Less Than One Percent of the World Holds Bitcoin – Why It’s Still Early

If you’ve spoken to a Bitcoin maxi, you might think that the world changed forever in 2009 when the digital currency launched. However, as of 2023 less than one percent of the world’s population holds Bitcoin. In a world where new tech goes viral overnight, why has Bitcoin taken 14 years to still be niche? It took about two years for the worldwide web to catch fire. Between 1993 and the beginning of 1996, websites went from 130 in number to over 100,000. Facebook reached 1 million users within its first year and 100 million users within five years. ChatGPT