{"id":5879,"date":"2018-11-23T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2018-11-21T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T21:13:19","slug":"survey-44-of-people-think-bitcoin-is-a-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/survey-44-of-people-think-bitcoin-is-a-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: 44% of People Think Bitcoin Is a Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin prices plunged this week, fanning fears about whether cryptocurrency\u00a0is\u00a0more than just a passing fad.\u00a0And indeed, skepticism around digital currency\u00a0seems\u00a0to be a popular view these days &#8212; according to the latest reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/162-is-cryptocurrency-a-scam\">ongoing query<\/a> by Comparably, 44% of people say they feel cryptocurrency is a scam. More than 1,000 people, predominantly across the tech sector,\u00a0participated in the survey.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women are more skeptical\u00a0than men about crypto<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Forty-six percent of women say they think cryptocurrency is a scam compared to 41% of men.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5884 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin1.png\" alt=\"bitcoin1\" width=\"672\" height=\"65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin1-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin1.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The oldest workers aren&#8217;t sold<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Just over 50% of people were convinced that cryptocurrency is a scam, the highest rate of any age group. People in the age range of 31 to 35 were most convinced, with only 33% of them saying they believe cryptocurrency is a scam.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5882 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin3.png\" alt=\"bitcoin3\" width=\"525\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin3-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin3.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Operations least confident in crypto; executives and engineers most confident<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>From a department perspective, people in operations were most skeptical of cryptocurrency, with 52% saying it&#8217;s a scam. People in admin roles were close behind, at 50%. People in executive roles were on the other end of the spectrum, at 31%, followed next by engineers, at 39%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5883 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin2.png\" alt=\"bitcoin2\" width=\"689\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin2-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/11\/bitcoin2.png 689w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest reading of the survey is as of Nov. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin prices plunged this week, fanning fears about whether cryptocurrency\u00a0is\u00a0more than just a passing fad.\u00a0And indeed, skepticism around digital currency\u00a0seems\u00a0to be a popular view these days &#8212; according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably, 44% of people say they feel cryptocurrency is a scam. 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