<p>One way to know, would be to check 'active' wallets, the ones that have a recent transaction - you define the meaning of <code>recent</code> (1year? 2years? more?).</p>

<p>The problem is that old wallets may still be owned (people just hodling) and accessible, and bunch of wallets are also owned by the same people.</p>

<p>You can use this site : <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/explorer/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/explorer/</a> to check some interesting data about existing wallets.</p>

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<p><strong>I am not asking how many Bitcoin addresses there are. I am asking how many ARE being USED.</strong></p>

<p>I mean, Im sure there is alot of empty Bitcoin adresses out there, but, how many of are people just creating a account and just saying: "Hm, I think I will buy it in a month or so." and then go onto never buy it, or perhaps some who create it but have no intent of using it?</p>

<p>Im asking if there is a way to know a rough estimate of how many people are holding Bitcoin?</p>

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2018-04-11T20:38:36.943Z
I think you cannot know, how many people are holding bitcoins, cause you can have between one and nearly infinite addresses in wallets. So this doesn‘t mean anything. A quick research in google for addresses used doesn‘t provide really reliable data... statistics of the unknown?
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Of the many, many crypto address out there, how many are really being used?
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# Of the many, many crypto address out there, how many are really being used?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-11)

**I am not asking how many Bitcoin addresses there are. I am asking how many ARE being USED.**

I mean, Im sure there is alot of empty Bitcoin adresses out there, but, how many of are people just creating a account and just saying: "Hm, I think I will buy it in a month or so." and then go onto never buy it, or perhaps some who create it but have no intent of using it?

Im asking if there is a way to know a rough estimate of how many people are holding Bitcoin?

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> **username_1**: I think you cannot know, how many people are holding bitcoins, cause you can have between one and nearly infinite addresses in wallets. So this doesn‘t mean anything. A quick research in google for addresses used doesn‘t provide really reliable data... statistics of the unknown?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-11. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

One way to know, would be to check 'active' wallets, the ones that have a recent transaction - you define the meaning of `recent` (1year? 2years? more?).

The problem is that old wallets may still be owned (people just hodling) and accessible, and bunch of wallets are also owned by the same people.

You can use this site : <https://bitinfocharts.com/bitcoin/explorer/> to check some interesting data about existing wallets.


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