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What Is the Adoption Rate of Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency, without a central bank or single administrator, that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain.

Bitcoin is unique in that there are a finite number of them: 21 million.

Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known as mining. They can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services.

NOTE: Warning: Bitcoin is a highly volatile asset, and its adoption rate can change drastically depending on market conditions, regulatory changes, and other factors. As such, any predictions about the adoption rate of bitcoin should be taken with a grain of salt. Additionally, investing in cryptocurrencies carries significant risk and you should do your own research before making an investment decision.

As of February 2015, over 100,000 merchants and vendors accepted bitcoin as payment.

According to research produced by Cambridge University in 2017, there are 2.9 to 5.

8 million unique users using a cryptocurrency wallet, most of them using bitcoin.

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