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 |