---
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"]
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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.

You can select the 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 these periods.

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