One billion bitcoin users in 2018? There are two groups of bitcoin users. Some use clients to store their wallet, others use an online wallet.Clients have to connect to the network during the blockchain download. On blockchain.info you can research the number of unique IPs. At the moment there are 1.6 Mio. Clients using a different IP. Compared to 1.25 half a year ago. Resulting in a yearly growth rate of 63%.More than 40 providers of an online wallet can be found in the bitcoin wiki. 127 000 users have an online wallet at blockchain.info. Compared to 23 000 users half a year ago. Consequently we get an insane yearly growth rate of 30 500%.Adding the client users, users of blockchains online wallet and the rest of the more than 40 online wallet providers we make an educated guess of 2 Mio users at the moment.If we take a look at facebooks growth rate: http://www.benphoster.com/facebook-user-growth-chart-2004-2010 . We see that it took seven years to increase the user base from 2 mio. to one billion. One billion bitcoin users in 2018? I am sure bitcoin can beat facebook.Further VISA has 1.7 Billion users at the moment. One valued with 50USD. This would price bitcoins at 3571USD in 2018. 14 Mio. coins multiplied by 3571 divided by 1 billion users would value one user at 50USD.Related articles:-----------------------------------No Legal or Financial AdviceThe information posted here should not be considered legal, financial or other advice and is not intended to replace consultation with a qualified professional or specific written confirmation from the IFEM. We do not answer specific legal or financial questions.