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I'm starting to wonder about the accuracy of BTC Map. I have been making phone calls to merchants who supposedly accept bitcoin in planning my road trip. The response I usually get is "huh?", or " bitwhat"?

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 23h

you know you can review the posts in btcmap, right?

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Oh yeah. I have been, both positive and negative. I don't know what effect that has on the listing, though. Some should be removed.

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I’d already thought about how easy it is to add fake spots on BTCmap. Turns out they’re real fakes!. Good on you for calling to double-check.

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Wasn't there a bounty involved?

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136 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 23h

I think some of old merchants were imported from the previous btcmap, using OSM. Many obsolete locations.

The users review is very important, so btcmap devs could remove them.

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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 21h

I have been calling up a lot of these places. Most of them who do accept bitcoin don't seem to know much about it. These merchants have just turned on the Square bitcoin service on their terminal. Not great, but it seems to be a good starting point for a conversation. It took a while, but I found one really promising bar/restaurant in Charlotte, NC. I may make a post to see if stackers have been there. I think they hold local meetups. I should have some more information in a few hours.

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144 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 20h
Not great, but it seems to be a good starting point for a conversation.

Conversation is key. Always has been.

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133 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 13 Jan

I have been sending verification reports. I'm not sure what they do with them.

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I think it goes into https://btcmap.org/tickets?

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Guess not. I think I was confused with the map that Block maintains.

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136 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 23h

Are many fake maps. One is from the BCHers, that imported the old one from OSM and converted into BCH. A lot of confusion, typical BCH.

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The last place I visited from BTC Map was the same situation. It turned out they had a bitcoin atm in the past but got rid of it.

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