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Title: Number of merchants using Bitcoin Post by: gsingh on December 09, 2013, 11:12:47 AM Hi,
I heard someone saying that number of merchants accepting Bitoins is not rising significantly. I personally feel this is not the case. Is there any charts or data proving this point? Thanks Title: Re: Number of merchants using Bitcoin Post by: kwest on December 09, 2013, 11:17:27 AM I don't have a chart, but if I really wanted to know I would e-mail Shopify and Bitpay.
Title: Re: Number of merchants using Bitcoin Post by: Mitchell on December 09, 2013, 11:19:33 AM Well, Bitcoin Black Friday was a hit and a lot of new merchants joined, according to them. Also, BitPay (which most merchans use) had a lot more transaction to process last month.
News articles: Black Friday set a record for Bitcoin commerce, Bitpay says (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/12/02/black-friday-set-a-record-for-bitcoin-commerce-bitpay-says/) Over 400 Retailers Are Offering Deals On New “Bitcoin Black Friday” Website (http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/28/over-400-retailers-are-offering-deals-on-new-bitcoin-black-friday-website/) All this is related to the Bitcoin Black Friday and new merchants can always stop accepting Bitcoin. So I have no idea how accurate this is. Title: Re: Number of merchants using Bitcoin Post by: Sindelar1938 on December 09, 2013, 11:32:58 AM Bitpay has 12,000+ merchants signed up right now
That number was 2100 in May when they raised funds Title: Re: Number of merchants using Bitcoin Post by: betyourbits on December 09, 2013, 11:37:52 AM Like others have stated between BitPay and Shopify I think the numbers are growing very fast. If you watch /r/bitcoin you will see tens of new businesses posting per day about how they now accept bitcoin. I think one day soon your going to wake up and be able to pay with bitcoin almost everywhere.
Also -- through services like gyft you can already purchase things with bitcoin almost anywhere. Title: Re: Number of merchants using Bitcoin Post by: davidgdg on December 09, 2013, 12:37:14 PM I've been keeping a record of the global BTC total at coinmap.org
It was 587 on the 7th November. This morning it was 1678. Title: Re: Number of merchants using Bitcoin Post by: scribe on December 09, 2013, 09:48:48 PM Some time ago, a few of us tried charting the entries on the wiki page: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=35083.0
But over time, a) the wiki got cleaned up so counts were all over the place, and b) I suspect the page became less updated and relevant anyway, so not as much use any more. Go with gut instinct, I reckon. |