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CoinDesk Research: Blockchain Sentiment Survey (Q2 2017)

Overall

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

Questions cover numerous topics including sentiment around bitcoin, ethereum, other cryptocurrencies, ICOs, regulation, and distributed ledger technology.

Results will be analyzed and published in CoinDesk Research's Q2 2017 'State of Blockchain' report on coindesk.com and may appear in CoinDesk marketing material.
1.When was the first time you owned a digital asset?
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Never
2.How many different digital assets do you currently own?
3.Approximately how frequently do you make digital asset transactions?
A couple times a day
A couple times a week
A couple times a month
A couple times a year
Less than a couple times a year
I've never made a transaction
4.Do you own bitcoin?
Yes
No, I used to but I sold all of it
I have never owned bitcoin
5.How do you feel about the current overall state of bitcoin?
Extremely negative
Moderately negative
Slightly negative
Neutral or ok
Slightly positive
Moderately positive
Extremely positive
6.What do you compare bitcoin most to?
A 'digital currency'
A 'digital gold'
7.Do you believe bitcoin's maximum block size limit should be raised above 1 MB in 2017?
Yes
No
8.Do you believe bitcoin will experience a contentious hard fork or blockchain split in 2017?
Yes
No
9.When do you think bitcoin's Lightning Network will be live?
Q3 '17
Q4 ' 17
Q1 '18
Q2 '18
Q3 '18
Q4 '18
Q1 '19
Q2 '19
Q3 '19
Q4 '19
2020 or later
10.Do you own ether?
Yes
No, I used to but I sold all of it
I have never owned ether
11.How do you feel about the current overall state of ethereum?
Extremely negative
Moderately negative
Slightly negative
Neutral or ok
Slightly positive
Moderately positive
Extremely positive
12.How do you feel about the current state of ethereum dapps?
Extremely negative
Moderately negative
Slightly negative
Neutral or ok
Slightly positive
Moderately positive
Extremely positive
13.Which of the following do you consider to be the most positive aspect of ethereum today?
14.Which of the following do you consider to be the most negative aspect of ethereum today?
15.When do you think ethereum's Raiden Network will be live?
Q3 '17
Q4 ' 17
Q1 '18
Q2 '18
Q3 '18
Q4 '18
Q1 '19
Q2 '19
Q3 '19
Q4 '19
2020 or later
16.Do you believe mining is currently too centralized?
Strongly agree
Moderately agree
Slightly agree
Neutral
Slightly disagree
Moderately disagree
Strongly disagree
In bitcoin
In ethereum
17.How do you believe mining will evolve in the future?
Much more centralized
Moderately more centralized
Slightly more centralized
About the same level of decentralization
Slightly more decentralized
Moderately more decentralized
Much more decentralized
In bitcoin
In ethereum
18.What sector of blockchain applications are you most bullish on?
19.Do you believe ether will surpass bitcoin in terms of market cap in 2017?
Yes
No
20.Have you ever participated in an ICO?
Yes
No, but I have tried or wanted to
No, and I have never tried or wanted to either
21.If you have taken part in an ICO, what was the primary reason for your participation?
22.If you have taken part in an ICO, what have you done with your tokens since (select all that apply)?
23.If you have not taken part in an ICO, what has been the primary reason for your lack of participation?
24.What is the most important factor when analyzing a potential blockchain ICO?
25.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.
26.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.).
27.I believe new blockchain projects should consider mixing traditional investment funding (like venture capital and angels) and ICOs.
28.I am surprised that blockchain ICOs have outpaced VC funding thus far in 2017.
29.Without the price rally in cryptocurrencies early this year, blockchain ICOs would not have raised more than VC.
30.How do you think ICO issuers should hold the funds raised in a token sale?
31.Which ICO do you believe had the best structure?
32.I believe "institutional" money will control blockchain ICOs over "retail" investors in the future.
Yes
No
33.Do you believe blockchain ICOs should be regulated like securities?
Yes
No
34.Do you believe regulators will attempt to bring ICOs into a regulatory regime?
Yes
No
35.Do you believe the SEC will ever take action against any past ICO?
Yes
No
36.How much do you think ICOs will raise in total in 2017 (in billions of $)?
37.Do you believe digital asset valuations are in a 'bubble'?
Extreme yes
Moderate yes
Slight yes
Neutral
Slight no
Moderate no
Extreme no
38.When do you think the first digital asset based ETF will be live?
Q3 '17
Q4 ' 17
Q1 '18
Q2 '18
Q3 '18
Q4 '18
Q1 '19
Q2 '19
Q3 '19
Q4 '19
2020 or later
39.How do you feel about the current overall state of Distributed Ledger Technology (sometimes called 'permissioned' or 'enterprise' blockchains)?
Extremely negative
Moderately negative
Slightly negative
Neutral or ok
Slightly positive
Moderately positive
Extremely positive
40.Do you believe banks will ever issue their own form of digital asset?
Yes
No
41.Do you believe governments will ever issue their own form of digital asset?
Yes
No
42.How do you believe regulation will effect the proliferation of digital assets?
Digital assets will be helped by regulation
Digital assets will be hurt by regulation
Digital assets cannot practically be regulated
43.How much do you know about the following?
Almost nothing
A bit
A lot
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Ripple
Hyperledger
44.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