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Share of respondents in the Benelux who see digital currencies as future of online spending in 2016

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Release date

July 2016

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Region

Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

Survey time period

March 18, 2016 to April 6, 2016

Number of respondents

14,579 respondents

Special properties

owner of mobile device (smartphone or tablet - not a laptop); the source does not specify the age of the respondents.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: “Digital currencies – such as bitcoins – are the future of spending online". The numbers shown here concern the percentage of smartphone or tablet owners who answered 'strongly agree' or 'agree'.

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This survey shows the share of respondents in the Benelux who see digital currencies as future of online spending in 2016. Of the Benelux-countries, Belgian respondents agree the most with the statement posed. Bitcoin is a so-called cryptocurrency, a digital currency that uses blockchain technology as a means of security. In a survey conducted in the Netherlands on the familiarity with alternative digital currencies at the beginning of 2017, approximately ** percent of the respondents indicated they heard about it but do not know much about it. Because of its design, however, it is difficult to get an insight in the complete size of the Bitcoin market in individual countries. In the first three quarters of 2017, there were approximately *trading transactions in Bitcoin in the Netherlands.