currency:XBT - Bitcoin the currency accepted
payment:lightning - Lightning accepted as a payment methodpayment:lightningnfc - Lightning NFC accepted as a payment method - bolt cardpayment:onchain - Onchain accepted as a payment method
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.
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.
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.
how do i list my venue on this app?
the feed comes from openstreetmap every 24 hours
OSM tagging as follows:
view on twitter.comcurrency:XBT- Bitcoin the currency acceptedpayment:lightning- Lightning accepted as a payment methodpayment:lightningnfc- Lightning NFC accepted as a payment method - bolt cardpayment:onchain- Onchain accepted as a payment methodNow every hour! https://twitter.com/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1565618615130492929
Great I'll remove
payment:bitcoinand just usecurrency:XBTandpayment:lightningfor some of my listings I'm maintaining which are really lightning only.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.
New tagging regime:
view on twitter.comTagging 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
What is the difference between the tickers BTC and XBT? BTC the asset and XBT the currency? Is the XBT notation widely used?
XBT is the official ISO currency code for Bitcoin. Interchangable with BTC, which is kinda the 'unofficial' but widely used code.
Thanks. Wasn't aware it was standardized.
UPDATED
currency : XBT
payment : lightning
payment : lightning_contactless
payment : onchain
Very basic web site now up at btcmap.org.
If you're a web designer get in touch and we can make it pretty.
Anyone know where this app pulls it's feeds from and how you can add businesses?
Is this basically a crowd-sourced wiki like app for bitcoin accepting businesses?
Basically, yes. Using OSM as the database, which is essentially a map wiki.
check out oshi app. just got some coffee there
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.
interesting, is it easy to find places integrated with oshi?
Really Great!
Here's the Tweet that kicked off the Twitter thread where this was first shared:
https://twitter.com/nathan_day/status/1564338863073550337 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:
https://twitter.com/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1564925849811537920 https://nitter.it/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1564925849811537920
This is blank, currently, but their website will show the map.
https://twitter.com/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1564927497640333317 https://nitter.it/BTCMapDotOrg/status/1564927497640333317
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!