November blog post just dropped! 20k merchants, Square launch, App updates & latest stats... https://yakihonne.com/article/s/[email protected]/vCK7_DB2hpZgMsd1K3STV

November blog post just dropped! 20k merchants, Square launch, App updates & latest stats...

Any designers out there who want to help make our apps prettier and more functional? The pay is lousy, but you'll have fun and be working on one of the most popular platforms in Bitcoin.🤟 #asknostr

One day.

Square is performing a 51% attack on US merchant adoption! As of this minute, we've added 1733 Square merchants that represents 52% of all locations in the US. We also have over 1700 places in the backlog too. 👀 https://btcmap.org/country/us/stats #square

We are migrating our community and team comms away from Discord (boo!) to Matrix (yay!). Check out our space over at: https://matrix.to/#/#btcmap:matrix.org

OGs for sure!

That would require API access. Can you share more detail of what your doing?

We use OpenStreetMap - a data commons and open database. Looking at how we beat marry that with Nostr. Proof of Place / Attestation will play a role. https://njump.me/naddr1qq2nya2z2akk6j60w9jz6vpeweg4vn2g8pvrqq3qcn670f663n3ks02jnnlsvd5y88zjnefy8343ykaxs7y3nzzketrsxpqqqp65wstzn6c

We just smashed through 20k listings. 👀 Prbly nothing. https://btcmap.org/dashboard

The first published paper in an academic journal on Bitcoin as a medium of exchange? "A spatial analysis of the use of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange." Corcoran et al. Financial Innovation (2025) 11:127 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40854-025-00871-z BTC Map referenced heavily. 👀