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July 24, 2013, 11:17:09 AM
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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.
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July 25, 2013, 02:14:41 AM
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Good plan for a thread, to help us uk bitcoiners out.

Hopefully within a few weeks ill have a site to add here, that will only accept bitcoin.

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July 25, 2013, 10:53:25 AM
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Metalair sounds interesting. How is that going?
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July 25, 2013, 01:10:03 PM
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Nice!! I want to do the same for my region - are you aware of any guides/experiences on how to to "sell" the benefits of Bitcoin to various types of businesses (online, offline, industry-specific, ie. coffee shops, hardware stores, electronics retailers, etc.) - is there maybe a thread on bitcointalk?

Thanks, Jürgen
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July 25, 2013, 01:16:53 PM
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http://the-chocolate-tree.bit-trade.co.uk

Haven't tried them but looks tasty
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July 25, 2013, 01:20:45 PM
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Nice!! I want to do the same for my region - are you aware of any guides/experiences on how to to "sell" the benefits of Bitcoin to various types of businesses (online, offline, industry-specific, ie. coffee shops, hardware stores, electronics retailers, etc.) - is there maybe a thread on bitcointalk?

Thanks, Jürgen


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.
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July 25, 2013, 01:22:23 PM
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http://the-chocolate-tree.bit-trade.co.uk

Haven't tried them but looks tasty

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 Sad
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July 25, 2013, 01:32:58 PM
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Try the old shoreditch station in shoreditch.

Went yesterday and had a coffee cocktail

- http://www.jaguarshoes.com/?page_id=88

Does anyone else have problems with this forum? Seems buggy as hell...
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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?

I agree - this is a major one that I have encountered as well. In Berlin, many merchants just post a big QR code on a piece of paper next to their cash register and keep a laptop running with Blockchain.info open and wait until the transaction comes in. Others have even been using iPads (also, just logging into Blockchain.info).

now, for their customers using an iPhone, not sure myself- but I am going to ask around on Saturday (in Berlin - anyone come by if you get a chance: http://bitcoinexaminer.org/bxb-2-bitcoin-exchange-berlin-will-have-a-second-round/) and report back Smiley

Thanks, Jürgen
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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?

I agree - this is a major one that I have encountered as well. In Berlin, many merchants just post a big QR code on a piece of paper next to their cash register and keep a laptop running with Blockchain.info open and wait until the transaction comes in. Others have even been using iPads (also, just logging into Blockchain.info).

now, for their customers using an iPhone, not sure myself- but I am going to ask around on Saturday (in Berlin - anyone come by if you get a chance: http://bitcoinexaminer.org/bxb-2-bitcoin-exchange-berlin-will-have-a-second-round/) and report back Smiley

Thanks, Jürgen


Thanks for looking into this.
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http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ and http://sx.dyne.org/ - I'm British and London based.
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http://libbitcoin.dyne.org/ and http://sx.dyne.org/ - I'm British and London based.

Thanks for this. Can you provide a bit more information on what your organisation does and where it is based in the UK.
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Don't forget to add all of these to http://coinmap.org/  Wink

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July 25, 2013, 04:14:14 PM
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OK so to recap our situation.
 ~5 years later and millions of quid invested, and now:

 there are about a dozen people who genuinely would use this system and have their name associated with it in the UK. 

Can anyone compare for me with the number of UK vendors in TOR marketplaces?
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I think you mean "principal", not "principle".

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Autrading - bullion dealer -

https://autrading.co.uk/home.php
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July 25, 2013, 05:48:30 PM
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I work for a graphics and web design agency, the guys I work with are quite interested in Bitcoin and I'm sure if it came to it I would be able to convince by boss to take at least a partial payment in Bitcoin

I think we'll be re doing our site soon so if we do I'll try and drop in a few Bitcoin related features

The site is : http://revelation.uk.com/ if you want to add it.

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July 25, 2013, 07:46:22 PM
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Here's another UK based company accepting Bitcoin ...

http://thevillageidiotme.ipage.com/shop.html

Quality Bitcoin T-shirts for sale http://thevillageidiotme.ipage.com/shop.html
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July 25, 2013, 08:46:24 PM
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Hey there. I'm from the UK and I run the (somewhat recently not as maintained as I would like it to be) site www.getbitcoin.info . Feel free to pilfer some data from there AS LONG as you contribute back as well ! I haven't even put the Pembury Tavern in (which .. if I may add I was the first ever person to order a beer with bitcoin in)

You can get a kml from www.getbitcoin.info/kml and put that straight into google maps eg here : https://maps.google.co.uk/?q=http:%2F%2Fwww.getbitcoin.info%2Fkml&ll=53.631611,-1.933594&spn=11.257512,19.753418&t=m&z=6

Lately, however, I've been just too busy with non bitcoin stuff so I haven't had a chance to update it recently.

There is also an android app that goes by the name of "bitcoin businesses" which is just a simple map app retrieving the data. This app is open source and available on github here: https://github.com/ragmondo/bitcoinbiz

I won't hide my business intent, I plan to give access to the data for free as long as the data is used in its complete nature. The html I generate includes links (add new / comment on this establishment etc) back to the my site which must be included if you use the data.
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Here are some that you can use http://cryptocoinshops.com

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