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BTC Map | See where you can spend your bitcoin!f-droid.org/en/packages/org.btcmap/

1895 sats \ 22 comments \ @random_ 31 Aug 2022 bitcoin

212 sats \ 11 replies \ @1v6cm95h 1 Sep 2022

how do i list my venue on this app?

111 sats \ 9 replies \ @el_zonte 1 Sep 2022

the feed comes from openstreetmap every 24 hours

OSM tagging as follows:

currency:XBT - Bitcoin the currency accepted payment:lightning - Lightning accepted as a payment method payment:lightningnfc - Lightning NFC accepted as a payment method - bolt card payment:onchain - Onchain accepted as a payment method

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @j24 2 Sep 2022

Now every hour! https://twitter.com/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1565618615130492929

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022

New tagging regime:

Tagging is now:

currency:XBT=yes

payment:bitcoin=onchain;lightning; lightningnfc

Pick one or more.

If you're not sure what the payment methods are, then just use:

payment:bitcoin=yes

10 sats \ 2 replies \ @f6287b82CC84bcbd 2 Sep 2022

Great I'll remove payment:bitcoin and just use currency:XBT and payment:lightning for some of my listings I'm maintaining which are really lightning only.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022 freebie

Currently, payment:XBT will display as on-chain.

We're currently debating the the OSM community on the most appropriate tagging regime: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/bitcoin-tagging/2302.

I would like to see onchain being explicit using the payment:onchain tag.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @el_zonte 23 Sep 2022

UPDATED

currency : XBT

Bitcoin the currency accepted

payment : lightning

Lightning accepted as a payment method

payment : lightning_contactless

Lightning contactless accepted as a payment method - bolt card

payment : onchain

Onchain accepted as a payment method

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @j24 2 Sep 2022

What is the difference between the tickers BTC and XBT? BTC the asset and XBT the currency? Is the XBT notation widely used?

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022 freebie

XBT is the official ISO currency code for Bitcoin. Interchangable with BTC, which is kinda the 'unofficial' but widely used code.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @j24 2 Sep 2022

Thanks. Wasn't aware it was standardized.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022

Very basic web site now up at btcmap.org.

If you're a web designer get in touch and we can make it pretty.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 1 Sep 2022

Anyone know where this app pulls it's feeds from and how you can add businesses?

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @ClubAlpaca 2 Sep 2022

Here's the Tweet that kicked off the Twitter thread where this was first shared:

I'm on a bit of a mission to properly tag vendors accepting #bitcoin! in @openstreetmap. This enables other apps to use this data, such as BTC Map https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.btcmap/ and others.

https://nitter.it/nathan_day/status/1564338863073550337

And then here's the Tweet from the project's Twitter account that kicked off another Twitter thread:

We're on a mission to get merchants that accept #bitcoin properly tagged within @openstreetmap and beautifully visualised within FOSS mobile and web apps.

https://nitter.it/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1564925849811537920

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ClubAlpaca 2 Sep 2022

This is blank, currently, but their website will show the map.

Web app coming soon to btcmap.org

https://nitter.it/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1564927497640333317

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @2big2fail 1 Sep 2022

check out oshi app. just got some coffee there

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoinbassist 1 Sep 2022

interesting, is it easy to find places integrated with oshi?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022 freebie

Oshi looks like a private data set. There are others taking this approach too. Our approach is for the BTC Apps and the data to be FOSS.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022 freebie

Hi guys - I'm one of the guys behind the BTC Map initiative.

The mobile app has been around a while, but we are now looking to spark a grass roots initiative to get venues properly tagged and we are looking for contributors to get a web app and an iOS app going too.

AMA!

11 sats \ 0 replies \ @AbdouAssami 1 Sep 2022 freebie

Really Great!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 1 Sep 2022

Is this basically a crowd-sourced wiki like app for bitcoin accepting businesses?

104 sats \ 0 replies \ @nathanday 2 Sep 2022 freebie

Basically, yes. Using OSM as the database, which is essentially a map wiki.