Leading reasons consumers Netherlands not to own cryptocurrencies 2018, by gender

This statistic shows the answers to a survey question about the leading reasons for consumers in the Netherlands not to own cryptocurrencies as of 2018, by gender. Approximately 22 percent of the female respondents indicated they had no interest in digital currencies or the blockchain, while 14 percent of the male respondents mentioned they had no trust. Bitcoin is a so-called cryptocurrency, a digital currency that uses blockchain technology as a means of security. Because of its design, it is difficult to get an insight in the full size of the Bitcoin market in individual countries. Because Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies reached the news often in 2017, approximately 60 percent of the households in the Netherlands who invest in cryptocurrencies started doing so in 2017. In the first three quarters of 2017, there were approximately 44,000 transactions in Bitcoin from the Netherlands on a trading platform called BTC Direct. In addition, Belgium and the Netherlands have several Bitcoin ATM installations.

本统计数据揭示了截至2018年，荷兰消费者不拥有加密货币的领先原因调查问卷的答案，按性别划分。大约22%的女性受访者表示对数字货币或区块链技术毫无兴趣，而14%的男性受访者提及他们缺乏信任。比特币被称为加密货币，这是一种利用区块链技术作为安全手段的数字货币。由于其设计特性，难以洞察比特币在个别国家市场的完整规模。由于比特币及其他加密货币在2017年频繁登上新闻头条，荷兰大约60%投资于加密货币的家庭是在2017年开始投资的。在2017年的前三个季度，荷兰在名为BTC Direct的交易平台上进行的比特币交易约为44,000笔。此外，比利时和荷兰还设有多个比特币自动取款机。