The “Google Maps” of Bitcoin Has Arrived – Introducing CoinMap.org

The past several weeks have seen the emergence of several innovative and user friendly websites related to Bitcoin specifically, and crypto-currencies generally. The first was FiatLeak.com, which shows the amount of BTC purchased and where in the world those purchases take place in real time. Then we saw CoinMarketcap.com, which calculates and ranks the ever-changing market caps of the more than forty virtual currencies being traded out there.

Now something else has been brought to my attention. It is very different, but just as cool and potentially much more useful. The site is CoinMap.org and it serves as a sort of Google Maps for Bitcoin. The site attempts to plot the various brick and mortar retail locations across the globe that accept BTC. When you see your target area you just zoom in and it will give you a closer view of the city in your crosshairs and the name and website of the businesses in question.

It looks like this (click on the map to get to the site).

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According to Coindesk, this site was only showing 552 on the chart as of early November. With 1,397 on the map right now, you can clearly see the incredible growth dynamic happening in the Bitcoin economy. Sadly and somewhat surprisingly, there are none in Boulder but I am hopeful that will change very shortly.

In Liberty,
Mike

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5 thoughts on “The “Google Maps” of Bitcoin Has Arrived – Introducing CoinMap.org”

  1. the whole problem with bitcoins is that it is 100% traceable …. sooner or later, the central banks will figure out how to trace, and tax, all the transactions ….

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  2. This is a very cool app/site.

    I must confess that I am relatively ignorant about this topic, but shouldn’t a currency be stable? I see volatile swings in Bitcoin (as well as other fiat currencies – JPY comes to mind recently, GBP as far back as 1992/3 when Soros made that happen). Would it not be better for a country to have a stable currency, whether fiat, gold-backed or digital? Maybe I need to sharpen my knowledge on this topic.

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    • BTC is not stable because it still hasn’t reached its magnitude? Hard for market to stabilize 600 or 500 when the real question is $100, $1000, or $100,000/coin… we will see stabilization as bitcoin approaches 1% of the global currency market cap of $100T. @$1T BTC market cap… coins are worth $100k each.

      CRYPTO FOREVER.

      HOLD.

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