After rummaging through 270,000 Ledger user information, I got the most hardcore cryptocurrency user portrait

Original title: "Looking through 270,000 Ledger user information, I got the most hard-core cryptocurrency user portrait"

Original source: Lianwen

A database file containing  more than 270,000 account information  has become a bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger  What a nightmare, this file was sold at a very low price on  RaidForums  (a platform for hackers to buy, sell and share data), and it was spread widely in a very short period of time. And this is undoubtedly a " fatal challenge " for Ledger, which has long emphasized the provision of the highest level of protection services.

In July this year, Ledger officially disclosed a hacking attack, and pointed out that in June this year, the information of  9500  users was stolen by hackers However, judging from the latest version of data circulating on the Internet, the user data leaked when Ledger was hacked in June this year may be far more than the number of 9,500.

In the past ten hours, a large number of users under the Twitter label Ledger Hack have confirmed the authenticity of this document through query and comparison of leaked files Authenticity, that is to say, the total amount of leaked data has actually reached 272852 as many as, and this part of the data includes the user's email address, mobile phone number, zip code and receiving address (this address is likely to be the user's business address or even home address).

Ledger official push Tate has also publicly stated that this document "seems" to be the data stolen by hackers in the attack in June this year, and expressed his apology to users again in the official announcement, saying that it is the current team work to prevent similar situations from happening again. He also promised that Ledger will be more secure in the future. However, Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier has made it clear in an interview that Ledger will not compensate users whose information has been leaked.

Considering that Ledger’s official database does not save key information of users’ hardware wallets, this data leak will not cause direct damage to users’ assets for the time being. However, " Binding Leakage " of multiple contact methods will inevitably cause some potential harm. Therefore, if personal information is involved in documents circulated on the Internet, changing email addresses, mobile phone numbers, or even moving can be regarded as proactive Effective solutions to control risks.

However, it is this information leakage incident that gave us a rare opportunity to make user portraits for Ledger. Next, the author will not involve any individuals On the premise of user information, share some strange " cold knowledge " about Ledger users. If you are also interested in who actually bought hardware wallets, then the following content should solve some of your doubts.

The U.S. market accounts for one-third of the market, and the popularity of "coin speculation" cannot be equated with the number of users

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Among the 272,852 messages, American users accounted for one-third, reaching 91,442 messages, and the number of users in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Canada ranked 2-5, but There is still a large gap between the total number of users in these four countries and the number of users in the United States.  Mainland China The number of users is 2933, ranking 17th among major countries and regions , and if Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are combined, the total number of Ledger users in China can surpass Italy and rise to 10th place overall.

From the following data, it can be seen that  North America and Europe  are still the main target markets of Ledger, although East Asia and Southeast Asia are popular in the cryptocurrency market There has been a very obvious improvement in the Internet, but users' demand for hardware wallets is still at a relatively low level. The "big currency speculators"  China, Japan, Korea  are not ranked high in this ranking.

Another point worthy of attention is that  Venezuelan  people have a high demand for over-the-counter bitcoin transactions, but due to the poor domestic economic situation, Ledger The cost of hardware wallets represented by Venezuela is still a relatively obvious burden for users in the country. Therefore, although Venezuela’s bitcoin over-the-counter transactions are hot, the number of Ledger users is very limited, with only 15 of the 270,000 records.

North, Shanghai and Guangzhou in mainland China Not surprisingly, it has become a user-intensive area

The author has also sorted out the data that contains clear information about the provinces in mainland China, but due to the lack of a lot of information in the document , the following results are not based on a simple postal code comparison, but only include information with clear address , so there is a certain deviation between the total data and the total in mainland China shown in the above figure. The value of the absolute amount ratio is relatively higher.

Shanghai, Beijing and Guangdong  are not surprisingly ranked the top three, while the lower ones are basically the central and western provinces. It is worth mentioning that there is currently no obvious demand for hardware wallets in areas where domestic mining farms are relatively concentrated. It can be seen that the target users of such products are individual investors, and the  economic conditions of the corresponding regions  The acceptance of the currency has become the main factor affecting the number of Ledger users, and it can even be said to be an "absolute factor".

America is economically developed

Slightly surprising is that San Francisco, where Silicon Valley is located, did not take the top spot in this ranking,  ;New York, Los Angeles, and Brooklyn  surpassed the top three regions in the world that may be the most accepting of cryptocurrencies. It can be seen that the overall acceptance of cryptocurrencies in the United States has increased, and the population is more Dense  big cities Ledger users also saw a proportional increase.

Several major technologies Which employee of the giant loves Ledger more?

In the process of calculating the ranking of American cities, the author also specifically checked the reserved addresses, including FAANG, Microsoft and Twitter The number of users in several major  tech giant headquarters  locations in China and found some interesting results. Among the seven technology giants mentioned above, the number of user information of FAANG, which is often mentioned by the market, is far less than that of Twitter.

• Twitter headquarters address (1355 Market Street Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103) A total of 111 user information;

  
  

• Facebook headquarters address (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025) with 35 messages;

  
  

• Apple  headquarters address (1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014) 39 entries;

  
  

• Amazon headquarters address (410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109) 27 entries;

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• Netflix headquarters address (100 Winchester Circle, Los Gatos, CA 95032) 23 entries;

  
  

• Google  headquarters address (Mountain View, CA 94043) 46 entries;

  
  

• In addition Microsoft headquarters address (1 MICROSOFT WAY , REDMOND, WA 98052-6399) has a total of 40 pieces of information.

  
  

Although the number of such addresses does not reflect the total number of Ledger users used by employees of the corresponding enterprise, Twitter data clearly account for Excellent, or on the side, it shows the spreading properties of cryptocurrencies on  social media  platforms.

Out of curiosity, the author also inquired about the Tencent headquarters located on Shennan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, and the Ali headquarters located on Wenyi West Road, Yuhang District, Hangzhou However, considering the lack of Chinese information and the low overall number of samples in mainland China, the reference value is not high.

If you want to engrave your name on Ledger, what should you pay attention to?

This may be the "coldest" piece of information in this article. The author counted the names with the highest frequency in 270,000 pieces of information, among which Micheal , David  and Daniel  ranked the top three. Even in the user rankings of major countries and regions in the world, it can also be ranked 12th. Of course, due to the high proportion of American users, this ranking is actually very similar to the ranking of high-frequency words in the names of the American people, but if you want to have a personalized laser engraving on your Ledger, then how to avoid "  uncharacteristic ", the following table will help you.

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