Re: how many people in the world own any amount of Bitcoin?
This will be the closest for you to determine:
https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
The number is between 1 and the Number of Addresses holding coins. Several addresses can be owned by one user so its practically impossible to determine how much a given person actually owns. Unless you know all their addresses.
https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
The number is between 1 and the Number of Addresses holding coins. Several addresses can be owned by one user so its practically impossible to determine how much a given person actually owns. Unless you know all their addresses.
What this table shows is how poorly distributed bitcoin still is. To be expected given the Pareto principle.
I would assume this is expected to change in the future. As the price increases people will sell either for fiat or for assets.
If you look at the block halvings schedule we are still VERY early in the game.
| YEARS | BLOCK REWARD | COINS DISTRIBUTED | TOTAL DISTRIBUTED | |
| 2009-2012 | 50 | 210,000 blocks = 10,500,000 | 10,500,000 | |
| 2012-2016 | 25 | 210,000 blocks = 5,250,000 | 15,750,000 | <-- We're still way up here |
| 2016-2020 | 12.5 | 210,000 blocks = 2,625,000 | 18,375,000 | |
| 2020-2024 | 6.25 | 210,000 blocks = 1,312,500 | 19,687,500 | |
| 2024-2028 | 3.125 | 210,000 blocks = 656,250 | 20,343,750 | |
| 2028-2032 | 1.5625 | 210,000 blocks = 328,125 | 20,671,875 | |
| 2032-2036 | 0.78125 | 210,000 blocks = 164,062.5 | 20,835,937.5 | |
| 2036-2040 | 0.390625 | 210,000 blocks = 82,031.25 | 20,917,968.75 |