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790 people own half the bitcoins
by
rpietila
on 28/01/2014, 12:46:06 UTC
The number of bitcoin holders has just surpassed 2 million mark! The growth is happening in the smaller holdings.

note: This is NOT based on blockchain analysis but is an independent methodology!!

Methodology and discussion of 27 Jan results.


27. Jan 2014

#People#Bitcoins#TotalBitcoins
46BTC10k+3.6M
820BTC1k-10k2.4M
10kBTC100-1k2.8M
68kBTC10-1002.0M
250kBTC1-100.8M
550kBTC0.1-10.2M
690kBTC0.01-0.10.0M
430kBTC0.001-0.010.0M

Total: 11.8M bitcoins (0.5M bitcoins assumed lost)

There is less holders than before in the category of BTC70+. The number of holdings smaller than this increased.

The number of bitcoin millionaires, previously estimated 930, decreased to 790 (-15%). Their combined wealth is 5.9M bitcoins, which is 50% of all bitcoins.