---
title: "Global Bitcoin Business Growth"
date: 2024-04-04T09:16:33+01:00
author: 
    name: "Sam Chance"
header_image: "/pics/charts/growth.webp"
summary: "This analysis uses OpenStreetMaps data to chart the yearly growth of bitcoin-accepting businesses worldwide."
tags: ["Bitcoin", "Stats", "OpenStreetMaps"]
---

The table below illustrates growth of businesses worldwide that accept bitcoin as payment for products or services. The accompanying chart displays the cumulative number of bitcoin-accepting businesses for the countries selected in the table. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMaps and is updated approximately every 2 hours.

You can select the growth period of interest from the drop-down, which updates the values in the table. The table shows the ***Previous*** value, which was the number of businesses *n* days ago specified in the drop-down. The ***Current*** value is the number of businesses as of the latest update. The table also shows the ***Absolute Difference***, and the ***Percent Difference*** between this period.

The chart always reflects the countries selected in the table.

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{{< dropdown_filter id="days_ago" options="1 day:1,7 day:7,28 day:28,1 year:365,5 year:1826,10 year:3652,all time:10000" default_selection="7 day" >}}
{{< table id="bitcoin_business_growth" endpoint="bitcoin_business_growth_percent_diff" headers="{'country_name': 'Country', 'date_range': 'Date Range', 'last_value': 'Previous #', 'first_value': 'Current #', 'difference': 'Diff', 'percent_difference': '% Diff'}" maxHeight="400px" sortable="true" valueId="country_name" selectableRows="multi" >}}

{{< chart id="bitcoin_business_growth" endpoint="bitcoin_business_growth_timeseries" chartType="line" xAxisField="date" yAxisField="cumulative_value" scaleChart=true >}}

#### Attribution and License
Data obtained from © [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)

Licensed under the [ODbl](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/)