{"id":72080,"date":"2022-12-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=72080"},"modified":"2025-09-08T12:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:47:55","slug":"bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies-in-our-lives-2022-forklog-survey-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies-in-our-lives-2022-forklog-survey-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in our lives \u2014 2022: ForkLog survey results"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2022, 1,627 people participated in a ForkLog survey. As promised, we share the results and discuss readers’ investment portfolios, their attitudes toward mining, staking, and other segments of the industry.<\/p>\n

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Portrait of the reader<\/h2>\n

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Most respondents are men aged 26\u201335 living in Russia.<\/p>\n

Women among the participants accounted for only 8.4% (in the previous year was<\/a> 6.6%). A quarter of the audience lives in Ukraine (25.1%).<\/p>\n

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Almost half (48.4%) of respondents rated their income as middle, 24.1% as low, 23.6% as above average.<\/p>\n

19.8% of readers are involved in the blockchain and cryptocurrency business, 18.2% plan to get involved. 21% of respondents are entrepreneurs in other fields.<\/p>\n

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The majority of readers continue to favour Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Binance Coin (BNB) in third place.<\/p>\n

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In general, ForkLog readers use digital assets for long-term investment. More than a third engage in trading.<\/p>\n

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What purposes do you use cryptocurrencies for?<\/strong> (respondents could select multiple options)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Anonymity<\/h2>\n

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Most respondents do not use privacy-focused cryptocurrencies (84.6%) or mixers (96.3%) for transactions.<\/p>\n

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Reader portfolio<\/h2>\n

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The majority (33.7%) of respondents first bought or received cryptocurrency in 2017\u20132019. Almost a third (31%) did so in 2020\u20132021, and 13.9% in 2022.<\/p>\n

Among respondents, portfolio returns in the past year were noted by only 27.2%.<\/p>\n

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The two most popular crypto assets remain Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Binance Coin (BNB) in third place.<\/p>\n

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In general, ForkLog readers use digital assets for long-term investment. More than a third engage in trading.<\/p>\n

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DeFi<\/h2>\n

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Most readers invested in the DeFi sector in 2022 (34.9%). Another 27.1% plan to do so in the future.<\/p>\n

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The most popular DeFi services among readers were PancakeSwap (21.3%) and Uniswap<\/a> (18.7%).<\/p>\n

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Only 7.2% of respondents participate in the governance of DAOs<\/a>, but another 24.4% plan to get involved.<\/p>\n

The most popular DAOs among readers were Polkadot (2.7%), Uniswap (1.8%), and BitDAO (1.2%).<\/p>\n

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If you participate in a DAO, which one exactly?<\/strong> (respondents could indicate several options)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Trading<\/h2>\n

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Most ForkLog readers trade cryptocurrencies. 35.7% of all respondents described it as profitable activity.<\/p>\n

More than 40% of those surveyed prefer centralized venues to decentralized ones, while 19.7% combine platform types for trading.<\/p>\n

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Among centralised exchanges, Binance is the undisputed leader among respondents (63.9%). In second and third places were Bybit (19.9%) and Huobi (13.9%).<\/p>\n

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More than two-thirds (71.2%) do not trade crypto derivatives, another 22.9% prefer futures.<\/p>\n

Almost a third (29.1%) of respondents use leverage.<\/p>\n

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Wallets<\/h2>\n

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The most popular wallets were MetaMask<\/a> (49.8%) and Trust Wallet (43.8%).<\/p>\n

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More than two-thirds (68.4%) do not use hardware wallets. Readers mainly prefer Ledger.<\/p>\n

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Colapses and hacks<\/h2>\n

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Only 7.9% of users reported losses due to hacker attacks. About 18% lost money due to the Terra crash.<\/p>\n

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Just 2.5% lost assets due to bankruptcies of CeFi platforms.<\/p>\n

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