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This survey is intended to gather data on the current state of the blockchain industry.

Questions cover numerous topics that touch on sentiment around the evolution of bitcoin, ethereum, other cryptocurrencies, ICOs, regulation, and distributed ledger technology.

Results will be analyzed and published in CoinDesk Research's Q3 2017 'State of Blockchain' report on coindesk.com and may appear in CoinDesk marketing material.

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* 1. Did you buy or sell any cryptocurrency in 2017? (click all that apply)

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* 2. Do you hold more types of cryptocurrencies in 2017 than you did in previous years?

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* 3. Approximately how frequently do you check cryptocurrency prices?

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* 4. Do you own bitcoin?

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* 5. Do you own ether?

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* 6. Do you own any other cryptocurrency?

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* 7. Do you follow the Bitcoin scaling debates?

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* 8. Did you notice or hear that blocks larger than >1MB were mined in Q3 2017 as a result of the SegWit soft fork?

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* 9. Do you think the proposals for 2X blocks will result in a contentious hard fork or blockchain split of Bitcoin this year?

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* 10. Did you hear about or follow the blockchain split that led to the creation of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) over the summer?

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* 11. If you were a bitcoin (BTC) holder when Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was created, what did you do with your BCH?

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* 12. If you were a bitcoin holder when Stellar airdropped lumens (XLM) as part of a token generating event (TGE), what did you do with your free tokens?

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* 13. How do you feel about the current overall state of bitcoin?

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* 14. How would you rank the following positive aspects of Bitcoin today?

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* 15. Which of the following do you consider to be the most negative aspect of Bitcoin today?

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* 16. How do you feel about the current overall state of ethereum?

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* 17. Which of the following do you consider to be the most positive aspect of ethereum today?

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* 18. Which of the following do you consider to be the most negative aspect of ethereum today?

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* 19. Do you think ethereum will overtake Bitcoin in terms of market cap in 2017 or 2018?

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* 20. Do you think token diversification from the recent ICO boom is positive or negative for the blockchain industry?

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* 21. Are you aware that most ICOs are generated as ERC20 tokens on the ethereum blockchain?

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* 22. With the success of ERC20 tokens, would you say ethereum has developed its first 'killer app'?

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* 23. Have you ever participated in an ICO?

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* 24. If you have taken part in an ICO, what was the primary reason for your participation?

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* 25. If you have taken part in an ICO, what have you done with your tokens since? (click all that apply)

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* 26. If you have not taken part in an ICO, what has been the primary reason for your lack of participation?

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* 27. How would you rank the importance of the following factors behind a token or ICO project?

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* 28. I believe token issuers should cap ICO rounds (like not raising more than $10m or 100k ETH in a sale), as opposed to raising as much money as possible in one round.

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* 29. I believe token issuers should plan for several blockchain token sales (similar to startups raising traditional funding in rounds like “Seed”, “Series A”, “Series B”, etc.).

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* 30. I believe new blockchain projects should consider mixing traditional investment funding (like venture capital and angels) and ICOs.

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* 31. I believe VC or angel investment is a positive social signal and would make me more inclined to participate in an ICO. 

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* 32. I believe celebrity endorsements from Floyd Mayweather, Paris Hilton, Jamie Foxx and Ghostface Killah are signs that cryptocurrencies have entered the mainstream.

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* 33. I believe celebrity ICO endorsements are a positive social signal and would make me more inclined to participate in an ICO.

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* 34. What resources do you use to learn more about tokens or ICO projects?  (click all that apply)

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* 35. How do you think ICO issuers should hold the funds raised in a token sale?

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* 36. How do you believe regulation will affect the quality of ICOs?

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* 37. How do you believe regulation will affect the quantity of ICOs?

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* 38. Which will have a greater effect on the quality of tokens or ICO projects, a sophisticated buy-side of professional crypto-hedge-funds, or the regulatory approach?

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* 39. Do you use VPNs to bypass jurisdictional restrictions (ie. New York) on participation in ICOs? 

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* 40. China took the strongest regulatory tone on cryptocurrencies in Q3. This action will... (click all the apply)

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* 41. Do you believe the values of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether, are in a 'bubble'?

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* 42. Are there particular people you follow for insight into cryptocurrency price fluctuations and predictions?  (click all that apply)

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* 43. When do you think the first digital asset based ETF will be live?

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* 44. What sector of blockchain applications are you most bullish on?

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* 45. How do you feel about the current overall state of Distributed Ledger Technology (sometimes called 'permissioned' or 'enterprise' blockchains)?

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* 46. How much do you know about the following?

  Almost nothing A bit A lot
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Ripple
Hyperledger

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* 47. How do you think the price of the following will do in the rest of 2017?

  Go down a lot Go down a bit Stay about the same Go up a bit Go up a lot
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Ripple
Litecoin
Ethereum Classic
All cryptocurrencies combined

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