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It is said that strong states in cyberspace such as the USA and England are following the bitcoin. Is this true?

yep
as for user adoption.. UK and US are the power houses.
..developing countries are well behind and struggling due to things like tx fee's pricing them out of seeing utility in it (a tx fee can be a couple hours labour in some developing countries)

as for mining.. asia and europe are are power houses.
..western countries just cant afford the cheap manufacturing of asics or the cheap labour and cheap electric to beat the east

as for services, merchants.. US, canada and europe are the power houses.
.. again eastern/southern countries cant afford the utility of buying things with it due to fee's

yup thats true i have even heared that thier shops accepts bitcoin as payments well i never tried it but i think they does, we can easily find oiut some yourtube  videos realated to this

yes in fact usa and england have a very strong regulation about bitcoin, they are way ahead in comparison to other country, where bitcoin is not regulated at all, i know that in america you need to pay taxs if you buy stuff with bitcoin without even dumping to fiat, they have strict rule on your account on coinbase and follow all your movements

I live in the UK and whilst we may be a power house when it comes to bitcoin, it is still a fringe technology which the average person has either never heard of or knows very little about.  :-\

Abit concerned about what franky says regarding African countries not being able to use bitcoin due to TX fees, to day i went to sweep a paper wallet and was shocked that it was costing 0.84 pence compared to 0.08p 2 months ago.  so i can understand their predicament. 

yep
4pence UK is an hours labour in Cuba.
84pence UK is 21 hours labour in Cuba.

so while bigname developers in america pretend that while getting $1m a year from blockstream $480 an hour. they have lost sight that $0.75 is alot. they see it as less than 1second of labour.
so while volunteer in america pretend that while getting $7.50 a hour from their day jobs. they have lost sight that $0.75 is alot. they see it as less than 6 minutes of labour. they even down play it that bitcoin is 'normally' 8cents which is about 30seconds of labour.

they cant see the big international picture

America and England? Yes, adoption-wise and on user base. American people seem to be knowledgeable enough of bitcoin since they were able to see the news every now and then whenever there is some big changes/events/news for bitcoin. Also, as for the part of England, regulations exist dictating that their citizens and also their government are aware of what's happening with bitcoin and what is it really.

America and England are the one of the best countries of the world where bitcoin is widely accepted. China is of course another one. Although coinbase will track the movement in these countries, but then why should we use Coinbase or other online wallet. Use a desktop wallet and be save always

The point here is not bitcoin wallet online or offline. The fact is that if the govt. regulates the bitcoins and track it, then you cant withdraw it to local currencies.  Whenever you transfer your coins from wallet to local currency, the govt regulation and tracking come into place.

Chances are there is a strong following in the US and England for Bitcoin, but it likely has a lot less money moving through it in those markets than places like China or whatever.

I'm in Canada so I can't say anything specific, but there is also a decent following for the population size up here, so there is a decent chance that everywhere else has similar proportions relative to population size.

Yes,both of countries that you have mentioned above known as a strong state for bitcoin.Bitcoin activities such of this state and maintain fully legal ways also Its concerned that while not only US-based exchanges are regulated but also so more service are operated,most of shops accepted bitcoin as a payment system.

can people stop thinking china is a power house

lets simplify it

eastern exchanges: 1 person  moving 12.5btc day-trading every 30 seconds = 36,000btc "trade volume" but only 12.5btc holding
vs
western exchanges: 100 people each moving 0.01btc daytrading ever 30 seconds = 2,880btc "trade volume" but only 100x 0.01btc holding (btc)

ok.. keep that concept in mind.

now imagine out of the coins created by pools 1800btc.. where the top 6 eastern pools (50%) only put 10% in public markets (6 people 90btc combined)
imagine westerners 10btc make it to public markets and are handled by 1000 people with 0.01each (1000 people 10btc combined)

eastern: 90btc moving every 30 seconds= 259,200btc volume but only 1.5btc per person with only 6 people
vs
western: 10btc moving every 30 seconds= 28,800btc volume but only 0.01btc per person with 1000 people


so i done it twice because people think small numbers of first example is not representative of reality.. so second example is larger numbers..
but the point is volume does NOT = more users/better adoption/ more popularity / whole country involvement.

I think that both USA and UK have many bitcoin users and adopters. As far as I know there are no some governments restrictions for using bitcoins and there are also some developed bitcoin businesses. Maybe some states within USA have some specific policies but in general I beleive there are no special obstacles for bitcoiners.

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i dont say about america or u.k because iam from asia and i think in europe it is more popular than here in asia the people of asia don't know about it much

what kind of transaction fees are you talking about.Is transaction fees such a big issue now a days.It might be an issue years down the lane but not right now as you can send your coins with minimal transaction fees but the amount of time it would take to get the transaction through is really huge as it is taking hours to confirm the transaction.

Really, the US?  I thought China ruled above all as far as that goes.  It doesn't seem like the US has really adopted bitcoin at all.  And I say that because I live in the US and I know of no place around me that takes bitcoin.  And I don't know many other users in real life.  You're very knowledgeable, so I shall take your word for that.  Didn't think England was anywhere near 'Powerhouse' status, but I profess ignorance in many things bitcoin.

yes American and England their people follow the bitcoin and they using bitcoin in a hue amount because bitcoin is very much popular and profitable currency and bitcoin online transaction is very good than other service and there many different countries following the bitcoin .

yes that is a fact that the users of bitcoin are available in England and America, i think you will find the users of bitcoin everywhere i the world. people have now started bitcoin as currency.

I agree with your reasoning that China might not be as great as many would thing. But despite all your calculations it is Chinese traders who dictate the price.
AFAIK every major pump which brought price of BTC above $1000 threshold (in late 2013 and in December 2016) was originated and sustained by Chinese traders.
It is still safe to assume that China is behind the price of BTC, and price is the most crucial factor here - no one will tell me otherwise.

I'm pretty sure a big part of this forum itself is from Europe and other continents. Bitcoin is worldwide but it still doesn't have the needed popularity to go big. It cannot go from millions to billions in a short time without a shocking thing happening (imagine the price going up to $100.000) or mass advertisement worldwide which means a lot of money. The downside to this is that the more people are going to use it, the more governments will try to do against it.

Both are very big countries in all fields even they are accepting bitcoin in their countries as a option to pay in some outlets but the thing is suppose if people are willing to pay with bitcoin they need to pay taxes for their usage, really this is very good because so in this way bitcoin will become more popular.

i think people from america and england follow bitcoin although its not all of the people and there is no regulations for bitcoin until now. but as the big country, i am sure that people from america and england giving their support for bitcoin by using bitcoin itself.

i say yes if america and england folow bitcoin,  i have a friend from america and he know about bitcoin and use it even he invest on a site who accepted bitcoin

Even i know some my friend who live in America and England are eventually following bitcoin because my friend are into a part of bitcoin trading, the money they are making through bitcoin they are paying taxes for it. As long as they are paying on what they are earning through bitcoin they are safe.

I don't know for a fact if both nations are following but they should and I wouldn't be surprised if they are because of the potential the entire blockchain technology seeks to present to the world and the fear that China has more stake in the network control of bitcoins than the rest of the world.

Strong countries seeing a strong future in bitcoin. Why the hell not?
They will of course, knowing they could create more money with it so why not enter it also. US is one of those who are trying hard to scatter the definition of bitcoin and what it does. Look at youtube it is all them that are creating videos to enlighten human beings.

And to think that people asked if there's enough idiots in the world who would order miners from BFL back in the day or invest in StakeMiners today.  ::)

I can't say of England in Bitcoin space, have not seen anything indicating BTC influence in England, but I know Bitcoin has real and strong followers in States. It will be good for BTC to have strong followers in these countries.

true , it was concerned to see there is some people can (actually) control the market ,
chinese are so dangerous nowadays in any field ,
imho they are really great in developing bitcoin especially if talking about manipulating the price ,
well we have different way to support bitcoin by the way .

Yes, I think America and England accepts
bitcoin and also China. Many country accepts
bitcoin and one of those countries is this three
large countries.

As far as I know, yes there are lot of bitcoin users over in US, also there are other merchants too that accepted bitcoin. It may not all there citizens are bitcoin users but perhaps, they build big bitcoin community anyhow.

This is so, England is one of the first countries that have started to actively explore blockchain technology, but that it relied on bitcoin, or had a lot of followers of this can not be heard. After Brexit very little news from the UK for this area.

Several Americans were found of using bitcoin actively than the people residing in UK. In America people accepted and has got lots of acceptance for bitcoin in physical stores. UK as a Country which accepts bitcoin got decreased when several crisis took place dear its growing level.

This is a perfect example, I have thought nobody cares about adoption in poor countries. In my country is like 1 hour yeah not a "big deal" for almost every 1st world country.

as iam from asia i don't know much about the europe but know that there are some shops in america and england which accept bitcoin and there are many online shops which accept bitcoin.... i had never purchased any thing using bitcoin but iam sure that the people of europe follow bitcoin much more than us........

First a minor point for the OP - England is not a "state", it is a country within the United Kingdom. It was never a full member of the EU, where countries are considered "states". We are now leaving the EU.

To address the original question. I am in England, and I have made several attempts to accept Bitcoin as payment for various sales. So far I have had virtually no success. I can transfer Sterling immediately via my bank's on-line service, and there is no charge for this. This makes it difficult for Bitcoin to compete. I have tried to sell domain names for Bitcoin, but so far, buyers have preferred to pay in dollars. I will probably set up a crypto-currency only sales site for domain names in the near future.

I am keen to explore the possibility of using multiple signatures with Bitcoin transactions to provide an escrow function.

Yes that is true. America and England cannot just let bitcoin opportunity aside. They are one of the highly developed countries in the world and they are very interested in blockchain technology. They have seen the value and the market in this kind of business and it is another income opportunity for them. But not only America and England but other countries in the world too.

I move a lot between the UK and Africa and I can tell you there is a huge difference between the two. You will be hard pressed to find any ATM's for

Bitcoin in many of the bigger towns in Africa, but you will find loads in the UK. I travel through some rural areas in Africa too, and you will not find

anyone that even heard about Bitcoin. {M-Pesa is quite common} Africa is a massively huge untapped market for Bitcoin, but everyone is simply

concentrating on 1st world countries.  ???

I guess this is the difference between developed country and developing country.  Developed country are faster to adopt technology than the developing country.  Not only in africa , there is seldom a bitcoin ATM here in Philippines, I only known one in Makati City but  I do not know if it is still functional till now.

As what franky1 said, America and England/Europe are powerhouse of Bitcoin adoption.

Smart tech people know BTC over here in UK.  The news will always have stories providing there is something worth talking about, mostly price going up though like all media.

If its technology that is talking about that two countries will always be advance and not ignorant about whats trending now they are renown to people who are tech savvy . Third world countries will always be left behind because of places that has no internet access or too slow that searching thru google would be a hard thing to do for them. 

I have no knowledge of England. But America is closely following the bitcoin system. There is no problem as long as Bitcoin does not harm American interests. But if they damage their interests, they can do 51% attacks.

Both countries have a large tech population who are starting to enter into this economy... They both contain taxation as well as booming infrastructure in comparison to foreign nations. Although there's much to imagine with how other countries yet to adopt it, Bitcoin can easily be gathered in many places such as China + European Union. I know of surprising people spreading this currency successfully and as time progresses more open up.

Without a doubt Bitcoin is gaining traction in every country around the world, it's just a matter that there's not a stopping point to adoption. This economy is at rapid heights and may soon come up with as much as the post dot com economic bubble.

Even though I don't live in America or England I was almost sure that US citizens follow bitcoin and there is a big adoption of bitcoin because USA was the leader of  bitcoin regulations. Unlike that I wouldn't claim the same thing for England even though I live in a European country and I would have ever listen something about it. Moreover, some members from Asia told that people in their countries don't know bitcoin but many times I have read in this forum people from Philippines to claim that are bitcoin supporters using a famous in their country wallet, is called coins.ph if I am not mistaken. To summarize, I believe that countries more familiar with internet and technology has more followers in bitcoin despite the fact many of them they don't like to present their opinion outside of their local forum.

it is right. you can know that by seeing this forum. there are a lots of people of USA and Europe. there is a poll thread about bitcoin users that ask where they are from. and I see there are a lot of people from USA and Europe.

Not only them but almost all the countries in the world are secretly following working and watching everything related to crypto, you know that governments are funded by banks and banks are the middle men when it comes to money and since peer to peer digital currency removes the middle men from the deal then they are no longer able to take fees, taxes and control people's lives.

That is why they trying to stay objective and get involve fearing they might lose everything in the future, they are right now mining bitcoins as we speak and store them in cold wallets to avoid being left behind in the next 40 years.

I would say yes, there are few shops from England and USA that already accepting bitcoin, and I am sure that as a modern country like US and England they must have follow the development of new technology like bitcoin and I am sure a lot of US and England user attracted to try to used bitcoin because it is the new currency and it gives easy way to do transaction

It is definitely true. There is a very big market for Bitcoin in the US and in the UK. There are a lot of investors in those two countries because they have money. It is not only them though, most developed countries have quite a lot of people investing into Bitcoin. When it comes to non-developed countries, this completely changes because they don't have money to invest into anything.

So what dat, like a dolla an hour or sommethin'?  That shit's wack! 

Yeh we got bitcoin in tha news when the price be essplodin' like 2013, but asside from that people jist be watchin' Trump make a fool ass out himseff, an' they ain't got a clue bout the revolution goin' on.  Dumb muthafukkas in the states all 'round.

i think in future most of the third world countries like most to the  countries of asia and africa will get the internet access and iam from a developing country of asia (pakistan) and i saw much increase in the growth of internet and most of the people searching for job online due to unemployement so i  think bitcoin is very attractive to them.........

Truly speaking third world country people were in need so they try different methods to make living better. On account of this they will surely make lot advancement in technology as well easily get adopted to it.

As I gathered an info from my research previous months ago, that was last year and according to them america and england has the most bitcoin users and im fact they are getting larger in numbers. Most of them were traders and also having peer to peer buying and selling of bitcoins, because they find it convenient for them to earn money through digital currency and convert it to fiat money, which they think more profitable.

I disagree with what you are saying. There are many in third world countries want to find a new way of making money but the number is not very remarkable since they do not have enough technologies or money to learn about new things. I also live in third world country but the people in my country do not know what Bitcoin is

Until now I had never heard about this, I think the America and England would not follow bitcoin, even if the two countries would, of course, will make its own coins that could be in full control. Bitcoin drawback is can not be in control so it is impossible to use the state as a legal means of payment.

I think States are hiding bitcoins in the  hardware wallets. In addition, states are working to control the bitcoin system. If the bitcoin system poses a threat to them, they want to be prepared to destroy the bitcoin.

for me, there are lots of bitcoin users in the united states of america and in england. even bill gates of microsoft acknowledged the existence of bitcoin because they saw it's potential to become on top of the monetary system. they believe that bitcoin will be more popular and successful in the near future. there are lots of believers in america and england!

If you are not familiar let me explain some,China does have the biggest miners and they are the biggest investors in the world when it comes to bitcoin and China is an Asian country  :)Everyone who is interested and attracted to the technological aspect of bitcoin are following bitcoin irrespective of continents and countries.

I think it could be possible, Maybe they had a lot of it regarding in bitcoin. And by that things, they could get some of the features in bitcoin,.  So no wonder why is it possible. If Australia, Russia, China, and etc. are following bitcoin, although those countries I mentioned are owning bitcoin and China is the biggest owned of bitcoin, how much more them, right?

They cannot get 100% Bitcoin control. The only thing they can control is making it impossinle to look for Bitcoin on the Internet, so censorship. Which would probably cause small chaos.. and the two countries are not following Bitcoin because it is not the priority at the moment to change anything about it.

Even many poor countries in the world follow bitcoin for their economy and also for the prevention of crime (like money laundry), how do you think big countries with huge economy don't follow cryptocurrencies world? Don't you think they want to control it? Don't you think they can't see the opportunities or probable dangers of bitcoin?

I think percentage wise yes England and America has more bitcoin users than in Asia but if you consider that India and China have combined population is more than 2 Billion and even if just 1% of there total population uses bitcoin,it would be around 10% of US population

China, England and America are the one of the best countries of the world where BTC is broad accepted.

no doubt about this that England and America are also using bitcoin. but i do not think that the users of these two counties are more that Asia, because in Asian we have three big countries who are using bitcoin. the Chines, the Indian and the Russian. although some other countries like Pakistan, Iran Saudi Arabia also have their contribution but not so much.

I hope that bitcoin will also use by developed countries such as USA and England because they have need to get digital  currencies to maintain their requirements of life.

I think they are already used by people in there.  As a matter of fact almost all the latest application of Bitcoin are being tested there first.  There are also lots of Bitcoin atm and establishment that is accepting bitcoin as mode of payment in those countries.  So I goes your hope had been fulfilled even before you typed your hopes here.

America and England are adopting everything faster then others cause mostly they are the first in everything. Its now with bitcoins, but before bitcoins and after bitcoins will be the same. It`s mostly like that cause their middle class is strong and have much higher salaries then people in other undeveloped countries have. They have more money to spent on everything, that is the reality. And of course for them everything is more accessible, in my country sometimes there isn`t new things we buy used ones from abroad.

I think it will stay like this. US and UK will remain top coders, but North Europe and Canada got some big coders too, and im sure in other countries too.

But what will for sure not change is china and other EE countries being top miners. How can we ever change this if they get cheap ass electricity?

Well american and England are the most adaptable countries in the world and they really get into what's new and make it bigger like bitcoin for example they really know whats up on what people really needs and they support it in my country they don't even support bitcoin so ill just save it until they do and the worst part is >.< i don't know how to spend it  but to gamble only >.<

Not just bitcoin but it seems that China will also be the home of most cryptcurrencies in near future.A lots of Chinese crypto projects have either started working and many are still in pipeline.I believe soon China will out number USA and England not only bitcoin in bitcoin but also in Altcoins.

How many members or posters here are from USA/England/EU?
How man are from Asia (China,India,Russia etc)
Rest of the world?

So that's pretty sums up who's who are embracing or adopting bitcoins around the world....

Actually I don't know. You mean not so many? You mean there are more people here from the rest of the world? Probably you are right, but there are more people living there so it's understandable. Personally I think that in English speaking countries governments do more for the good of their people hence they don't counteract the adoption of Bitcoin.

If these two country can lead to use the bitcoin, other countries will follow. Just like on our technology, if they invented a new technology, other countries keep on competing or other countries are inventing their own gadgets or new technology invented by America and England. America and England must promote bitcoins to other countries, also to make other countries be updated to it

The richest and most developed countires know the benefits of bitcoin, many big banks or corporations know the benefits of blockchain.

In the contrary, poorer countires like Russia, China, Vietnam hate bitcoin and always ban ban ban bitcoin. How poor are they.  ;D

USA is the strongest country in the world also the England. They are powerful countries. USA adopt a bitcoin as a cryptocurrency only so that the countries under his hands because of democracy will also adopt it  but they did not considered it legal currency because of the anonymity of bitcoin transactions.

The US is taking the third place by the number of bitcoin users, just right after China and India. I think the biggest investors in bitcoin is right from the US, cause of this country showed itself for years as the place where the most perspective people live. I can say nothing about England, never heard that it showed itself at least somehow in bitcoin's point.

You can't determine the bitcoin users in each country based on how often they're active and posting in this forum and why the heck they need to.
There's also many people who didn't know this forum and just don't want to get involved into these discussions, they just use bitcoin and don't care about another business.

They sure are starting to use it more but they're definitely falling behind the Chinese when it comes to mining. Whether that would have an impact on the crypto is still debated. We can only expect states to be more interested as adoption rate increases.

   Headline is confusing for me, America and England do not follow bitcoin. I don't know any country that follow bitcoin, who is bitcoin to be followed?
   People who live in US or England support bitcoin, like people from many other countries. This headline and topic are stupid, that is my personal opinion.

only because china has cheap electricity , they have a lot money and we gave them even more..

Of course that both these states are meticulously following Bitcoin. This is a new technology that is disrupting the way financials are done. Even though governments have considered this technology has a tool for online criminals, today they are finding that this technology that might be very useful

Hey mate, they are top of the users and most convenient on using bitcoin publicly, together with China, if you do not mind there was a thread here with the news that there is some other restaurant in US that uses bitcoin for payment, they adopt bitcoin easily and fast, they are on top for the fast developing country bot only in bitcoin but as whole in economic standard. So those who are in high rank standard, they involve their selves to something like this because they do not want to be controlled by others and being left behind what is on trend.

By mentioning countries you mean government? However, government can't control the adoption and popularisation of Bitcoin. However, if you meant general folk then YES! Not only America (don't know if you meant USA or Subcontinent) and England but the whole world is adopting it. At present scene, developing countries like India are more enthusiast for Bitcoin whereas developed already integrated it!

If any country will not follow bitcoin, count USA out and now adding England to it, they are the two countries at the fore front to either make or mar bitcoin. When they make a direction, I am sure not one or two countries will follow the same way. I guess the liberty we are still enjoying today is because of the indecisive decision concerning bitcoin of these two Nations.

Exactly, these 3 are leading in bitcoin economy so why do OP wonder? Is he new in bitcoin?
Actually they are most convenient in using bitcoin publicly like there are restaurant who accepts bitcoin, there were ATMs available. This is how people really adopt bitcoin in their country and there are also some other countries whose government accept it.

I wonder what will happen when all their loans default.

Does not Germany have an adoption rate similar to that of UK and US?

Ironically, the countries that have strong laws regarding property ownership are the ones with the highest rate of bitcoin use, when Bitcoin gives opportunity of guaranteed property ownership to those in countries with poor laws regarding property rights.

By mentioning countries we can also consider their people, we  know that still bitcoin is not consider as legal currency, while their people are still using bitcoin, we in most of the countries still people have no proper knowledge about bitcoin therefore they are not using bitcoin, but I think once they will aware the importance of bitcoin then they will certainly start accepting bitcoin.

Yeah, it is true, i know America and England are used bitcoin in all matters, they people have no problem to use bitcoin in open market, even they use it easily in anywhere, and buy everything with bitcoin, And as you know they are powerful countries of bitcoin users. Also it is great for bitcoin, because it build trust for those countries who don't use bitcoin.   

I see many people from America and England are wisely using bitcoin either for their needs, many people from these countries have invested in bitcoin. I see one of biggest exchange is running from US only, so it might be an example America and England active using the bitcoin.

Well I don't know if any of those world super power countries are following and I wouldn't be surprised if they are because Bitcoin is cutting across every boundary and territory including England and the United States. There are many Bitcoin ATM's setup in these countries and so i would be the least surprised if they are indeed keenly following.

Trumpcoin, Clinton coin amongst others are just signs that the United States and perhaps the United Kingdom might be following Bitcoin and maybe research into its long term viability on their markets. So I'm convinced they are following.

I had even watched a video of a grandma that mentioned bitcoin and saying that it is untraceable and that's in US.

I just don't have an idea if there are people from England who are already using bitcoins but I guess so there are.

The United States of America and the United Kingdom is not following bitcoins but rather a few number of its citizens are into bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. The only countries that I know that really follows bitcoin is China and Switzerland. China already announced that its citizens has the right to own bitcoins while the government of Switzerland has recognize the usage of bitcoin. Other countries have few number of citizens engaging in bitcoin thats why when the government has not placed its eyes on bitcoin then we cannot consider them following bitcoin.

Most of the people in the goods section are US because they only ship item in the US. Well, I think UK is the second country which support Bitcoin after the America. However, since Bitcoin is decentralized, it is not necessary to distinguish the people from other countries. We will al unite if Bitcoin become the number one currency

yes definitely ENGLAND and USA are one of the major players of bitcoin because the have green signal from government and people of those countries are more curious to use bitcoin and they are techy guys and we can't imagine English and American people living without bitcoin. next to china America is the major player but England are little far away from the top rank of bitcoin

For me, China is the country that follows Bitcoin system most. I do not think that countries such as the United States of America and the United Kingdom follow the bitcoin system as much as China. Bitcoin use rates may be high in these countries (especially USA). But as a state, China is more concerned than the others.

There are many individual venture projects. It may be possible to see different entrepreneur projects from any country in the world. But when we look at the country-based, the interest rates are lower. Bitcoin is not a topic that is constantly on the agenda of countries.

And that is what I believed that there are a lot of people who are residing in US that are using bitcoin.

But in UK I didn't knew that they are second country which support bitcoin, do you have some proofs about it for UK people.

It seems that English people are majority of bitcoin supporters.

Most of the new technologies are tried and tested here first for adaptation. USA and UK are obviously the foundations of most of the start-ups, similarly for BTC also the USA has given allot of importance and adaptation, from small merchants to big outlets. It provides a basic stability in the day to day usage and transactions.

England/UK esp. The City Of London has a Looooooong history of financial innovation and trade going back hundreds of years. The city dominates the FOREX market with about 40% of trade going through London. London is also No. 1 in the GOLD and SILVER markets.

Times change and so do the markets. The UK Gov are keen to keep London as a financial innovator (and that includes Bitcoin start-ups) so they have start-up incubators in this area and other help.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-explores-blockchain-technology-to-improve-public-services

If any other country does not follow bitcoin which I know its impossible, those two countries are definitely keen on finding out what will happen or happening in the crypto world with bitcoin taking the lead role and that is why some exchange sites and gambling sites specifically banned users from these two countries from patronising their services.

I do not think that is the reason why users from this country were banned from some exchange sites and gambling sites.  The reason I think is with connection to the country rules and regulation regarding these kinds of exchange sites and gambling sites.  The law of those country probably prohibit anykind of gambling that is not registered in their regulatory board or gambling is not allowed in that country.  Aside from that  I do not see a country wanting to be the leading role with Bitcoin as a reason to ban its citizen in some sites.

Bitcoin has long been considered the most stable currencies in the world - moving from being worth $ 2 to $ 1,100+ in the last five years. But it was considered illegal currency stable is now a safe haven when compared with the fluctuations in the pound.
Sterling became very volatile right after the UK as to leave the EU on 23 June 2016. Its value declined sharply immediately after the results were announced, sending volatility rose more than doubled, and the instability that has stayed high since. Many people moved to Bitcoin because Bitcoin has enjoyed a period of relative stability in the days since the voting Brexit.
But whether this will persist for the next few years
We need to wait developments

Which services are banned for UK citizens?

There are loads of services not available to US citizens, not just crypto services. It's because their rules make it a real ball ache with paper work etc. That's its not worth the agro. And online gambling is illegal for US citizens