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\section{Results}
Upcoming pages are based on the final filtered dataset with 113 responses of people who voluntarily entered the research based on opportunity sampling.
\subsection{General Information}
At first, users were asked about their operating system preferences when accessing Monero. Majority of users tend to access Monero using Windows (65) or Linux (68). While accessing Monero from mobile Android OS (49) is primarily used. As for the Apple ecosystem, MacOS combined with iOS was selected as used method of access only in 16 occurences.
At first, users were asked about their operating system preferences when accessing Monero. Majority of users tend to access Monero using Windows 58\% (65 out of 113) or Linux 60\% (68 out of 113). While accessing Monero from mobile Android OS 43\% (49 out of 113) is primarily used. As for the Apple ecosystem, MacOS combined with iOS was selected as used method of access only in 14\% (16 out of 113) occurences.
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\caption{From 179 responses, only 113 were tagged as valid.}
\caption{Monero OS usage preferences.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
\iffalse
\begin{figure}[H]
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ylabel={Number of participants},
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\caption{Responses sorted by country of origin based on IP location.}
\label{chart:range}
\end{figure}
\fi
\pagebreak
\subsubsection{Monero desktop app usage}
Desktop applications are used by 104 of 113 users, making it the most frequent means of accessing the wallet. As Monero Official application has no other direct competitors aside from web-based wallets, the majority of users (84) use the official app with GUI, but there is also a notable part of the users in the dataset that use CLI as well (55). Alternative desktop clients, that were sometimes misinterpreted as web apps, are used by only a few users (5).
\vspace{-2em}
\subsubsection{Monero desktop app usage}
Desktop applications are used by 104 out of 113 users, making it the most frequent means of accessing the wallet. As Monero Official application has no other direct competitors aside from web-based wallets, the majority of users 81\% (84 out of 104) use the official app with GUI, but there is also a notable part of the users in the dataset that use CLI as well 53\% (55 out of 104). Alternative desktop clients, that were sometimes misinterpreted as web apps, are used by only a few users cca 4\% (5 out of 104).
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\caption{Desktop client software.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
\vspace{-2.25em}
\subsubsection{Monero Mobile app usage}
From 113 people that filled out the survey, 53 of them stated that they use either Android or iOS app for accessing their Monero wallet. Digging deeper, out of 49 Android users, Monerujo app is used by 45 of them, followed by other Android wallets (7). Freewallet on Android is only used by one user in the dataset thus following the fact the community does not like closed source software with bad history as mentioned in the Chapter \ref{cha:scamportals}.
\vspace{-2.5em}
From 113 people that filled out the survey, 53 of them stated that they use either Android or iOS app for accessing their Monero wallet. Digging deeper, out of 49 Android users, Monerujo app is used by 92\% (45 out of 49) of them, followed by other Android wallets 14\% (7 out of 49). Freewallet on Android is only used by one user (2\%) in the dataset thus following the fact the community does not like closed source software with bad history as mentioned in the Chapter \ref{cha:scamportals}.
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\caption{Android client usage.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
iOS is used by 7 users (please note that users could check usage of both platforms as can be visible from simply adding iOS and Android users and comparing it to the total number of mobile users). All of them reported using the Cakewallet application. Following the Android pattern, one user also revealed usage of Freewallet app.
iOS is used by 7 out of 113 users (please note that users could check usage of both platforms as can be visible from simply adding iOS and Android users and comparing it to the total number of mobile users). All of them (7) reported using the Cakewallet application. Following the Android pattern, one user also revealed usage of Freewallet app.
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\caption{iOS client usage.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
\subsubsection{Online wallet services}
When asked about online wallet usage, only 24 people said that they use some sort of online service with MyMonero wallet being used the most (19).
When asked about online wallet usage, only 24 people (out of 113) said that they use some sort of online service with MyMonero wallet being used the most 79\% (19 out of 24).
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\caption{Online wallet usage.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
\subsubsection{Wallet software usage}
First part of the survey shows that userbase present in the dataset is more oriented towards opensource software in general (110 out of 113 use some form of opensource Monero client), but this is not limited to the usage of particular OS (37 Windows only users, 40 Linux only users and 28 users of both OS). This discovery follows the information about Monero community as they prefer open source software (OSS) to closed source software (CSS) because they can not personally review for hidden features or unintentional bugs.
First part of the survey shows that userbase present in the dataset is more oriented towards opensource software in general (110 out of 113 use some form of opensource Monero client), but this is not limited to the usage of particular OS as there are 33\% (37 out of 113) of Windows only users, 35\% (40 out of 113) Linux only users and 25\% (28 out of 113) users of both OS. This discovery follows the information about Monero community as they prefer open source software (OSS) to closed source software (CSS) because they can not personally review for hidden features or unintentional bugs.
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\caption{Online wallet usage.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
\subsection{Monero usage}
When asked \enquote{\textit{What are your reasons to use Monero?}}, the majority of respondents in the dataset said that they use Monero or at least are interested in the topic because of the technology (99 out of 113), but also see it as an investment (83).
When asked \enquote{\textit{What are your reasons to use Monero?}}, the majority of respondents in the dataset said that they use Monero or at least are interested in the topic because of the technology 88\% (99 out of 113), but also see it as an investment 73\% (83 out of 113).
A significant portion of respondents also see Monero as a way of secret storage of value (84) but not as much in the way of sending money (60).
A significant portion of respondents also see Monero as a way of secret storage of value 74\% (84 out of 113) but not as much in the way of sending money 53\% (60 out of 113).
This result is strongly affected by the way how participants were selected (self-selection) and from what sites they were informed about the survey (mainly Reddit Monero subreddits and Facebook Monero groups). The short overview of the preferences is shown in the Figure \ref{table:monerousageresearch} with the full text of the questions asked available in the Appendix Figure \ref{monero-user-study-pdf}.
Transactions in the Monero network performed by respondents can be divided into two user groups, where the first group that can be described as active, those who make at least one transaction per month, (53 out of 107) and passive who are much less frequent (54 out of 107).
Transactions in the Monero network performed by respondents can be divided into two user groups, where the first group that can be described as active, those who make at least one transaction per month, 50\% (53 out of 107) and passive who are much less frequent 51\% (54 out of 107).
Following this question, respondents were asked if they hold onto their coins for a long time (often referred to as one being a HODLer). Majority of respondents (84 out of 106) said that they are, but this statement conflicts with transaction frequency. When comparing data of respondents that make a transaction at least every month, more than half (34 out of 57) think that they are HODLers.
\begin{figure}[H]
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\textbf{Reason} & \textbf{\% usage} & \textbf{Number of users} \\
Investment & 73 \% & 83 \\
Technology & 88 \% & 99 \\
Fungibility & 63 \% & 71 \\
Hidden balance & 74 \% & 84 \\
Support Monero & 65 \% & 73 \\
Recommended by friend & 04 \% & 04 \\
Secure storage of money & 44 \% & 50 \\
Secure transfer of funds & 53 \% & 60 \\
To be paid in Monero & 44 \% & 50 \\
Other & 00 \% & 00
\end{tabular}
\caption{Reasons to use Monero, total N=113.}
\label{table:monerousageresearch}
\end{figure}
\pagebreak
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\caption{Transaction frequency by Monero users.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
Following this question, respondents were asked if they hold onto their coins for a long time (often referred to as one being a HODLer). Majority of respondents 79\% (84 out of 106) said that they are, but this statement conflicts with transaction frequency. When comparing data of respondents that make a transaction at least every month, about 60\% (34 out of 57) think that they are HODLers, this contradicts the previously mentioned statement.
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\textbf{Reason} & \textbf{\% usage} & \textbf{Number of users} \\
Investment & 73 \% & 83 \\
Technology & 88 \% & 99 \\
Fungibility & 63 \% & 71 \\
Hidden balance & 74 \% & 84 \\
Support Monero & 65 \% & 73 \\
Recommended by friend & 04 \% & 04 \\
Secure storage of money & 44 \% & 50 \\
Secure transfer of funds & 53 \% & 60 \\
To be paid in Monero & 44 \% & 50 \\
Other & 00 \% & 00
\end{tabular}
\caption{Reasons to use Monero, total N=113.}
\label{table:monerousageresearch}
\end{figure}
Important usage factor of a currency is where its users can pay with it. Monero has already a known reputation between darknet markets, but its mainstream usage isn't something that is advertised as its feature.
When asked about the payment options, many of the respondents (51) selected that they use Monero as a way for donating other people, followed by paying for VPN services. A detailed overview of payment types is available in the Appendix Figure \ref{table:moneropayusageresearch}.
When asked about the payment options, many of the respondents 45\% (51 out of 113) selected that they use Monero as a way for donating other people, followed by paying for VPN services. %A detailed overview of payment types is available in the Appendix Figure \ref{table:moneropayusageresearch}.
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\textbf{Usage} & \textbf{\% of users from total} & \textbf{N of users from total N=113} \\
Subscriptions & 15\% & 17 \\
Restaurants & 05\% & 06 \\
Donations & 45\% & 51 \\
Art & 05\% & 06 \\
Electronics & 18\% & 20 \\
Travelling & 03\% & 03 \\
E-shops & 19\% & 22 \\
Darknet markets & 18\% & 20 \\
Gambling sites & 03\% & 03 \\
Drugs & 10\% & 11 \\
Illegal usecases & 05\% & 06 \\
VPN services & 35\% & 31 \\
Gift cards & 04\% & 04 \\
Hosting and IT services & 22\% & 25 \\
Other & 00\% & 00
\end{tabular}
\caption{Monero usage for payments.}
\label{table:moneropayusageresearch}
\end{figure}
\begin{center}
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\caption{Perception of the Monero features.}
\label{chart:price}\end{figure}\end{center}
Perception and the reality of anonymity in cryptocurrency is an important topic in the cryptocurrency environment \cite{amarasinghe2019survey}. Although Monero is private by default, additional precautions can be made to hide users activity from the third party like using Kovri or Tor.
Among users in the dataset, Kovri (8 out of 113) or Tor (23 out of 113) is used by less than 30\% of respondents as can be seen in the Figure \ref{table:moneropayusageresearch} .
Among users in the dataset, Kovri 7\% (8 out of 113) or Tor 20\% (23 out of 113) is used by less than one third of the respondents in total as can be seen in the Figure \ref{table:moneropayusageresearch} .
\subsection{Monero key and coin management}
Apart from client software that is used for accessing and making transactions in Monero, wallet management should be taken with at least the same importance as the users choice has a direct influence on who has access to the funds as explained along with the wallet types in the Chapter \ref{sec:wallets}.
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\caption{Wallet types usage in Monero.}
\label{chart:monerowalletsusagechart}\end{figure}\end{center}
\pagebreak
\subsection{Monero recovery}
For further wallet protection, the majority of users also encrypt their wallet or the datastore on which the keys reside on (88 out of 113).
For further wallet protection, the majority of users also encrypt their wallet or the datastore on which the keys reside on 78\% (88 out of 113).
A slightly higher number of users admit backing up their wallet keys (101) while a significant number of respondents had already needed to restore their wallet keys (50). To complete the recovery statistics, 49 out of 50 were able to restore the keys from the backup media.
A slightly higher number of users admit backing up their wallet keys 89\% (101 out of 113) while a significant number of respondents had already needed to restore their wallet keys 44\% (50 out of 113). To complete the recovery statistics, 98\% (49 out of 50) were able to restore the keys from the backup media.
For visualization of wallet recovery reasons and restore methods see the Figures \ref{chart:recoveryreason} and \ref{chart:recoverymethod}.
\vspace{-1em}
\begin{center}
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{tikzpicture}
@ -1647,15 +1744,19 @@ For visualization of wallet recovery reasons and restore methods see the Figures
\legend{Disk issue, Software issue, Device error, Not specified
}
\coordinate (A) at (200,0);% ******** start of changes ************
\coordinate (B) at (300,8mm);
\coordinate (A) at (16,0);% ******** start of changes ************
\coordinate (B) at (40,0);
\coordinate (C) at (68,0);% ******** start of changes ************
\coordinate (D) at (94,0);
\end{axis}
\node at (A) {test};
\node at (B) {test 2};% ********* end of changes **********
\node at (A) {15};
\node at (B) {9};% ********* end of changes **********
\node at (C) {20};
\node at (D) {6};% ********* end of changes **********
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{Reason for wallet recovery.}
\label{chart:recoveryreason}\end{figure}\end{center}
\vspace{-2.5em}
\begin{center}
\begin{figure}[H]
\begin{tikzpicture}
@ -1695,11 +1796,17 @@ For visualization of wallet recovery reasons and restore methods see the Figures
\legend{Hard drive, Cloud storage, Flash drive, Paper media, Mnemonic seed
}
\coordinate (A) at (200,0);% ******** start of changes ************
\coordinate (B) at (300,8mm);
\coordinate (A) at (10,0);% ******** start of changes ************
\coordinate (B) at (20,0);
\coordinate (C) at (27,0);% ******** start of changes ************
\coordinate (D) at (55,0);
\coordinate (E) at (92,0);
\end{axis}
\node at (A) {test};
\node at (B) {test 2};% ********* end of changes **********
\node at (A) {9};
\node at (B) {2};% ********* end of changes **********
\node at (C) {5};
\node at (D) {26};% ********* end of changes **********
\node at (E) {8};% ********* end of changes **********
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{Method used for wallet recovery.}
\label{chart:recoverymethod}\end{figure}\end{center}
@ -3294,35 +3401,6 @@ Following files are included in the attachment archive:
\end{itemize}
\chapter{Paying for services and goods - User \\research}
\begin{figure}[H]
\center
%\begin{tabular}{cp{0.35\linewidth}rp{0.2\linewidth}r p{0.35\linewidth} }
\begin{tabular}{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{0.35\linewidth}%
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>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}p{0.35\linewidth}%
}
\textbf{Usage} & \textbf{\% of users from total} & \textbf{N of users from total N=113} \\
Subscriptions & 15\% & 17 \\
Restaurants & 05\% & 06 \\
Donations & 45\% & 51 \\
Art & 05\% & 06 \\
Electronics & 18\% & 20 \\
Travelling & 03\% & 03 \\
E-shops & 19\% & 22 \\
Darknet markets & 18\% & 20 \\
Gambling sites & 03\% & 03 \\
Drugs & 10\% & 11 \\
Illegal usecases & 05\% & 06 \\
VPN services & 35\% & 31 \\
Gift cards & 04\% & 04 \\
Hosting and IT services & 22\% & 25 \\
Other & 00\% & 00
\end{tabular}
\caption{Monero usage for payments.}
\label{table:moneropayusageresearch}
\end{figure}
\chapter{Responses sorted by country - User research}
\vspace{-1em}
\begin{figure}[H]

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@ -117,4 +117,18 @@ SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Anonymity_Kovri_to_access_M
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Anonymity_DTor_to_access_Monero_network LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Anonymity_DTor_to_access_Monero_network LIKE 'uncertain';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Anonymity_DTor_to_access_Monero_network LIKE 'no';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Hot_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Cold_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Exchangebased_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Viewonly_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Airgapped_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Web_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Paper_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Other LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Which_type_of_wallet_do_you_use_Hardware_wallet LIKE 'yes';
SELECT COUNT(*), (COUNT(*)*100)/113 FROM users WHERE Anonymity_DTor_to_access_Monero_network IS NULL;