The more you know about Bitcoin, the more optimistic you are: Block survey

A survey from digital payment company Block Inc. has found that the higher respondents rated their own level of cryptocurrency knowledge, the more optimistic they are about the future of Bitcoin (BTC).

Block surveyed more than 9,500 people from the Americas (2,375), EMEA (4,360) and APAC (2,860) regions in January, ensuring to include 100 Bitcoin owners in each region for its 2022 Bitcoin Knowledge and Perceptions Report.

The report, released on May 31, shows a correlation between optimism and the likelihood of purchasing and compared the result with the respondent’s self identified level of knowledge.

Of those who identified as having fair to expert knowledge of crypto 41% say they’re “very likely” to purchase Bitcoin in the next 12 months, compared to just 7.9% of those with “limited to no knowledge.”

Despite higher income individuals having slightly more optimism for Bitcoin’s future than lower income individuals, the lower income countries of Nigeria, India, Vietnam, and Argentina reported the highest rates of optimism and the highest claimed levels of cryptocurrency knowledge.

Source: Block Inc. Bitcoin Knowledge and Perceptions Report 2022

Education and promotion seems like the key to adoption as the biggest reason (cited by 51% of respondents) for not buying Bitcoin was a lack of knowledge. The second most cited reason was the potential risk of theft (32%) and the perception that BTC had too much price volatility (30%) came in third.

Lower income nations see the utility

The report details that individuals on lower incomes actually use Bitcoin practically, with more than 40% responding they’re most likely to buy it as an easy way to send money or purchase goods.

In comparison higher income people more often consider Bitcoin a way to make money (50%) or to diversify an investment portfolio (30%), however around the same amount (39%) signaled purchasing goods was also a reason they would buy.

Respondents from countries reporting a higher level of income from remittances and lower per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) were more likely to cite a Bitcoin purchase as a good way to send money or purchase goods.

Source: Block Inc. Bitcoin Knowledge and Perceptions Report 2022

Block also reported a strong correlation between countries with high inflation rates to those who responded that Bitcoin was a “protection against inflation” with 45% of Argentinian respondents using Bitcoin this way, the highest percentage of any country.

Related: Accessibility is the main barrier to crypto adoption – Here are the solutions

As previously reported by Cointelegraph, crypto adoption in Argentina is double the rate of other countries in the region with many turning to Bitcoin attempting to hedge against an inflation rate of nearly 60%.

Source: Block Inc. Bitcoin Knowledge and Perceptions Report 2022

Overall and across regions, Bitcoin was the cryptocurrency which respondents were most aware of with 88% saying they’ve heard of it which is twice as many as the 43% who say they’ve heard of Ethereum (ETH).

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