{"id":291,"date":"2014-02-10T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.holytransaction.com\/over-3000-bitcoin-friendly-merchants\/"},"modified":"2021-09-01T03:22:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T01:22:22","slug":"over-3000-bitcoin-friendly-merchants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/over-3000-bitcoin-friendly-merchants.html","title":{"rendered":"Over 3,000 Bitcoin-friendly merchants are already registered at CoinMap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinexaminer.org\/3000-bitcoin-merchants-coinmap\/\">BitcoinExaminer<\/a>) Bitcoin\u2019s amazing ride into the mainstream is not just happening online with the help of big retailers like <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinexaminer.org\/overstock-com-enables-bitcoin-payments-for-us-residents\/\">Overstock<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinexaminer.org\/bitcoin-payments-and-mining-hardware-are-a-reality-at-tigerdirect\/\">TigerDirect<\/a>. There are now <b>more than 3,000 brick-and-mortar merchants spread across the world that accept cryptocurrency<\/b>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmap.org\/\">CoinMap<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The online map allows retailers to register once they start accepting BTC and the number of members has been growing exponentially. After the price peak registered in November of 2013, CoinMap went from almost 1,000 to 2,004 merchants.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinexaminer.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/63.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4120\" src=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/coinmap-2014.jpg\" alt=\"coinmap 2014 bitcoin\" width=\"1006\" height=\"508\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And now the platform took another big leap, currently listing 3,003 physical retailers. This means that the number of businesses registered at <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/a-map-of-bitcoin-friendly-businesses.html\">CoinMap<\/a> <b>grew about 50 percent in less than two months<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>place with the biggest number of retailers is still the United States <\/b>\u2013 with 1,294 businesses -, but Europe is giving America a run for its money with more than 1,200 companies and stores that already accept Bitcoin.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cryptocurrency is even present in more secluded places like Iceland or Siberia, as you can see on the website.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Bitcoin\/comments\/1xfahq\/coinmap_reaches_3000_listings\/\">According to the calculations made by the Redditor \u2018LiveBeef\u2019<\/a>,\u00a0<b>CoinMap\u2019s next big jump should happen in March<\/b>, when the platform could reach 4,000 merchants.<\/div>\n<p>Open your free digital wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/holytransaction.com\/app#!\/signup\">here<\/a> to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(BitcoinExaminer) Bitcoin\u2019s amazing ride into the mainstream is not just happening online with the help of big retailers like Overstock or TigerDirect. 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