Map of Bitcoin adoption worldwide

[Ahli38]

I’ve often enjoyed looking at the global distribution of businesses that accept Bitcoin payments. And I also sometimes see Bitcoin ATMs at various locations. I personally seeing this on a world map amazes me as I witness Bitcoin’s rapidly expanding reach. Although I can only monitor this from afar for now since I can’t actually visit the businesses that accept cryptocurrency. But it’s a source of enjoyment for me to imagine visiting them someday.

If you’re curious about the map that I often look at, please visit these links:

Map Bitcoin

BTC Map

Bitcoin ATM Map

I’d also like to know, have you ever seen any other maps besides the ones I usually visit? And what do you know about them or even your feel? Let’s share our thoughts.

[henry_of_skalitz]

That's a great compilation, OP.

What I would really love if the forum would allow iterative changes to take place so when the map would be updated in the main thread by itself because the changes came up on the original platform, but it's too far fetched to be achieveable, I think

[Dunamisx]

Bitcoin has taken over already because it is a global currency and everyone is interested in knowing more about it, we can also see from the rate of increase in adoption that people are more enthusiastic to see that they take every opportunity Bitcoin has given for their own advantage, we have several countries that have adopted it already and we still expect to see more fear regulations from some of these countries to make Bitcoin easy to use for everyone with government fair regulation.

[Y3shot]

Looking at the map, it can be seen that Bitcoin has taken over the globe. The adoption of Bitcoin has really been impressive and very rapid. This means Bitcoin is really solving problems; that is why people have no choice but to embrace investing in Bitcoin. Before now, when I checked the Bitcoin adoption map, it was not the same as today.

One of the reasons why Bitcoin adoption is on the rise every day is that people are struggling with the economy, which is affecting their finances, but Bitcoin is considered a store that gives value to money.

[TedMosby]

I am not sure if the Points of Interest (POI) on those maps are accurate because there is a high chance that you will waste your time visiting the place without being able to do transactions. For example, based on the map above, there are some services that accept BTC as payment in my local area. But based on regulations, we are not allowed to transact in BTC here. Either the map is not updated, or they are just trying to “underground” their services.

Also, beware of scams and other crimes that involve Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions based on those maps. What if those are just bait? They attract people who own cryptocurrencies, and then when you are there, you realize it’s just a trap, and it’s already too late.

It happened to my Indian friend before. They intended to exchange their USDT into their local currency. They were offered the best rate by the scammer. When they got there, they were detained and forced to send their USDT. There was nothing they could do except comply to save their life. Did they call the police? My friend said they did, but it seemed like the scammer had connections with the police too. If I am not mistaken, they lost a total of 100K USDT.

[whiteblue]

For full adoption in the use of real economic transactions, it is hindered by many regulations in many countries at this time there are still very few who have done it on bitcoin, and regarding bitcoin ATMs it is only limited to exchanging / withdrawing your bitcoin there.
 
But I don't really see it growing quickly this ATM, is it still growing? because most people now have smartphones, cold wallets and other media to store their Bitcoin and how to withdraw it.

Unfortunately I want to ask the OP whether it is a bitcoin adoption map or something else in the explanation? I mean the form of adoption such as whether it is made into an investment tool or made into a currency at the points marked with numbers?

[sleepfirefly]

Map Bitcoin

BTC Map

it's interesting to see how this will grow in the future. the future generations will study such images to see how far bitcoin has gone. we have already gone a lot but there are more to come. soon, the map might not be seen anymore.

[Catenaccio]

If you’re curious about the map that I often look at, please visit these links:

There are more maps and I collected them in my thread.

Some world maps for Bitcoiners. If you or anyone are curious about helpful Bitcoin maps for Bitcoiners, let's visit my thread and explore some maps.

I quote bullet points only but for full links and maps, please visit the thread.

• Bitcoin Mining map (Cambridge Universtity)
• Bitcoin Mining map (worldpopulationreview.com)
• Bitcoin Reachable Nodes Map
• Bitcoin Nodes Map (newhedge.io)
• Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Map
• Central Bank Digital Currency map (3 websites)
• Cryptocurrency Regulation map
• Cryptocurrency Legality map (newhedge.io)
• Cryptocurrency Legality map (coin.dance)
• Cryptocurrency Legality map (atlanticcouncil.org)
• World Government Bond map
• Cryptocurrency Adoption Index map
• Cryptocurrency Search Interest by country map
• Bitcoin ATM Map
• Crypto ATMs & Merchants Map
• Gold Reserves by Country Map
• Inflation by Country Map

[CryptSafe]

I just noticed that just a few firm or spots in my state city accepts Bitcoin which is a welcome development and also I noticed that some countries already have Bitcoin ATMs and that alone shows how fast the adoption of Bitcoin is gradually growing and I also believe that some nations that are yet to adopt Bitcoin would do that soonest because as it stands now, many nations are beginning to adopt Bitcoin and that has set  the pace for for a smooth global Bitcoin adoption globally.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

I have not seen any maps aside this one because I haven’t been paying attention to checking the maps of bitcoin adoption worldwide.
I am already aware that bitcoin adoption is growing like grass so one map from the maps you posted is the map showing the adoption of bitcoin Atm.

[vanesha]

Interesting. This map shows Bitcoin circulation. It can actually be used to analyze trends. For example, in a country with the highest Bitcoin adoption. Knowing the country's economic news will significantly impact Bitcoin's price. This might allow us to more quickly obtain news to support our analysis. So far, what I see is that the United States and its neighboring countries hold the most Bitcoin, and everything about them will likely significantly impact the coin's future price.

[Floxynice]

It is interesting how far bitcoin has come. Without any plans to visit these places, mere looking at these map boosts one's confidence about adopting Bitcoin. I doubt that there is any country in the world where the impact of Bitcoin is yet to be felt. If anyone is feeling alone, he should remember that Bitcoin is borderless. It is found in small remote villages among small merchants and it is also found in big cities.  Bitcoin is growing slowly and steadily, it feels good to know that I am part of the global shift that is reshaping the global financial system.

[stompix]

Looking at the map, it can be seen that Bitcoin has taken over the globe.

Then your knowledge about the world lacks a ton, there are fewer places on that map accepting Bitcoin than Starbucks in the US!

And even so , most of them are just spamming garbage, picked a few random locations, curious what Bitcoin places are in Africa:

https://map.bitcoin.com/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa/omermohemmad74-gmail-com/Addis-Ababa-
lol
Also:
https://map.bitcoin.com/Ethiopia/Addis-Ababa/Mado-Hotel-%7C-Bole-Atlas-%7C-%E1%88%9B%E1%8B%B6-%E1%88%86%E1%89%B4%E1%88%8D-%7C-%E1%89%A6%E1%88%8C-%E1%8A%A0%E1%89%B5%E1%88%8B%E1%88%B5-%7CGreens-Restaurant-Addis-Ababa-Ethiopia/Namibia-Avenue-Bole-Sub-City-Woreda-03-Atlas-Area-%E1%8A%A0%E1%8B%B2%E1%88%B5-%E1%8A%A0%E1%89%A0%E1%89%A3-Ethiopia

When you check the hotel page:

[Cryptomultiplier]

Asides being aware of Bitcoin's growth and mass adoption around the world, along with the technology and innovation that has helped to make its systems run smoothly, I have never seen or searched for a map to show how it has been adopted worldwide.

Am happy to see that Africa is not left out on the map and am sure the rest of the world whose government either regulated its activities or didn't, still use Bitcoin, because it is decentralized and can be used or invested in from anywhere and owned by anyone without even a valid traditional banking account.
The world is obviously pro Bitcoin and there's no doubt about it or denying it.

[Ruttoshi]

I'm not surprised at the growth of services that accepts bitcoin. During the passage of time, we will see more services that will accept bitcoin because the rate of bitcoin adoption is increasing overtime. However, the map in the OP might not be accurate because some services might have stopped accepting bitcoin.

Down here in my country, I haven't used bitcoin to pay for any service inside the country because no one will publicly say that he accepts bitcoin due to the risk attached to it.

[rbynxx]

Would love to see the actual increase in years because as per in the OP it just shows I guess the current map. Well, still love it though and it just shows that we've come so far and possible that it could even fill more than what we've seen right now.

[PX-Z]

What I would really love if the forum would allow iterative changes to take place so when the map would be updated in the main thread by itself because the changes came up on the original platform, but it's too far fetched to be achieveable, I think

That would only be possible if the website provides the map as an actual image file (or image endpoint .png, .jpg, etc.) from its side, where each request returns a real time updated version. Otherwise, if it's dynamically rendered (e.g., via scripts in which i guess), you won't be able to fetch it directly just from a link.

[legiteum]

This is great, but what we really need is a distribution in actual Bitcoin holdings.

In other words, what country's citizens own what percentage of Bitcoin? That would be very interesting since a country's laws can drastically change the market value of Bitcoin in that country, and hence we can learn which countries matter in this regard, and which don't.

I've long suspected that at least 90% of Bitcoin is owned by Americans + the US government. That's based on adoption of things like the ETFs, the apps and so on, as well as the prominent early adopters in Silicon Valley, and of course, Michael Saylor. (And also my theory that Satoshi was a CIA/NSA project and thus the US government owns much more BTC than is publicly disclosed). And of course the US economy and our high percentage of investors and they tend much more to be speculators than in other countries.

If that's the case, then US policy is the only policy that would be relevant when talking about how government policy will affect the price of Bitcoin...

Things like the propensity of ATMs etc. don't tell you anything about the amount of Bitcoin, and this is critical since we know that a tiny percentage of wallets contain most of the supply of Bitcoin. In that context, numbers of individual holders can't tell you much.

[ZAINmalik75]

I’d also like to know, have you ever seen any other maps besides the ones I usually visit? And what do you know about them or even your feel? Let’s share our thoughts.

What does this Bitcoin map tell us? I have a few locations marked on this website and nothing useful about them. Anyway, the atm site is a good one, but unfortunately we don't have any Bitcoin. ATMs in here but maybe in the near future we will have one, I might use it because our country has always been late in adopting things but now it is earlier than many other countries and the new legal framework for crypto is making things easier for crypto adoption and businesses.

The adoption has increased a lot in the last few years. This kind of adoption in bitcoin can be seen in the future too because still there is a lot for it to catch up and a lot of people are not talking about bitcoin or not invested if talking. So we just have to wait and watch.

[Marykeller]

The global adoption of Bitcoin is quite a good one from what I have seen it achieve for so far. And I can say that Bitcoin has gone far and it has make a name for itself to be a well recognized asset in the country that she is legal to. And I think, it didn't do all that in a day, it did all that as the year passes by. I believe, it will extend it legality to other countries as she continue to prove herself to be a store of value a country and its citizens can trust fully.