StarkWare: 50% Americans consider cryptocurrencies the future of the financial system – Bits Media

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StarkWare: 50% американцев считают криптовалюты будущим финансовой системы - Bits Media

Analysts at the blockchain company StarkWare found out, that the most active supporters of the crypto revolution are among younger digital asset owners 34 years old.

StarkWare, which specializes in creating blockchain infrastructure, posted the results of the study, out of which trace, that the majority of US citizens believe that cryptocurrencies can revolutionize the financial system. StarkWare CEO Yuri Kolodny called the survey results exciting and alarming at the same time:

“They show great enthusiasm for cryptocurrencies and demonstrate, that the blockchain is literally cracking under the weight of its current role. If we don't start working smarter, блокчейн просто не сможет справиться с растущими запросами».

Survey, проведенный по заказу StarkWare, showed: 50% американцев считают, что криптовалюта — это «будущее финансов». Эту точку зрения поддержали 68% respondents aged 25 to 34 years and 61% aged from 35 to 44 years old.

The survey also showed, what 17% Americans own some form of cryptocurrency. Among respondents aged from 25 to 34 years this number is higher and amounts to 28%.

Environmental concerns are the main drawback of cryptocurrency in the minds of most Americans.. 34% of respondents said, what you need to reduce the carbon footprint of cryptocurrency. The majority of supporters of “green mining” are among young people aged from 25 to 34 years old, 49%. Kolodny stated, that the survey results were a complete surprise to him, related to the environmental friendliness of Bitcoin.

“We expected to find concern about the carbon footprint of cryptocurrency per transaction and enthusiasm for reducing it, but not to those huge levels, which we discovered", - said the head of StarkWare.

StarkWare figures, reflecting the number of investors in cryptocurrencies, slightly different from data from the analytical company Morning Consult, which claims, that in the USA is not 19%, but 17% cryptocurrency owners.