Building a list of the safest places to buy Bitcoin in each country

[alonshvartsman]

I created a site called www.bitrawr.com to do just that, list the safest exchange to buy Bitcoin in each country. What am I missing?

[gentlemand]

Pretty good list. I guess you'll need to ask people familiar with their own countries whether there's anything obvious missing. For instance I'm in the UK and you're missing Coinfloor. It's not a huge player but it has been going for a long time now without raping anyone to my knowledge.

[bL4nkcode]

Can't say anything for other countries for what are best exchanges that should be included in your list but there are lots of exchanges that are lacking for Philippines.

Some to add, coins.ph/coins.pro, rebit.ph, buybitcoins.ph, binance, paylance.

[alonshvartsman]

Can't say anything for other countries for what are best exchanges that should be included in your list but there are lots of exchanges that are lacking for Philippines.

Some to add, coins.ph/coins.pro, rebit.ph, buybitcoins.ph, binance, paylance.

Thanks, I'm looking into those exchanges now.

[pugman]

Okay wow. I really liked how you have done the list, the layout, and everything behind it. I got to hand it to you, definitely.

Couple of things you can possibly embed in your site: Notify whether the exchange requires KYC or not, the minimum fees for the exchange, and if you can, then even list the critical reviews for each exchange. Or even a link would do.

[malevolent]

I saw BitMEX make the list, why is it there? It doesn't allow its users to buy BTC. Many (mostly smaller) exchanges aren't listed, neither are Bitcoin ATMs, but at least there's a link to a map with them.

Looks a bit nicer than https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/ which is a similar site.

[joniboini]

I tried to see exchange for Indonesia and some local key players are also missing (which support local bank withdrawal). Some of them:
1. Indodax
2. Tokocrypto
3. Triv

There are more exchanges but most of them just recently got launched, so I won't count them as trusted yet.

[Lucius]

I created a site called www.bitrawr.com to do just that, list the safest exchange to buy Bitcoin in each country. What am I missing?

You definitely miss the local crypto exchanges. You focus only on more or less known global exchanges, and their availability in individual countries. There is no big difference in the number of exchanges for Zambia (9) or USA (12), and from what I check biggest number of crypto exchanges for one country is 14.

To add local crypto exchanges try to search them by using keywords : crypto local exchange / country.

I personally know several pages similar to yours, this one may be one of the most famous.

Code:

https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/

[LoyceV]

What am I missing?

You're missing local websites. In the Netherlands I'd say the safest place is bitonic.nl (or their exchainge bl3p.eu). I think Bitonic is the oldest Dutch site for buying and selling Bitcoin, and I think it's used the most.
It's also available for some other Sepa-countries, but obviously I haven't tested those.

[Csmiami]

What am I missing?

Bit2me is missing in the Spanish listing; platfor allows you to buy BTC and sell for bank transfers (national/international) and Halcash ATM withdrawals. Also, the map of ATMs is incorrect; it shows every ATM duplicated.

[hugeblack]

Nice website design, the interface is user friendly and there are a lot of things to browse. I am not going to talk about the database because it will be perfect with continuous updating, but how will exchanges be evaluated and the order Algorithm in which they are presented to users?
Are there any trust points or any system fro that? Or at least warn users about it?

The reason for my question is that I notice that changelly is in the forefront in many countries, which are considered scam in the eyes of many.

[OmegaStarScream]

For the payment methods, I think it would be better if you could only list the ones available for the country that the user is looking for...

Coinmama allow you buy bitcoins using SEPA and CCs... but SEPA is only available in Europe. So If I'm from South Africa for example, there is no reason to show me SEPA.

Also:

- You cannot buy crypto from Bitoasis using credit cards and it's also available for Gulf countries only (I can see that you listed for Morocco and Egypt which is incorrect).
- You have Rain which is also available for Gulf countries only (excluding Qatar).
- Add LocalCryptos (No KYC). It's similar to LBC and Paxful.

[coupable]

I have really liked the site. You did a great job building it.
When i search for my country [Tunisia], i don't see many other options like binance. As we also use this website to buy some cryptos using local currency, it's a trusted website working since 2016 made by a local group.
I agree with what omega said about SEPA transfer. Some mentioned methods are not really available .

Coinmama allow you buy bitcoins using SEPA and CCs... but SEPA is only available in Europe. So If I'm from South Africa for example, there is no reason to show me SEPA.

[JeromeTash]

Can't believe you list does not have a number of P2P exchanges like bisq which can be used by many traders in different countries. Also Binance has quite a number of Local fiat to cryptocurrency exchanges they have launched over the past two years which are much safer like
- Binance Jersey
- Binance Singapore
- Binance Uganda and many more

Binance.com also now supports a number of purchases using fiat currencies: Binance Adds 15 Fiat Currencies as Exchange Pushes Global Expansion

I don't understand how bitmex is on the list thou