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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bitcoin suddenly so popular? by nikolay on Monday August 28, 2017 @04:07PM (#15119642)
More people using it? Any proof of that?
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bitcoin suddenly so popular? by nylonstrung on Monday August 28, 2017 @04:32PM (#15119826)
https://blockchain.info/charts/my-wallet-n-users

Wallet activity continues to grow

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bitcoin suddenly so popular? by nikolay on Monday August 28, 2017 @04:50PM (#15119943)
The number of wallets does not equate the number of users.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Bitcoin suddenly so popular? by fwdslash on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @02:34AM (#15122526)
There pretty much is no way for you or I (a.k.a: people without mass surveillance) to get # of users accurately. The best metrics we can go off of are # of transactions[1] and # of unique addresses[2].

[1]:https://blockchain.info/charts/n-transactions?timespan=all

[2]:https://blockchain.info/charts/n-unique-addresses?timespan=a...

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