes up 60% of the total value of the biggest 250 cryptocurrency coins as of 19 March 2021.<\/p><p>Bitcoin\u2019s founding is the stuff of legend: it was created in 2009 by the alias <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoin.org\/bitcoin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a>, who had the idea that money shouldn\u2019t be controlled exclusively by a centralized government or agency.<\/p><p>Since then, Bitcoin has smashed all records \u2014 notably in December 2017 when it reached more than US$19,000 per coin. 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class=\"header-section\" style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you want to do with Bitcoin?<\/h4><div class=\"luna-buttonGroup luna-buttonGroup--stretch\" role=\"group\"><a class=\"luna-button luna-button--primary luna-button--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/bitcoin\/how-to-buy-bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy<br><\/a><br><a class=\"luna-button luna-button--primary luna-button--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/cryptocurrency\/wallets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Store<\/a><\/div><div class=\"luna-buttonGroup luna-buttonGroup--stretch\" role=\"group\"><a class=\"luna-button luna-button--primary luna-button--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/cryptocurrency\/trading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trade<br><\/a><br><a class=\"luna-button luna-button--primary luna-button--ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/bitcoin\/how-to-mine-bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mine<\/a><\/div><div class=\"luna-buttonGroup luna-buttonGroup--stretch\" role=\"group\"><a class=\"luna-button luna-button--primary luna-button--ghost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Loan<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/article><\/div><div class=\"u-grid__col u-2\/3@s\"><article class=\"luna-card luna-card--stretch luna-card--border\"><div class=\"luna-card__block\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bitcoin at a glance<\/h3><div data-category=\"\" data-niche=\"GXFCY-CVS\" data-fieldset=\"COINS\" class=\"GXFCY-CVS COINS \">\n        <table class=\"i_infobox product_infobox\">\n        <tbody><tr><th>Ticker symbol<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">BTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Use<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">Digital Asset<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Year released<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">2009<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Origin<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">Satoshi Nakamoto<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Maximum supply<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">21,000,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Consensus algorithm<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">Proof of Work<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Notable team members<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">Satoshi Nakamoto<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Mineable?<\/th><td class=\"i_infobox_data product_infobox_data\">Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n        <\/table><\/div><a href=\"#what\"><button class=\"luna-button luna-button--primary luna-button--fluid\" type=\"button\">Learn more about Bitcoin<\/button><\/a><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"templateFF-body__content\"><div class=\"templateFF-content\"><div class=\"templateFF-content templateFF-content--compact\"><h4>Key statistics about Bitcoin:<\/h4><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/tech\/what-happens-bitcoin-after-21-million-mined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">17.3 million Bitcoin<\/a> are in circulation as of 10 December 2019.<\/li><li>Bitcoin is unrestricted \u2014 meaning it isn\u2019t regulated specifically \u2014 in <a href=\"https:\/\/coin.dance\/poli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">124 countries<\/a> out of 257.<\/li><li>The largest holdings in a single Bitcoin address contains <a href=\"https:\/\/bitinfocharts.com\/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">255,502 Bitcoin<\/a> \u2014 or more than US$2.1 billion.<\/li><\/ul><iframe id=\"d9ig4\/4\/\" title=\"Bitcoin price over the last 90 days\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"yes\" aria-label=\"table\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/d9ig4\/4\/\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"has-padding-top-large\"><hr><\/div><h3 id=\"who\">Who uses Bitcoin?<\/h3><div class=\"infogram-placeholder\" data-id=\"infogram_0_e6ec6b06-568f-436c-ba37-aa949b780c53\" data-src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/js\/dist\/embed.js?e04\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"templateFF-content templateFF-content--compact\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/coin.dance\/stats\/gender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Women comprise 12.28%<\/a> of those in the Bitcoin community.<\/li><li>A 2015 CoinDesk survey revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/new-coindesk-report-reveals-who-really-uses-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">more than 90% of Bitcoin users are male<\/a>.<\/li><li>The CoinDesk survey also found that 60% of Bitcoin owners are under 35 years old, and 65.8% identify as white, followed closely by those who identify as Asian.<\/li><li>Of bitcoin users, <a href=\"https:\/\/coin.dance\/stats\/age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">most are 25 to 34 years old<\/a> (46.32%), followed by those aged 35 to 44 (26.76%).<\/li><li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocompare.com\/coins\/btc\/analysis\/USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">most popular fiat currencies to change<\/a> into Bitcoin are the US dollar and the Japanese yen.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"has-padding-top-large\"><hr><\/div><h3 id=\"popular\">How popular is Bitcoin?<\/h3><iframe id=\"\/PnHPq\/1\/\" title=\"Proportion of total market cap\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"yes\" aria-label=\"table\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/PnHPq\/1\/\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"templateFF-content templateFF-content--compact\"><div class=\"templateFF-body__content\"><div class=\"templateFF-content\"><ul><li>In the last three months of 2019, each day saw <a href=\"https:\/\/blockchain.info\/charts\/n-transactions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">an average 310,507 confirmed Bitcoin transactions<\/a>.<\/li><li>More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">1.2 million Redditors subscribe to the r\/Bitcoin community<\/a>.<\/li><li>In one day \u2014 on 7 December 2017 \u2014 there were <a href=\"https:\/\/bitinfocharts.com\/comparison\/tweets-btc-eth.html#3m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">155.6K tweets about Bitcoin<\/a>. Interest on Twitter has been dwindling, with only 15.19K Bitcoin tweets recorded on 10 December 2019.<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"has-padding-top-large\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"templateFF-body__content\"><div class=\"templateFF-body__content\"><div class=\"templateFF-content templateFF-content--compact\"><div class=\"has-padding-top-large\"><div class=\"cryptoDisclaimer luna-card luna-card--alt\">\n    <div class=\"luna-card__block\">\n                    <b>Disclaimer:<\/b>\n            This information should not be interpreted as an endorsement of cryptocurrency or any specific provider,\n            service or offering. It is not a recommendation to trade. Cryptocurrencies are speculative, complex and\n            involve significant risks \u2013 they are highly volatile and sensitive to secondary activity. Performance\n            is unpredictable and past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Consider your own\n            circumstances, and obtain your own advice, before relying on this information. You should also verify\n            the nature of any product or service (including its legal status and relevant regulatory requirements)\n            and consult the relevant Regulators' websites before making any decision. Finder, or the author, may\n            have holdings in the cryptocurrencies discussed.\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve rounded up the statistics on Bitcoin, the first and largest 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