Bitcoin Friendly City

[blckhawk]

Its great to know that these cities already exists. We're nearing the age of adoption and bitcoin will surely lead the cryptocurrency race despite its volatility. Other countries also does not prohibit bitcoin, but the adoption by the public is just not significant to be included in this list. Soon, we might see bitcoin in transactions involving large amounts of money, eliminating the need of paper cash and instead, just having QR codes to bitcoin addresses for people to pay into.

[Lucius]

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

They pick 10 cities based on their metrics as is stated in the article, so it is not based only on the number of ATMs.

Several different metrics were used in compiling this list, including the number of bitcoin merchants in the city, the number of bitcoin ATMs, and the population size relative to bitcoin activity.

stompix, the link you posted is dated to Jul 31, 2018, and one related to OP is from mid-2019, so there may be some difference in that. We can also take the example of Austria, which has the highest number of ATMs after the UK, 194 in total, with 65 in Vienna. However, this is a subjective assessment of the author and how the data were collected and interpreted at the end.

[error08]

There are some (old) threads were discussed about the same thing more or less, it's good to see how bitcoin acceptance growing over time in some cities and countries around the globe.
here the list ;
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=457206.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=264330.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=435160.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5155930.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1787488.0

[Rinimitra1926]

For families wishing to spend their bitcoins during travel, it can still be difficult to plan their trips around the currency. Talking about bitcoin-friendly establishments, countries like Sweden have limited options, which means you have to do a bit of digging to find bars or restaurants that will carry cryptocurrency. Thankfully, some destination cities around the world are in the process of fully embracing Bitcoin's craze, and i have listed four of them.
London, UK
New York, USA
Berlin , Germany
Los Angeles, USA

[Shasha80]

Thanks for sharing an article about bitcoin friendly city, I am very happy with this news. It turns out more cities are adopting
bitcoin. I also hope that more big cities around the world will accept bitcoin. Apparently there are also many big cities in the USA
who accepts bitcoin, even though a lot of negative news about the bitcoin is banned by USA. I am very sure that in the future bitcoin
will be accepted globally, we will see how the next development about bitcoin .

[Ayiranorea]

Going through the entire list of bitcoin friendly cities each and every city is much advanced and a well planned cities. Following this we can expect more other small cities to follow and make the city get advanced. It is true that more the number of merchants accepting bitcoin, more will be the chance of getting into the top list of bitcoin friendly cities. ATM's in large number also gives awareness about the use of bitcoin, but the usage of these ATM's were very low.

[nicecrypto]

it is good to know about this at least it gives the btc community an idea about some city that allow their merchants to accept btc for payment without been feel threatened, it is also a knowledge base for many, most btc enthusiast don't even know which country accept btc, i hope soon we can see more cities included in this list which are not accepting btc, one step at a time.

[ardentvolcanoes]

Going through the entire list of bitcoin friendly cities each and every city is much advanced and a well planned cities. Following this we can expect more other small cities to follow and make the city get advanced. It is true that more the number of merchants accepting bitcoin, more will be the chance of getting into the top list of bitcoin friendly cities. ATM's in large number also gives awareness about the use of bitcoin, but the usage of these ATM's were very low.

I agree since those big cities who are now engaged with bitcoin transactions there's  a big chance that even small towns will also begin to acknowledge adopting this system. It's good to see that there's already a well established cities who are bitcoin friendly, this steps can open doors to many opportunities in terms of adoptions.
Business sectors are the one that will generate more potential to users of bitcoin having more open minded businesses will make this chain very useful.

[btc_angela]

I thought there was a decently large city in Germany that had a large amount of acceptance all over the place. Maybe I have imagined it but I could have sworn the Germans were all over it.

Right, I think Germany has a lot of online stores that accept bitcoin or crypto in general. But based on the amount of ATM's, around the globe, https://coinatmradar.com/countries/.

• United States (3931 locations)
• United Kingdom (279 locations)
• Austria (194 locations)
• Spain (84 locations)
• Switzerland (77 locations)
• Czech Republic (71 locations)
• Russian Federation (62 locations)
• Colombia (57 locations)
• Greece (57 locations)
• Italy (56 locations)
• Poland (50 locations)
• Hong Kong (43 locations)/li]
  

[Pearls Before Swine]

San Francisco has a long history of being progressive, so it makes sense that they top the list.  What I would not have expected is for NYC to be on there.  I know crypto isn't illegal in any of the states, but NY state has had some regulatory statutes passed regarding exchanges if I am not mistaken.  None the less, NYC is the beating heart of the financial world (or at least in the U.S.) so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised they're friendly to crypto.

• United States (3931 locations)
• United Kingdom (279 locations)

That's very surprising to me that the top two bitcoin atm countries are the above.  I'll have to take a look at the site and see the distribution, but I always thought countries in europe had the atm situation locked down, especially eastern europe.  Guess I'm wrong about that.

[Kambal2000]

Here in our country too, I can say that we do have a Bitcoin friendly City, as although most people are still not aware and still don't trust Bitcoin, still they respect all crypto users, they don't judge and condemn us, they are just asking for the benefit of it and once we explained, people are amazed and not creating any arguments.

[Question123]

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/

Hope also this will be added to the list because more city in the Philippines are accepting bitcoin or they have ATMs and there is a lot of upcoming soon because my country is friendly country in the cryptocurrency because there is more way for the Filipino citizens to buy and sell bitcoin to my country. I hope my country will have bitcoin ATM to have more user here and get investors.

[Mike Mayor]

You can add South Africa. I don't know why you are adding different cities because here they are all the same. Many online shops accept bitcoin. If you want to add the cities they are Johannesburg amd Capetown. There are others but that are the main ones.

If anyone wants to know more just ask. 

[Lmaooo]

Dubai city from the United Arab Emirates is also a bitcoin-friendly city. Last year they launched the first cryptocurrency bank in the middle east together with bitcoin ATMs as well. People living in Dubai, UAE are now spending cryptocurrency with ease more like fiat currency these days i guess.   

[stompix]

stompix, the link you posted is dated to Jul 31, 2018, and one related to OP is from mid-2019, so there may be some difference in that. We can also take the example of Austria, which has the highest number of ATMs after the UK, 194 in total, with 65 in Vienna. However, this is a subjective assessment of the author and how the data were collected and interpreted at the end.

Yeah, the article is old, but ...there will be quite a twist in the story.
The numbers in the old article are almost double, so if Tampa would have grabbed that place it could have done only by Prague actually losing shops.
Coinmap is not showing that:
https://coinmap.org/#/map/50.10120277/14.20532227/9  173 Prague but again the map not be updated.

Now, let's say the number of shops dropped so much to offset the clear advantage from the number of ATMs, don't you think we have all read that half of the shops accepting bitcoin in Prague have closed down?  

No, unfortunately, it's another article written for quota,.....oh wait it's even worse it's a 4 years article:
https://www.quora.com/Which-cities-in-the-world-accept-bitcoin-as-a-payment-method
It's a simply republished article with a new date.
See that the guy was quoting this link in 2018    



The article link is : articles/forex/042415/10-cities-leading-bitcoin-adoption.asp
April 24 2015

But seriously now....

2. Vancouver, Canada
Bitcoin has a strong community in Canada, which was the first country to sign an official law regulating the virtual currency. Vancouver boasts 86 bitcoin-accepting merchants and an impressive 48 bitcoin ATMs. The city of 578,000 inaugurated the world’s first bitcoin ATM and is the headquarters of the Quadriga CX Bitcoin exchange.

Loooool

OP, lock the topic!!!!

[Casdinyard]

Hope also this will be added to the list because more city in the Philippines are accepting bitcoin or they have ATMs and there is a lot of upcoming soon because my country is friendly country in the cryptocurrency because there is more way for the Filipino citizens to buy and sell bitcoin to my country. I hope my country will have bitcoin ATM to have more user here and get investors.

Lol! That's not only the basis for the list. The article clearly stated that it's base on the number of merchants that accept bitcoin as payment and the number of Bitcoin ATMs. So obviously, Philippines isn't qualified, even though it's crypto friendly community. And admit it even us, bitcoin enthusiast, don't use those Bitcoin ATMs.

[judeafante]

I'm surprised that the country I thought that are Bitcoin friendly are not in that list, like Japan and South Korea Even Turkey is not there, it seems country and city are two different things, some country that top the list in country do not have a city that is Bitcoin friendly, it seems the parameters is very much different when you apply it to country and to a city.

[Aying]

Here in our country too, I can say that we do have a Bitcoin friendly City, as although most people are still not aware and still don't trust Bitcoin, still they respect all crypto users, they don't judge and condemn us, they are just asking for the benefit of it and once we explained, people are amazed and not creating any arguments.

Where is this country? My country too in Philippines everyone are still in curiosity that what is bitcoin or crypto currency all about and want to know more. some people here is still don't believe that crypto is really do exist but they're willing to accept and learn it if this will also benefits them. however it is not easy for those who already know about crypto to share in everyone but still we are happy and hoping that they will accept it positively.

[Oneandpure]

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.

Did you read about San Francisco, U.S. city have adoption and friendly legal for using bitcoin or not, I think United State is not friendly country for using bitcoin as legal transaction payment, they want to banned using bitcoin. For Buenos Aires, Argentina I think is friendly for using bitcoin because the Argentina government's agree for legal bitcoin as transaction payment.

[yulionoo]

it seems like there are still many cities that are bitcoin friendly besides those mentioned by OP such as Malta, Tokyo, Seol and Queensland are some cities that accept bitcoin as a means of payment. Many outlets in Agnes Water in central Queensland that accept crypto as a means of payment. most of the city accepts bitcoin to attract foreign tourists to visit the city. with the increasing bitcoin-friendly city, it will make the crypto market bigger. and will probably make bitcoin toward mass adoption.