I was very active with something subsequently called CoSy in the late 1980's.
This system was one of the systems that built on the smtp protocol (1972). I can recall as late as 1997 having to convince businesses to use email. Realistically it took about 8 years for email to go through the innovators and early adopter stages. The biggest thing about the 90's was that computers largely were considered business tools. Windows 95 was probably the first consumer oriented Microsoft operating system (Windows 3.1 was okay but still needed a higher level of proficiency to install drivers). Within 3 years Windows 98 was released ... a truly internet integrated operating system.
It was used by about 14% of the population in about 6 months.
The simplest way to gauge the adoption of Bitcoin users would be to look at the two largest online wallets:
Blockchain.info
Coinbase
Combined they have about 37 million users. This does not take into account Bitcoin wallet holders, Trezor etc. wallet holders (lots of duplicates of course).
Possibly the best indicator will be the growth of STEEM. The learning curve is almost non-existent...(write good stuff, like good stuff)
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