I'm getting this reported by Chrome too:


Kumala, any ideas what's causing this?

What's the ETA for the 5s?

Thanks for this. Can you provide a bit more information on what your organisation does and where it is based in the UK.

Thanks for looking into this.

Great find. They are starting to come out of the wood work now. This looks like two separate entries.

I'll have to keep my wife away from this one!

Wife + chocolate = no bitcoins

I was trying to make a PDF to hand out to people, like a one side A4/A5 explanation of the benefits of Bitcoin and how to accept it for your business, but I've not had the time yet.

The key thing that I am still not clear on - and I think is key for retailers accepting Bitcoin - is what mobile clients are best and how does one use an iPhone to make payments?

Any advice on this welcome.

Does Bitstamp support LTC or are there any plans to add it in the future?

Is it me or is the website now unbelievably slow...

I have set up this thread to record all the UK organisations that are taking Bitcoin. This first post will be regularly edited to keep the list up to date.

I find it frustrating that I cannot spend my BTC in more places in the UK! So I have personally been targeting local organisations to tell them about Bitcoin and provide them with support to start accepting it; many of the names listed here are a direct result of my efforts mainly in Brighton and London.

I hope this list will encourage other organisations in the UK to start accepting Bitcoin as a form of payment. So if you take Bitcoin and are not listed here please post and I will add you. We want to hear your story.

    • 8 Ball Bikes – Bicycle and parts shop.
    • Artgalleriesdirect.com (New) - Supplier of original art on stretched canvas by Balinese artists.
    • AU Trading – Bullion Dealer, East London (& US).
    • Bells and Whistles Bespoke Wedding Stationery - Specialists in bespoke wedding stationery, Worthing.
    • Bit-Trade – A bitcoin enabled selling portal for small traders, Edinburgh.
    • Bitbargain.co.uk (New) - Buy and sell Bitcoins in the UK.
    • Bitcoin Checker – A Bitcoin information, exchange and verification service, Cardiff.
    • Bitcoin Stickers – Vinyl bitcoins stickers for windows, Brighton.
    • Bitfolk.com (New) - VPS hosting, London.
    • Bitroad – electronics for Bitcoin or Litecoin, London.
    • Bittylicious.com (New) - Buy and sell Bitcoins in the UK.
    • Birmingham Escorts – escort agency, now accepting bitcoin, Birmingham.
    • BURP – Opensource Backup and Restore Program.
    • Cable Studios – Design studios specialising in creative direction, broadcast design, print design & branding, East London.
    • Caladen.com (New) - Stockist of fibre optic (for FTTH/FTTX), pneumatic connectors and associated products, Nottingham.
    • Carpe Diem – Accountants now taking Bitcoin, Jersey.
    • The Chocolate Tree (Map) – Artisan chocolatiers specialising in hand crafted chocolates, Edinburgh.
    • CJS CD Keys – Digital download keys for the latest games, London.
    • Coast Networks – IT support, Sussex.
    • Coinregulations.com (New) - AML templates for UK authorities.
    • Coinsfer.com (New) - Pay for goods on US sites in BTC to have your items forwarded to you from a US address.
    • Cryptosextoys.com (New) - Sex toy, accept many forms of crypto, London.
    • Cumbria Cabs – Cab firm now taking bitcoin, Cumbria, Carlisle.
    • Daniel Hart's Taxi Service – Taxi service, Herefordshire.
    • DataShell.co.uk – Unlimited backup service for Bitcoin, currently offering free trials for bitcoin users, East Sussex.
    • Electronic Healing – An alternative therapies company, Brighton.
    • Elsa Hammond (New - Time Limited) – Elsa Hammond is undertaking a Sponsored British Solo Row Across the Pacific Ocean to Raise BTC for the Plastic Oceans Foundation. This is a time limited event so do show your support if you are interested. Sponsored by Blockchain.info.
    • Hosting.co.uk - Web hosting, London.
    • Hot Logs, +447540143404 (Map) – Firewood supplies, Barry, Wales.
    • Hydro Anonymous – Hydroponics supplies, south west UK.
    • IBWT – A cryptocurrency exchange, Devon.
    • The Idiot Village – Supplying novelty Bitcoin t-shirts, Cardiff.
    • I am Satoshi – Video & Multimedia Development and Production, Bricklane, London.
    • Inponics – A hybrid of hydroponics and aquaculture – turning fish waste into fertiliser, Manchester.
    • Individual pubs limited:
        o The Coalheavers Arms, Peterborough (Map)
        o The Devonshire Arms, Cambridge (Map)
        o The Haymakers, Cambridge (Map)
        o The Pembury Tavern, Hackney, East London (Map)
        o The White Lion, Norwich (Map)
    • King William IV Pub – King William IV Pub, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
    • The Maker's Academy (Map) – Web developer's academy is now taking Bitcoin for their course fees, London.
    • Modup - Nootropics supplier, Lancaster.
    • MetaLair – Opensource group trying to raise funds to develop a decentralised exchange, Brighton. (Disclaimer: OP is a principal of this organisation).
    • Northern Jewellers Escort Agency – Escort agency accepting Litecoin.
    • Nowell Associates (New) - Accountants specialising in Taxation, IT Services & Data security, Harrogate.
    • The Old Shoreditch Station (Map) – The 'Silicon Roundabout' Coffee Bar in Shoreditch, East London.
    • Patrick Gough Piano Lessons – Patrick Gough Piano Lessons, Shropshire.
    • Paul Christie Artists – Commissions and bespoke portraits, pictures, paintings and prints, Surrey.
    • Plant Ideas (New) - Plant kits to make your own beauty products and remedies.
    • Ravenscourt Design – Specialising in corporate branding and graphic design, Surrey.
    • RedBedlam – Software and games developers taking Bitcoin as payment for their flagship games title The Missing Ink, Brighton.
    • The Refinery (New) - Jersey based PR and online development agency.
    • Retro Towers – Retro games suppliers, Hertfordshire.
    • Riley & Silver – British manufactured clothing outlet, Somerset.
    • Ross Richards Design – specialising in design for the music industry.
    • Sash Window Preservation – Sash window and glazing experts, now accepting bitcoin, servicing Norwich and the south east of England.
    • Scirra – games development platform, now accepting bitcoin, Twickenham.
    • ServerBros – Server hosting and domain registration.
    • Skype English Lessons – English lessons over Skype.
    • Something Geeky – clothing outlet.
    • System Technology Consultants Limited – Digital Forensics and Data Recovery, Staffordshire.
    • Takeaway.com (New) – Takeaway service now accepting bitcoin.
    • Uni Airsoft – Airsoft supplier, Staffordshire.
    • VirtualDoctors – Charity providing telemedicine to remote African viliges, now taking donations, Brighton.

Additional Info:
    • CoinMap.org shows organisations on OpenStreetMap who accept Bitcoin. Its a wiki map so if you're organisation is not shown hear you can add yourself for free.
    • A list of wallet and payment methods can be found here if you want to set up your organisation to start taking Bitcoin.
    • MetaLair have also created some leaflets to help promote Bitcoin to organisations. These are currently available for global, UK and Brighton organisations. They are provided as free to use; so please print these and start canvassing organisations near you!

Selection Criteria:
    • Organisation must have presence in the UK, Isle of Man, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey or Shetland Islands or target goods and services specifically at those regions.
    • Organisation must state clearly that they accept cryptocurrency as payment; e.g. on their website or at their physical shop counter.
    • It must be clear (in the opinion of the OP) what goods or services an organisation is providing.
    • Goods or services must be available, i.e. not a kickstarter project or pre-order.

This is list is maintained concurrently with a duplicate list on reddit.

Please be aware some websites may contain malware that could steal your cryptocurrency. No assertion is given for the authenticity of the organisations listed here or quality of the goods and services they provide. Myself and bitcointalk.org cannot be held responsible for the contents of other websites.

A charity that works at the University incubation center with my company is thinking about taking donations in Bitcoin. I've been giving them some advice and pointed them at this thread which I've only just discovered myself.

They have just made a white list request in the Newbies forum and hopefully should post here shortly.

Their charity can be found at virtualdoctors.org.

Smoothie: How many 10 LTC coins left and how many 25 LTC coins of this batch will you be making?

Mike: yes got your mail thanks, just didn't want to miss you if you'd already posted out my order.

Mike: I've sent you an email about this - can I check you've got it as I want to append some of these to my order before you ship if that's ok.

Ah, thanks for that. That could fit. Chrome's more detailed expliantion states:


Could simply be a configuration error on their part then...

Ok, posted about this to their support here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41592.msg2770719#msg2770719

Been having issues connecting to BitMit from a number of different locations over the last week. As of last night, when I last checked, Chrome reports the following:


Internet explorer is also reporting issues:


However downforme reports the site is up: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bitmit.net. But I'm not sure if they are just testing for a ping response (or similar) from the domain.

Is someone trying to subvert traffic to the site? Possibly for nefarious activities such as phishisng. Or is it just down. If it's to do with SSL certificates it's not really an error I feel comfortable ignoring.

Can anyone better at diagnosing this type of issue provide some insight.

Can you give more details on what you mean?

Internet explorer is also reporting issues with the site's security:

Been having issues connecting to BitMit from a number of different locations over the last week. Now Chrome reports the following:


However downforme reports the site is up: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bitmit.net. But I'm not sure if they are just testing for a ping response (or similar) from the domain.

Is someone trying to subvert traffic to the site? Possibly for nefarious acticvities such as phishisng. Or is it just down.

Can anyone better at diagnosing this type of issue provide some insight.

OP, if you move this to Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Development & Technical Discussion I think you're more likely to get an answer.

You are able to move your own posts, if you look to the bottom left of any post you've made you'll see an option to move it.

Smoothie: can you give any details of the physical litecoins that will be available in the second batch?

Failing that do you know when the next batches will be available from your website (roughly)?