Global Metrics ๐๏ธ
- Total Bitcoin-accepting places: 23,063 -> 24,146 (+1,083 +4.7%)
- Recently verified (1y): 12,727 -> 13,470 (+743 +5.8%)
- Avg. days since last verification: 393 -> 396 (+3 +0.8%)
- Merchants boosted: 20 -> 41 (+21 +105.0%)
- Total boost duration: 2,240 -> 4,920 (+2,680 +119.6%) days
- Comments posted: 39 -> 29 (-10 -25.6%)
Find current stats over at the ๐ BTC Map Dashboard.
Country Activity ๐
Here are this month's most active countries in terms of merchant data editing.
| Name | Total | Created | Updated | Deleted | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐บ๐ธ United States of America | 1106 | 913 | 160 | 33 | 6 |
| ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 69 | 8 | 58 | 3 | 1 |
| ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 65 | 29 | 31 | 5 | 1 |
| ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 59 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 4 |
| ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador | 55 | 12 | 42 | 1 | 4 |
| ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| ๐น๐ญ Thailand | 45 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 39 | 5 | 28 | 6 | 0 |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 38 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia | 37 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 |
Community Activity ๐
Here are this month's most active communities in terms of merchant data editing.
| Name | Total | Created | Updated | Deleted | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฐ๐ท Sea of Corea | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| ๐บ๐ธ BitPlebs Los Angeles | 50 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| ๐ง๐ฏ Bitcoin Benin | 35 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| ๐ฏ๐ต Tokyo Bitcoin Base | 32 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| ๐บ๐ธ Colorado Bitcoin | 25 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| ๐บ๐ธ Bay Area Bitcoiners | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
New Communities ๐ซ
We welcomed the following new communities over the past month:
- ๐ธ๐ป Bitcoin Acajutla
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Eenentwintig Utrecht
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Eenentwintig Limburg
- ๐ฏ๐ต Tokyo Bitcoin Base
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ BitFitness
We now have 638 Communities scattered across the planet. ๐๏ธ
Active Taggers ๐
Here are this month's most active contributors adding and updating merchant data on BTC Map.
๐ฃ Shoutout to the top 3:
- ๐ฅ Rockedf with 602 edits
- ๐ฅ RoseBTCmap with 432 edits
- ๐ฅ Comino with 337 edits
| Name | Total Edits | Created | Updated | Deleted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockedf | 602 | 537 | 65 | 0 |
| RoseBTCmap | 432 | 422 | 10 | 0 |
| Comino | 337 | 28 | 293 | 16 |
| descubrebitcoin | 136 | 13 | 89 | 34 |
| Beinardus | 33 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| Dimitar155 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bitcoin Amantikir | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| wildmaps | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| BTCMAP-TBB | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Mind09 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
| skquinn | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Carlos404 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| samuelzammit | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| BigKev97 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| emiliomorles | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Find current and historical stats on the Tagger Leaderboard.
Web App ๐ธ๏ธ
February was a very active month for the Web App, with a strong focus on localization, UX polish, and performance.
- Major internationalization 'i18n' rollout across map controls, merchant pages, area views, leaderboards, dashboard, tickets, onboarding, support pages, and errors. Thanks to new contributor Nackoo2000 for assisting Hannes here!
- New language support expanded, including Bulgarian and broader translation coverage.
- Community and tagging UX updates including Verify Community forms and translated onboarding flows.
- Map UX improvements from PR #695 (search list design updates) and PR #694 (nearby list real-distance display).
- Performance improvements on merchant pages and non-map pages (sync bottleneck reductions and sync progress indicators).
- Community contact support expanded with Satlantis, Geyser and improved social/contact rendering.
- Merchant page performance improved by orders of magnitude for cold clients by removing full-sync bottlenecks and relying on targeted API endpoints.
Android App ๐ค
Android saw major progress in February, with a large app refactor and several UX improvements landing ahead of the next release.
- Improved clustering now feels stable after significant map refactoring and testing.
- Map rotation is back, enabled by the new clustering approach.
- Website-aligned default colors now improve readability across map styles in both light and dark modes.
- Customization remains strong with optional Material-based theming still available in settings.
Preview builds are available at: btcmap-android preview releases.
Admin App ๐ ๏ธ
Admin App work in February included validation and maintenance improvements:
- Added support for 'Login with Nostr'.
- Added additional new social contact fields to validation rules.
- Updated JS module dependencies and Bootstrap.
- Added contributor setup guidance and repo hygiene updates.
Infrastructure โ๏ธ
Infrastructure and platform work was significant in February:
- API/Backend: large refactor and migration work across DB layers, schema handling, request logging, v4 endpoint improvements, and reliability updates
- Lightning stack: continued LND-related work and associated backend improvements
- Data portability and resilience: DB structure evolved around focused files (
main.db,images.db,log.db) to improve portability and backup workflows - Request logging and OG caching: faster logging with richer diagnostics (including user-agent) plus OpenGraph image caching to reduce tile-server load
- New API capabilities: endpoint additions for place areas and place activity
For a technical contributor view, see Igor's February recap.
Analytics ๐
Our February website stats are as follows:
Check out the BTC Map Analytics Dashboard. Track our growth and see where users are coming from in real time.
Credits ๐ซถ
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the project this month, including the :
- Hannes / escapedcat - major web and admin contributions
- Nackoo2000 - major i18n rollout across web pages and flows
- 5atoshiNakamoto - web locale wording fix
- Igor Bubelov - major API and Android contributions
- Nathan / dadofsambonzuki - blog, data, and admin contributions
- kanishka0411 - web app contributions
Support Us ๐ค
There are many ways in which you can support us:
- Become a Shadowy Supertagger and help maintain your local area or pitch in with the never-ending global effort.
- Help improve or maintain our code. Check out our GitHub Team and hop into our Matrix Space.
- Consider donating to the project here.