Bitcoin Friendly City

[Mandoy]

I have been searching for topics that will somehow help empower the bitcoin community. I have been previously posting bitcoin friendly politicians and the list of their names in this forum. Today I will share to you bitcoin friendly cities. This maybe a boring topic but its better to read topics that can inspire the bitcoin community rather than negative and threatening topics.

The list is courtesy to https://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/042415/10-cities-leading-bitcoin-adoption.asp

1 San Francisco, U.S.
2 Vancouver, Canada
3 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
4 Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Tel Aviv, Israel
6 Zurich, Switzerland
7 Tampa, U.S.
8 Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 New York, U.S.
10 London, U.K.

After reading the article published by investopedia.com the common thing that makes these cities bitcoin friendly is the presence of merchants accepting bitcoins and the existence of bitcoin atms.

[crwth]

This is a different type of topic but good to know because I have never thought of what's the most adopted city in it and now I know. Learning the reasons could be additional information towards understanding why people started to adopt the currency there and probably applying it to other cities as well.

For example, let's say that the people in San Francisco.

• 13th most populous city in the U.S.
• They have become the technology hub ever since the internet boom in the '90s [1]
• Considered to be one of the most important city in the tech industry [1]

I think that's one reason why it's on top of the list, and maybe when people in certain cities start to accept the technological advancements with regards to Bitcoin, then it would continue to grow. Perhaps we will reach the global acceptance of Bitcoin one day.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco

[Casdinyard]

I was actually expecting Japan as before those guys had good feedback about bitcoin but then I guess other countries like Israel had taken it away. I must say that the adoption in these 10 countries was insane, I mean look at the numbers, it tells everything.

Bitcoin has been around for more than a decade now, but it still has not reached global acceptance as a method of payment that many early adopters had hoped.

Well I guess, we need another decade or perhaps even more for us to reach this.

[Leonardo7]

Great job. But how come no Asia city made the list? South Korea is pro bitcoin, Singapore is there, Malaysia, Cyrus these nations have a friendly cryptocurrency framework and home to some major exchanges.

[ChrisPop]

Surprised that I don't see any city from Portugal, Estonia or Malta in the list. As far as I know they are very crypto friendly. Most of the companies who start in crypto and want a legal functional license establish their headquarters there. I'm actually trying to contribute to make my city more crypto friendly. It is hard, but if we all do that, the compounding effect would be enormous.

[stompix]

Another article just wrote to make the quota for the daily news:

On the list:

7. Tampa, U.S.
The Florida city of 352,000 people has a surprising 93 merchants accepting bitcoin, more than most of the largest cities in the U.S., and 13 bitcoin ATMs.

Not on the list:
Prague
41 ATMs
147 business accepting bitcoin

Lately, I have the feeling that if you're mentally challenged you have higher chances of getting your articles published nowadays.

[CryptoBry]

I have been searching for topics that will somehow help empower the bitcoin community. I have been previously posting bitcoin friendly politicians and the list of their names in this forum. Today I will share to you bitcoin friendly cities. This maybe a boring topic but its better to read topics that can inspire the bitcoin community rather than negative and threatening topics. After reading the article published by investopedia.com the common thing that makes these cities bitcoin friendly is the presence of merchants accepting bitcoins and the existence of bitcoin atms.

We are all hoping that more and more cities will also be categorized as Bitcoin friendly or one where bitcoin has become popular and accepted by more merchants or firms operating within the area plus of course the availability of ATMs where one can easily withdraw or convert one's Bitcoin into real, hard cash. I am not sure if we can include Manila into this list because there seems to have no substantial of businesses accepting Bitcoin here but we know that overall the Philippines is also very friendly to cryptocurrency. There are now many new cities that can actually be included into this list and I am hoping that by 2020 they can officially be recognized. Had there been a certain organization working for the interest of Bitcoin, maybe a group in each city can be stationed to promote this currency to all merchants. But there is none, so we are just relying on word-of-mouth, social media, mainstream media exposure and we hodlers/enthusiasts of Bitcoin.

[Gotumoot]

Great job. But how come no Asia city made the list? South Korea is pro bitcoin, Singapore is there, Malaysia, Cyrus these nations have a friendly cryptocurrency framework and home to some major exchanges.

More cities in the Philippines are accepting and using Bitcoin as payment for products and services,

In Taguig And Makati City where you can spend your Bitcoin with their delicious Cakes and Cup Cake,

https://www.facebook.com/thebunnybaker
https://www.facebook.com/WirinCupcakery

And in Pasig and Makati you can also buy Bitcoin.
Using the Bitcoin ATM,
https://coinatmradar.com/country/169/bitcoin-atm-philippines/

[Beparanf]

Great job. But how come no Asia city made the list? South Korea is pro bitcoin, Singapore is there, Malaysia, Cyrus these nations have a friendly cryptocurrency framework and home to some major exchanges.

Since there are few merchants or ATM machines that placed in Asia yet. The basis in ranking base on the thread is measured by the prevalence of Bitcoin ATMs in those cities as well number of merchants. And in my country Philippines it can still be count by hands or some merchants might be not listed yet or registered their business as accepting cryptocurrencies, maybe in other part of Asia too. I think South Korea and Singapore will soon be on the list,maybe in their next survey or research.

[LbtalkL]

Wow, I didn't know bitcoin if well-known in these cities, Last 2017 I found some videos on Japan too. I guess bitcoin is famous there I found plenty of videos from Vloggers going into the store paying with bitcoin and the transaction is quite fast. Here is a sample video its amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV8PW3IQOp4

[Bttzed03]

Based on this older article, Los Angeles has even higher number of bitcoin ATM's and number of merchants accepting bitcoin. How could investopedia miss this? or could it be that the dailyhodl article is lying?

The City of Angels boasts being the entertainment capital of the world and home to some of the wealthiest people in showbiz. Los Angeles also prides itself on having an impressive number of Bitcoin ATMs – presently standing at 270. The city has a population of 3.9 million, with greater Los Angeles counting over 10 million residents and over 800 businesses that accept BTC. Los Angeles has over 45 Bitcoin meetups where ardent users of this digital currency can meet and share the latest developments and discuss ideas. With such growing interest, LA is very likely to outshine other cities when it comes to widespread adoption of Bitcoin.

There are other cities included there which aren't on the OP's list.

[Baby Dragon]

Great job. But how come no Asia city made the list? South Korea is pro bitcoin, Singapore is there, Malaysia, Cyrus these nations have a friendly cryptocurrency framework and home to some major exchanges.

More cities in the Philippines are accepting and using Bitcoin as payment for products and services,

In Taguig And Makati City where you can spend your Bitcoin with their delicious Cakes and Cup Cake,

https://www.facebook.com/thebunnybaker
https://www.facebook.com/WirinCupcakery

And in Pasig and Makati you can also buy Bitcoin.
Using the Bitcoin ATM,
https://coinatmradar.com/country/169/bitcoin-atm-philippines/

Its great, actually as far as I know there are some store in Baguio City that also uses bitcoin in purchasing a product and that means its a good news because it was getting adopted by many Filipinos and they are getting familiar on how a digital currency works like bitcoin. I haven't try it but i'm looking forward to check those stores particularly the cupcake one, because its a new wonderful experience for me and an opportunity that is surely worth it.

[Tonteus]

In the United States there are not so many cities that are friendly to bitcoin.

[airdnasxela]

Well i never expected my country or even my city be part of the list although my country being crypto-friendly. But it's surprising that some places who I don't see much giving noise about bitcoin were actually part of the ranking and one of the places who are crypto friendly. Actually those countries were already developed unlike my country who's in the third world... Good list though

[acroman08]

Surprised that I don't see any city from Portugal, Estonia or Malta in the list. As far as I know they are very crypto friendly. Most of the companies who start in crypto and want a legal functional license establish their headquarters there. I'm actually trying to contribute to make my city more crypto friendly. It is hard, but if we all do that, the compounding effect would be enormous.

it was mentioned in the article that malta and Cyprus are also becoming a hotspot for bitcoin acceptance. what surprises me is that Japan is not on the list even though they
have a huge amount of stores that accept bitcoin. I guess bitcoin acceptance by the locals is not yet noticeable unlike the cities mentioned in the article.

[boyptc]

If one basis is the existence of bitcoin ATM's. Well, it has missed other cities.

--> https://coinatmradar.com/countries/

[Genemind]

It's surprising to know that no country from Asia is on the list. I have thought that countries like Japan and the Philippines would be included as Bitcoin friendly cou tries. I guess massive adoption is what we really need for crypto to grow in our country. Bitcoin ATMs also play a vital role to attract more merchants and investors. I just wish that there will be more Bitcoin friendly countries in the future.

[peter0425]

Great job. But how come no Asia city made the list? South Korea is pro bitcoin, Singapore is there, Malaysia, Cyrus these nations have a friendly cryptocurrency framework and home to some major exchanges.

He only mentioned the top 10 but if he extend the list in at least top 100 I am sure your list will comes out by names.i also expecting Singapore to be there and also Japan but suddenly their not.

Let’s wait for another 10 years surely the listed names of cities will changed and Asian cities will be added

[CarnagexD]

I have been searching for topics that will somehow help empower the bitcoin community. I have been previously posting bitcoin friendly politicians and the list of their names in this forum. Today I will share to you bitcoin friendly cities. This maybe a boring topic but its better to read topics that can inspire the bitcoin community rather than negative and threatening topics.

The list is courtesy to https://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/042415/10-cities-leading-bitcoin-adoption.asp

1 San Francisco, U.S.
2 Vancouver, Canada
3 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
4 Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 Tel Aviv, Israel
6 Zurich, Switzerland
7 Tampa, U.S.
8 Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 New York, U.S.
10 London, U.K.

After reading the article published by investopedia.com the common thing that makes these cities bitcoin friendly is the presence of merchants accepting bitcoins and the existence of bitcoin atms.

It seems many countries and cities start to adopt cryptocurrencies. If this thing is to keep on growing maybe some country will notice and they will also start to legalize it. It is good that at this current day many countries start to support blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies and we all know that because of this we might see a great future in cryptocurrency. In our country which is the Philippines we also have bitcoin ATMs and in fact, some of the store here now accept bitcoin as payment.

[electronicash]

article seem updated every time, Updated Sep 19, 2019.

i remember Buenos Aires, Argentina back when i still have a ton of DASH with me. there was an article where it announces a beach resort is accepting DASH, i already though of it would have been good to see fellows to send it to his wallet and provide me services in their resort, fine dining and all.