Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n- 94.6% of ForkLog’s audience are men.<\/li>\n
- Bitcoin and Ethereum remain the most popular cryptocurrencies.<\/li>\n
- In 2020, 72.3% of respondents reported a return on their investment portfolios.<\/li>\n
- Survey participants prefer trading on the Binance exchange and generally trust centralized trading platforms.<\/li>\n
- Half of respondents use a VPN.<\/li>\n
- Uniswap is one of the most-used DeFi services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-13843.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nPortrait of ForkLog Readers<\/h2>\n
The majority of ForkLog readers are between 26 and 35 years old, and they are predominantly men.<\/p>\n
About 91.7% of our audience lives in Russia and nearby regions. The top five site visitors include residents of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Poland.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-9.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-10.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-11.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nForty-five percent of respondents report a middle income level, 30.7% low, 19.1% above average, and 5.2% high. A third can afford occasional trips abroad. A slightly smaller percentage did not travel outside their home country.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-12.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nOne in three respondents owns their own business. 28.9% of respondents are directly connected with the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.<\/p>\n
7.6% learned about cryptocurrencies in the early years of their existence. But the majority learned about them during the Bitcoin boom of 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-14.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-15.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-16.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2683.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nCrypto Portfolio<\/h2>\n
Cryptocurrencies are held by the vast majority of respondents. Almost half of them bought digital assets during 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-17.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-18.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nFifty-seven percent plan to expand their investment portfolios, and one in ten is considering creating one. 72.3% of investors earned a return on cryptocurrency investments in 2020.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-19.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-21.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nBitcoin and Ethereum remain the leaders in popularity. DeFi tokens are gaining popularity.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2730.png\")
<\/p>\nWhich cryptocurrencies do you hold?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nRespondents are interested in long-term investing and earning from trading.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-18.png\")
<\/p>\nFor what purposes do you use cryptocurrencies?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-22.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nAnonymity and the Darknet<\/h2>\n
For 60.1% of respondents, digital assets provide a means to exercise the right to financial privacy. However, the use of anonymous cryptocurrencies is not fundamental to them.<\/p>\n
The situation with mixing services is similar.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-23.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-24.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\nHalf of the respondents \u2014 51.7% \u2014 use VPNs. They prefer free services.<\/p>\n
The Tor browser and the darknet are not particularly popular among respondents.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-26.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-27.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-13845.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nMining and Staking<\/h2>\n
Nearly half of respondents have mined cryptocurrencies. Eight point three percent own a business in the field.<\/p>\n
One in three has earned income from staking, using wallets and centralized exchanges for this purpose.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-28.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/staking.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-30.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-13847.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nDeFi<\/h2>\n
Exactly a quarter of respondents invested in the DeFi sector. 59.4% abstained from investing due to a lack of knowledge about the technology and distrust of projects.<\/p>\n
The most in-demand were DeFi tokens and yield farming.<\/p>\n
Uniswap became one of the most-used DeFi services.<\/p>\n
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-31.png\")
<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2731.png\")
<\/p>\nHow did you invest in DeFi?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-20-1.png\")
<\/p>\nWhich DeFi service do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-13848-1.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nTrading<\/h2>\n
Trading cryptocurrencies is profitable for 43.1% of respondents.<\/p>\n
Traders favour centralized venues. The share of DEX users is small.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-32.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/dex.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nThe majority of respondents trade on Binance.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-21.png\")
<\/p>\nOn which centralized exchanges do you trade?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n22.7% of respondents have traded crypto derivatives. The survey shows that traders employ modest leverage \u2014 up to 25x.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-34.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-13852.png\")
<\/p>\n
Wallets<\/h2>\n\n\n\nWhen storing cryptocurrencies, users prefer software wallets, for example Bitcoin Core. Non-custodial wallets, such as Blockchain.com and Electrum, remain prominent leaders.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-2732.png\")
<\/p>\nWhich wallet do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nOnly 30% of respondents use hardware wallets. Popular ones include Ledger and Trezor.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-23.png\")
<\/p>\nWhich hardware wallets do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-35.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nInvestments<\/h2>\n
63.2% of respondents have never participated in ICOs or IEOs. Among ICO investors, 15.7% incurred losses and only 5.5% broke even. 14.2% managed to multiply their investments.<\/p>\n
18.9% of respondents plan to invest in STOs in the future.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-36.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IEO.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-38.png\")
<\/p>\n
\nMedia<\/h2>\n
The vast majority of respondents read the press daily.<\/p>\n
However, their attention is gradually shifting toward Telegram and YouTube channels.<\/p>\n
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-39.png\")
<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-24.png\")
<\/p>\nWhich media channels do you prefer for up-to-date information?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\nIn addition to ForkLog, respondents consult financial and economic media as well as broad-spectrum media. 17.8% of respondents get all the information they need about the cryptocurrency industry from ForkLog.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-25-1.png\")
<\/p>\nWhich media, besides ForkLog, do you read?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nThe most-read sections of our site are News and Exclusives. The majority prefer to receive fresh information from Telegram channel @forklog.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-27.png\")
<\/p>\nWhat do you read on ForkLog?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n25.5% of respondents are viewers of ForkLog’s YouTube channel. 34.8% read articles by ForkLog Hub residents.<\/p>\n
![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-40.png\")
\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mask-Group-41.png\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"Bitcoin](\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Group-13851.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 2020, in ForkLog’s annual survey \u201cBitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies in Our Lives,\u201d 1,815 people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the United States, and countries across Asia and Europe participated. Key takeaways: 94.6% of ForkLog’s audience are men. Bitcoin and Ethereum remain the most popular cryptocurrencies. In 2020, 72.3% of respondents reported a return on their investment portfolios. Survey participants prefer trading on the Binance exchange and generally trust centralized trading platforms. Half of respondents use a VPN. Uniswap is one of the most-used DeFi services.<\/p>\n
Portrait of ForkLog Readers: The majority are aged 26\u201335 and mostly men. About 91.7% live in Russia and nearby regions. Top five visitors include Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhstani, and Polish residents. A profile of ForkLog readers is shown through several image galleries. Forty-five percent report a middle income, 30.7% low, 19.1% above average, and 5.2% high. A third can afford occasional trips abroad; a slightly smaller share did not travel outside their home country. One in three owns their own business. 28.9% are directly connected with the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector. 7.6% learned about cryptocurrencies in the early years of their existence, but most learned during the Bitcoin boom of 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
Cryptocurrencies are held by a large majority; almost half bought digital assets during 2016\u20132017. 57% plan to expand their portfolios, 10% are considering creating one, and 72.3% earned a return in 2020. The report also covers mining and staking, anonymity and the darknet, DeFi, trading, wallets, ICO\/IEO\/STO investments, and media consumption. The majority trade on centralized exchanges like Binance, with some participation in derivatives and limited use of DeFi services such as Uniswap. The document also notes privacy measures, VPN use, and media preferences, including ForkLog as a primary source for crypto information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1144],"tags":[1740,1741,167],"class_list":["post-31952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longreads","tag-bitcoin-industry-in-numbers","tag-forklog-news","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"32","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31954,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952\/revisions\/31954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/p>\n
Portrait of ForkLog Readers<\/h2>\n
The majority of ForkLog readers are between 26 and 35 years old, and they are predominantly men.<\/p>\n
About 91.7% of our audience lives in Russia and nearby regions. The top five site visitors include residents of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Poland.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nForty-five percent of respondents report a middle income level, 30.7% low, 19.1% above average, and 5.2% high. A third can afford occasional trips abroad. A slightly smaller percentage did not travel outside their home country.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nOne in three respondents owns their own business. 28.9% of respondents are directly connected with the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.<\/p>\n
7.6% learned about cryptocurrencies in the early years of their existence. But the majority learned about them during the Bitcoin boom of 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Crypto Portfolio<\/h2>\n
Cryptocurrencies are held by the vast majority of respondents. Almost half of them bought digital assets during 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFifty-seven percent plan to expand their investment portfolios, and one in ten is considering creating one. 72.3% of investors earned a return on cryptocurrency investments in 2020.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBitcoin and Ethereum remain the leaders in popularity. DeFi tokens are gaining popularity.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich cryptocurrencies do you hold?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Respondents are interested in long-term investing and earning from trading.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nFor what purposes do you use cryptocurrencies?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Anonymity and the Darknet<\/h2>\n
For 60.1% of respondents, digital assets provide a means to exercise the right to financial privacy. However, the use of anonymous cryptocurrencies is not fundamental to them.<\/p>\n
The situation with mixing services is similar.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHalf of the respondents \u2014 51.7% \u2014 use VPNs. They prefer free services.<\/p>\n
The Tor browser and the darknet are not particularly popular among respondents.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Mining and Staking<\/h2>\n
Nearly half of respondents have mined cryptocurrencies. Eight point three percent own a business in the field.<\/p>\n
One in three has earned income from staking, using wallets and centralized exchanges for this purpose.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
DeFi<\/h2>\n
Exactly a quarter of respondents invested in the DeFi sector. 59.4% abstained from investing due to a lack of knowledge about the technology and distrust of projects.<\/p>\n
The most in-demand were DeFi tokens and yield farming.<\/p>\n
Uniswap became one of the most-used DeFi services.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nHow did you invest in DeFi?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\nWhich DeFi service do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Trading<\/h2>\n
Trading cryptocurrencies is profitable for 43.1% of respondents.<\/p>\n
Traders favour centralized venues. The share of DEX users is small.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe majority of respondents trade on Binance.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nOn which centralized exchanges do you trade?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
22.7% of respondents have traded crypto derivatives. The survey shows that traders employ modest leverage \u2014 up to 25x.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Wallets<\/h2>\n\n\n\nWhen storing cryptocurrencies, users prefer software wallets, for example Bitcoin Core. Non-custodial wallets, such as Blockchain.com and Electrum, remain prominent leaders.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich wallet do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nOnly 30% of respondents use hardware wallets. Popular ones include Ledger and Trezor.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich hardware wallets do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
\nInvestments<\/h2>\n
63.2% of respondents have never participated in ICOs or IEOs. Among ICO investors, 15.7% incurred losses and only 5.5% broke even. 14.2% managed to multiply their investments.<\/p>\n
18.9% of respondents plan to invest in STOs in the future.<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
\nMedia<\/h2>\n
The vast majority of respondents read the press daily.<\/p>\n
However, their attention is gradually shifting toward Telegram and YouTube channels.<\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich media channels do you prefer for up-to-date information?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\nIn addition to ForkLog, respondents consult financial and economic media as well as broad-spectrum media. 17.8% of respondents get all the information they need about the cryptocurrency industry from ForkLog.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich media, besides ForkLog, do you read?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nThe most-read sections of our site are News and Exclusives. The majority prefer to receive fresh information from Telegram channel @forklog.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhat do you read on ForkLog?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n25.5% of respondents are viewers of ForkLog’s YouTube channel. 34.8% read articles by ForkLog Hub residents.<\/p>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 2020, in ForkLog’s annual survey \u201cBitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies in Our Lives,\u201d 1,815 people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the United States, and countries across Asia and Europe participated. Key takeaways: 94.6% of ForkLog’s audience are men. Bitcoin and Ethereum remain the most popular cryptocurrencies. In 2020, 72.3% of respondents reported a return on their investment portfolios. Survey participants prefer trading on the Binance exchange and generally trust centralized trading platforms. Half of respondents use a VPN. Uniswap is one of the most-used DeFi services.<\/p>\n
Portrait of ForkLog Readers: The majority are aged 26\u201335 and mostly men. About 91.7% live in Russia and nearby regions. Top five visitors include Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhstani, and Polish residents. A profile of ForkLog readers is shown through several image galleries. Forty-five percent report a middle income, 30.7% low, 19.1% above average, and 5.2% high. A third can afford occasional trips abroad; a slightly smaller share did not travel outside their home country. One in three owns their own business. 28.9% are directly connected with the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector. 7.6% learned about cryptocurrencies in the early years of their existence, but most learned during the Bitcoin boom of 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
Cryptocurrencies are held by a large majority; almost half bought digital assets during 2016\u20132017. 57% plan to expand their portfolios, 10% are considering creating one, and 72.3% earned a return in 2020. The report also covers mining and staking, anonymity and the darknet, DeFi, trading, wallets, ICO\/IEO\/STO investments, and media consumption. The majority trade on centralized exchanges like Binance, with some participation in derivatives and limited use of DeFi services such as Uniswap. The document also notes privacy measures, VPN use, and media preferences, including ForkLog as a primary source for crypto information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1144],"tags":[1740,1741,167],"class_list":["post-31952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longreads","tag-bitcoin-industry-in-numbers","tag-forklog-news","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"32","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31954,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952\/revisions\/31954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
When storing cryptocurrencies, users prefer software wallets, for example Bitcoin Core. Non-custodial wallets, such as Blockchain.com and Electrum, remain prominent leaders.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich wallet do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Only 30% of respondents use hardware wallets. Popular ones include Ledger and Trezor.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich hardware wallets do you use?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Investments<\/h2>\n
63.2% of respondents have never participated in ICOs or IEOs. Among ICO investors, 15.7% incurred losses and only 5.5% broke even. 14.2% managed to multiply their investments.<\/p>\n
18.9% of respondents plan to invest in STOs in the future.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Media<\/h2>\n
The vast majority of respondents read the press daily.<\/p>\n
However, their attention is gradually shifting toward Telegram and YouTube channels.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich media channels do you prefer for up-to-date information?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
In addition to ForkLog, respondents consult financial and economic media as well as broad-spectrum media. 17.8% of respondents get all the information they need about the cryptocurrency industry from ForkLog.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhich media, besides ForkLog, do you read?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The most-read sections of our site are News and Exclusives. The majority prefer to receive fresh information from Telegram channel @forklog.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nWhat do you read on ForkLog?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
25.5% of respondents are viewers of ForkLog’s YouTube channel. 34.8% read articles by ForkLog Hub residents.<\/p>\n
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In 2020, in ForkLog’s annual survey \u201cBitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies in Our Lives,\u201d 1,815 people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the United States, and countries across Asia and Europe participated. Key takeaways: 94.6% of ForkLog’s audience are men. Bitcoin and Ethereum remain the most popular cryptocurrencies. In 2020, 72.3% of respondents reported a return on their investment portfolios. Survey participants prefer trading on the Binance exchange and generally trust centralized trading platforms. Half of respondents use a VPN. Uniswap is one of the most-used DeFi services.<\/p>\n
Portrait of ForkLog Readers: The majority are aged 26\u201335 and mostly men. About 91.7% live in Russia and nearby regions. Top five visitors include Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhstani, and Polish residents. A profile of ForkLog readers is shown through several image galleries. Forty-five percent report a middle income, 30.7% low, 19.1% above average, and 5.2% high. A third can afford occasional trips abroad; a slightly smaller share did not travel outside their home country. One in three owns their own business. 28.9% are directly connected with the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector. 7.6% learned about cryptocurrencies in the early years of their existence, but most learned during the Bitcoin boom of 2016\u20132017.<\/p>\n
Cryptocurrencies are held by a large majority; almost half bought digital assets during 2016\u20132017. 57% plan to expand their portfolios, 10% are considering creating one, and 72.3% earned a return in 2020. The report also covers mining and staking, anonymity and the darknet, DeFi, trading, wallets, ICO\/IEO\/STO investments, and media consumption. The majority trade on centralized exchanges like Binance, with some participation in derivatives and limited use of DeFi services such as Uniswap. The document also notes privacy measures, VPN use, and media preferences, including ForkLog as a primary source for crypto information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1144],"tags":[1740,1741,167],"class_list":["post-31952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longreads","tag-bitcoin-industry-in-numbers","tag-forklog-news","tag-research"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"32","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31954,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31952\/revisions\/31954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}