{"id":465224,"date":"2025-07-22T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/owning-a-full-bitcoin-in-2025-just-how-rare-is-it\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T14:53:41","slug":"owning-a-full-bitcoin-in-2025-just-how-rare-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/owning-a-full-bitcoin-in-2025-just-how-rare-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Owning a full Bitcoin in 2025 \u2014 just how rare is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy8yZmE2Y2FjYjRkOWU5NWYxNTA3N2I3NWEzYTU1NDhkMC5qcGc=.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/>\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Fewer than 1 million people on Earth hold a full Bitcoin. That\u2019s less than 0.02% of the global population and even fewer in crypto.<\/p>\n\n<p data-ct-widget=\"explained-block-content\">\n<\/p><p><em>If you own at least 1 Bitcoin, get ready for your ego to be tickled.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to blockchain data, around 827,000-900,000 addresses currently hold at least 1 Bitcoin\u202f(<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>). But many of these <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/crypto-wallets-explained\">wallets<\/a> are controlled by exchanges, institutions or individuals who split holdings across multiple addresses. The real number of unique people who own 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/learn\/articles\/what-is-bitcoin-a-beginners-guide-to-the-worlds-first-cryptocurrency\">Bitcoin<\/a> is likely closer to 800,000-850,000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/explained\/owning-a-full-bitcoin-in-2025-just-how-rare-is-it\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fewer than 1 million people on Earth hold a full Bitcoin. That\u2019s less than 0.02% of the global population and even fewer in crypto. If you own at least 1 Bitcoin, get ready for your ego to be tickled.\u00a0 According to blockchain data, around 827,000-900,000 addresses currently hold at least 1 Bitcoin\u202f(BTC). But many of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":465225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-465224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}