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Challenges affecting cryptocurrency market 2016

Challenges affecting cryptocurrency industry worldwide in 2016
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The data describes the challenges affecting cryptocurrency industry worldwide in 2016. The results of the survey revealed that the centralization of hashing power in the hands of a few (control) was the major concern of the cryptocurrency industry in 2016, with a weighted average of 3.77 on a scale from 1 (not concerned at all) to 5 (extremely concerned).

Centralisaton of hashing power in
the hands of a few (control)
3.77
Centralisaton of hashing power in a
partcular geographical area (locaton)
3.59
Scaling 3.41
Mining fees not compensatng for
decreasing block rewards in the long run
3.17
Centralisaton of mining equipment
producton in a partcular geographical area
3.09
Implementaton bugs in mining
frmware/ hardware
2.98
Design bugs/weaknesses at the protocol level 2.83
Lack of liquidity in cryptocurrency markets 2.57