00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.858551 CaOODSP 20250821075109 cr ||||||||||| 180705s2018 oncd obs f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- FB3-7/2018-23E-PDF Henry, Christopher S. Bitcoin awareness and usage in Canada [electronic resource] : an update / by Christopher S. Henry, Kim P. Huynh and Gradon Nicholls. [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, c2018. ii, 22 p. : col. charts. Staff analytical note = Note analytique du personnel, 2369-9639 ; 2018-23 Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (p. 8-9). "This note provides an update of the results of the 2017 Bitcoin Omnibus Survey (BTCOS) conducted by the Bank of Canada from December 12 to 15, 2017. The BTCOS was previously conducted in November and December 2016 and the results were reported in Henry et al. (2017, forthcoming). The 2017 survey took place in an interesting time, as Bitcoin prices were increasing and reached an all-time high on December 17, 2017. During this period, the level of awareness of Bitcoin increased from 64 per cent in the 2016 BTCOS to 85 per cent in the 2017 BTCOS, while ownership rose from 2.9 to 5.0 per cent, respectively. The main reason cited by survey participants for owning Bitcoin changed from transactional purposes in 2016 to investment purposes in 2017. Further, only about half of Bitcoin owners were found to regularly use Bitcoin to buy goods or services or to send money to other people"--Abstract, p. ii. Includes abstract in French. Bitcoin Electronic funds transfers Statistics Huynh, Kim P., 1974- Nicholls, Gradon. Bank of Canada. Staff analytical note (Bank of Canada) 2369-9639 ; 2018-23. (CaOODSP)9.807323 PDF 597 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/banque-bank-canada/FB3-7-2018-23-eng.pdf