{
 "meta": {
  "title": "Billasaari Bitcoin Places Register",
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "released": "2026-10-01",
  "licence": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Billasaari Bitcoin Places Register (billasaari.com/atlas), CC BY 4.0",
  "scope": "Billasaari's own identifiers, taxonomy, status grades and paraphrased first-party facts with row-level sources. No OpenStreetMap or BTC Map data, no copied directory text, no logos, photos or personal contact data.",
  "count": 26,
  "status_counts": {
   "active": 5,
   "quiet": 17,
   "ceased": 1,
   "unverified": 3
  },
  "checked_from": "2026-09-09",
  "checked_to": "2026-09-30",
  "statuses": {
   "active": {
    "label": "Active",
    "rule": "Dated activity within 12 months of our last check."
   },
   "quiet": {
    "label": "Quiet",
    "rule": "The operator’s site is up, but we found no dated activity in the last 12 months. Quiet is not closed."
   },
   "ceased": {
    "label": "Ceased",
    "rule": "The operator or its federation says it has ended."
   },
   "unverified": {
    "label": "Unverified",
    "rule": "We could not open the operator’s own site at the last check, or only a directory lists it. Not a closure."
   }
  },
  "url": "https://billasaari.com/"
 },
 "places": [
  {
   "id": "afribit-kibera-ke",
   "name": "Afribit Kibera",
   "scope": "Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya",
   "locality": "Kibera",
   "country_iso2": "KE",
   "country": "Kenya",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "Four programmes are described as active or expanding, without dates (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Bitcoin education, a merchant network, Lightning payments, waste-collection incentives and a local marketplace for merchants, riders, women, youth and other residents of Kibera.",
   "operator": "Afribit Africa",
   "funding": "Donations and a public circular-economy fund; merchants take ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "The operator says it connects 40+ merchants, and its marketplace displayed 28 products. It gives no community-wide denominator.",
   "evidence_limit": "A self-reported merchant count is not a measure of resident adoption.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for current operator proposition and displayed merchant count; not independently audited",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.afribit.africa/about",
   "source_locator": "Built in Kibera / Today Afribit connects 40+ merchants",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q579521",
   "lat": -1.3125,
   "lon": 36.786389,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/afribit-kibera-ke/"
  },
  {
   "id": "arnhem-bitcoinstad-nl",
   "name": "Arnhem Bitcoinstad",
   "scope": "Arnhem, Netherlands",
   "locality": "Arnhem",
   "country_iso2": "NL",
   "country": "Netherlands",
   "region": "Europe",
   "kind": "city-programme",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "2024-11",
   "grade_basis": "Site, merchant map and meetups are live; the operator's payment series stopped in 2024-11 after its processor stopped (checked 2026-09-23).",
   "summary": "A merchant map, meetups and city promotion for spending Bitcoin in Arnhem, run by three local organisers.",
   "operator": "three local organizers and Arnhem Bitcoin City",
   "funding": "Volunteer merchant recruitment and events; merchants take ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "Fifteen places accepted Bitcoin at the 2014 opening. The operator's payment series ended in November 2024 when its payment processor stopped.",
   "evidence_limit": "Old payment totals can look current after the measurement stops.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for operator history and live surface; medium for current adoption",
   "fact_as_of": "2014-05-28; 2024-11",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.arnhembitcoinstad.nl/",
   "source_locator": "Background / Statistics / Arnhem Bitcoin Users",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q1310",
   "lat": 51.983333,
   "lon": 5.916667,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/arnhem-bitcoinstad-nl/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitbiashara-ke",
   "name": "BitBiashara / Tena Bitcoin Estate",
   "scope": "Nairobi, Kenya",
   "locality": "Nairobi",
   "country_iso2": "KE",
   "country": "Kenya",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "active",
   "last_dated_activity": "2026-05",
   "grade_basis": "The operator page shows May 2026 updates (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Business training, daily payments, a youth space, wellness sessions and weekly coffee hangouts for entrepreneurs, merchants, children and community members at Nairobi's Tena estate.",
   "operator": "BitBiashara",
   "funding": "Donations, merchant services and shared retail space.",
   "adoption": "The operator page displays 685 filmed transactions, 16 active merchants, 26 physical hangouts and more than 40 daily active users.",
   "evidence_limit": "A count of filmed transactions is not a count of unique users.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for displayed operator counts; not independently audited",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.bitbiashara.com/",
   "source_locator": "What's currently happening on the ground / proof-of-work statistic tiles",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q3870",
   "lat": -1.286389,
   "lon": 36.817222,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitbiashara-ke/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-babies-multi",
   "name": "Bitcoin Babies",
   "scope": "Kenya, Pakistan and Burundi cohorts",
   "locality": "Kenya, Pakistan and Burundi",
   "country_iso2": "",
   "country": "",
   "region": "Multi-country",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "Programme statistics are live (three active cohorts) but undated (checked 2026-09-30). Multi-country: listed, not mapped.",
   "summary": "Weekly satoshi support, a 48-week education programme and local merchant loops for mothers and infants, in cohorts in Kenya, Pakistan and Burundi.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Babies Foundation",
   "funding": "Donations and book proceeds; participants receive USD 5-equivalent weekly support.",
   "adoption": "The live page displays 53 mothers, 3 active cohorts and 2 completed cohorts.",
   "evidence_limit": "A niche social programme, not a place-wide economy.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for live displayed programme statistics",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoinbabies.com/en",
   "source_locator": "opening programme statistic tiles / Three Pillars of Sovereignty",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "",
   "lat": null,
   "lon": null,
   "coord_level": "none",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-babies-multi/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-beach-sv",
   "name": "Bitcoin Beach",
   "scope": "El Zonte, El Salvador",
   "locality": "El Zonte",
   "country_iso2": "SV",
   "country": "El Salvador",
   "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "active",
   "last_dated_activity": "2026-01-29",
   "grade_basis": "The operator's Bitcoin Circular Economies Summit ran in El Zonte on 26–29 January 2026 (summit page checked 2026-09-04); the adoption figures on the evidence page date from end-2021.",
   "summary": "A local Bitcoin economy in El Zonte that helps families, businesses and visitors start with wallets, onboards merchants and keeps a merchant map.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Beach",
   "funding": "Donations and community programmes; merchants take ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "The operator's end-2021 whitepaper reports that 90% of El Zonte families had used Bitcoin in the previous six months, 50% used it regularly and 50% of businesses accepted it. It gives no absolute counts.",
   "evidence_limit": "These are the operator's own end-2021 percentages, without absolute counts or an independent audit.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for operator report; counts not independently audited",
   "fact_as_of": "2021-12-31",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.bitcoinbeach.com/en/whitepaper",
   "source_locator": "BUBBLE-04: Traction",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "https://www.bitcoinbeach.com/summit-blog/bitcoin-circular-economies-summit-2026",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q107481384",
   "lat": 13.497756,
   "lon": -89.440739,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-beach-sv/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-campus-zambia-zm",
   "name": "Bitcoin Campus Zambia",
   "scope": "Lusaka, Zambia",
   "locality": "Lusaka",
   "country_iso2": "ZM",
   "country": "Zambia",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "unverified",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "A direct fetch returned 502; first-party content was seen only in a search index (2026-09-21).",
   "summary": "Student-led Bitcoin education cohorts, workshops, meetups and wallet practice for students, lecturers and other Zambians, based in Lusaka.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Campus Zambia",
   "funding": "Donations and community support.",
   "adoption": "The official page reports 100+ members, 1 campus reached, 1 completed cohort and 20 graduates from 38 first-cohort students.",
   "evidence_limit": "One campus and one completed cohort do not make a citywide circular economy.",
   "evidence_grade": "medium because current first-party page content was indexed but direct retrieval failed",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoincampuszm.org/",
   "source_locator": "indexed page: Community Stats / Roadmap",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-21",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q3881",
   "lat": -15.416667,
   "lon": 28.283333,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-campus-zambia-zm/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-district-prospera-hn",
   "name": "Bitcoin District Prospera",
   "scope": "Próspera, Roatán, Honduras",
   "locality": "Roatán",
   "country_iso2": "HN",
   "country": "Honduras",
   "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
   "kind": "district",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The operator site is live (direct retrieval intermittent); its visitor counts are undated (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "A Bitcoin district inside Próspera on Roatán with coworking, workshops, meetups, festivals, residencies and a marketplace for visiting Bitcoiners, residents, merchants and companies.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin District",
   "funding": "A mix of paid and free events, residencies and partner activity.",
   "adoption": "The operator says 100+ Bitcoiners visit each year; its projects page says 200+ have been hosted overall.",
   "evidence_limit": "Visitor counts are undated operator claims, and the district's special jurisdiction, property and capital are integral to the model.",
   "evidence_grade": "medium because direct retrieval was intermittent",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://thebitcoindistrict.com/",
   "source_locator": "bitcoin ecosystem in prospera statistic tiles / our events",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q1419813",
   "lat": 16.383417,
   "lon": -86.417833,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-district-prospera-hn/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-dominicana-do",
   "name": "Bitcoin Dominicana",
   "scope": "Dominican Republic",
   "locality": "Dominican Republic",
   "country_iso2": "DO",
   "country": "Dominican Republic",
   "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "2025",
   "grade_basis": "The operator site is live; the last dated event found is a 2025 FBCE grant, year only (checked 2026-09-30). Mapped at country level.",
   "summary": "Education, events, tourism guides and business onboarding for people, businesses, communities and visitors across the Dominican Republic.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Dominicana",
   "funding": "Grants plus community and business programmes.",
   "adoption": "The operator says more than 100 merchants accept Bitcoin and that free practical education has run since 2023.",
   "evidence_limit": "A national count is not a local circular-economy denominator.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for displayed operator claim; not independently audited",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoindominicana.com/",
   "source_locator": "Negocios sin contracargos / Comunidad y educación",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q786",
   "lat": 18.8,
   "lon": -70.2,
   "coord_level": "country",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-dominicana-do/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-ekasi-za",
   "name": "Bitcoin Ekasi",
   "scope": "Mossel Bay, South Africa",
   "locality": "Mossel Bay",
   "country_iso2": "ZA",
   "country": "South Africa",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "active",
   "last_dated_activity": "2026",
   "grade_basis": "The operator surface carries 2026 project updates (checked 2026-09-23).",
   "summary": "The Surfer Kids pays its staff in Bitcoin and onboards the township shops around them, for staff, shops and residents in Mossel Bay.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Ekasi / The Surfer Kids",
   "funding": "A donation-backed nonprofit; merchants take ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "An operator page says more than 500 people use Bitcoin daily, weekly or monthly. It gives no population denominator.",
   "evidence_limit": "The 500+ figure is the operator's own undated claim, with no denominator or audit.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for displayed operator claim; not independently audited",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://support.bitcoinekasi.com/",
   "source_locator": "opening project statement: more than 500 people use Bitcoin",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q995615",
   "lat": -34.183333,
   "lon": 22.133333,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-ekasi-za/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-jungle-cr",
   "name": "Bitcoin Jungle",
   "scope": "Uvita, Costa Rica",
   "locality": "Uvita",
   "country_iso2": "CR",
   "country": "Costa Rica",
   "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The operator's project page is live; no dated activity was found on the checked page (2026-09-23).",
   "summary": "A merchant map, education, events and payment infrastructure for local businesses, residents and visitors around Uvita.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Jungle",
   "funding": "Donations and community services; merchants take ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "The operator says hundreds of businesses across Costa Rica accept Bitcoin and that 80% of its users are Costa Rican. It gives no absolute user count.",
   "evidence_limit": "A national business count is not a measure of participation in Uvita.",
   "evidence_grade": "medium for operator adoption claims; high for live proposition",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.bitcoinjungle.app/project",
   "source_locator": "FAQ: Who uses Bitcoin Jungle? / Are there Costa Ricans involved?",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q7903715",
   "lat": 9.1738,
   "lon": -83.7399,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-jungle-cr/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-loxion-za",
   "name": "Bitcoin Loxion",
   "scope": "Khayelitsha, South Africa",
   "locality": "Khayelitsha",
   "country_iso2": "ZA",
   "country": "South Africa",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "unverified",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The operator domain listed by FBCE did not load on retry; identity rests on the directory listing (2026-09-23).",
   "summary": "Education, merchant onboarding, a community garden, payments and guided visits for residents, merchants and visitors in Khayelitsha.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Loxion",
   "funding": "Grants, donations and community activity.",
   "adoption": "No first-party adoption figure was recovered.",
   "evidence_limit": "A directory link and an external event itinerary do not prove current activity.",
   "evidence_grade": "low for current operation; medium for identity via current directory link",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://fbce.io/find-bces",
   "source_locator": "Africa / Bitcoin Loxion / listed operator URL; operator retrieval failed",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q741111",
   "lat": -34.040143,
   "lon": 18.677788,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-loxion-za/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-plett-za",
   "name": "Bitcoin Plett",
   "scope": "Plettenberg Bay, South Africa",
   "locality": "Plettenberg Bay",
   "country_iso2": "ZA",
   "country": "South Africa",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "unverified",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "A direct fetch timed out; first-party content was seen only in a search index (2026-09-21).",
   "summary": "Volunteer-run merchant discovery, self-custody education, weekly meetups and events for residents, merchants and visitors in Plettenberg Bay.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Plett",
   "funding": "A volunteer community movement; merchants take ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "No absolute merchant or participant figure was found on the checked operator page.",
   "evidence_limit": "An uncounted merchant list does not show place-wide adoption.",
   "evidence_grade": "medium because current first-party content was indexed but direct retrieval timed out",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoinplett.cx/",
   "source_locator": "indexed homepage: Plettenberg Bay's Bitcoin Hub / Where to spend Bitcoin in Plett / Events & Meetups",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-21",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q922360",
   "lat": -34.05,
   "lon": 23.366667,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-plett-za/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-sedgefield-za",
   "name": "Bitcoin Sedgefield",
   "scope": "Sedgefield, South Africa",
   "locality": "Sedgefield",
   "country_iso2": "ZA",
   "country": "South Africa",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The community site and map are live; no dated activity was found (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Free support, education, merchant onboarding and a community map for residents, businesses and visitors in Sedgefield.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Sedgefield",
   "funding": "Volunteer support; merchants take ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "No participant or merchant figure was found on the checked homepage.",
   "evidence_limit": "No public cadence or adoption result was found.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for live proposition; no numerator",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoinsedgefield.co.za/",
   "source_locator": "Bitcoin in Sedgefield / The bitcoin Sedgefield community map",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q2465269",
   "lat": -34.021389,
   "lon": 22.803333,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-sedgefield-za/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-ubuntu-za",
   "name": "Bitcoin Ubuntu",
   "scope": "Swellendam, South Africa; pan-African support",
   "locality": "Swellendam",
   "country_iso2": "ZA",
   "country": "South Africa",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "Programme figures are live but undated (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Free education, merchant set-up, listings and adoption-proof tools for students, projects, local businesses and charities, based in Swellendam with pan-African support.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Ubuntu",
   "funding": "A volunteer organisation with open resources, support and donations.",
   "adoption": "The operator displays 14 cohorts, 42 projects supported, 18 local businesses and 8 collaborations.",
   "evidence_limit": "Network-support figures are not a measure of local economic circulation.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for displayed operator figures; not independently audited",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoinubuntu.org/",
   "source_locator": "opening statistic tiles / Learn Bitcoin / Accept Bitcoin",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q1023257",
   "lat": -34.023056,
   "lon": 20.44,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-ubuntu-za/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-valley-it",
   "name": "Bitcoin Valley",
   "scope": "Rovereto and Trentino, Italy",
   "locality": "Rovereto",
   "country_iso2": "IT",
   "country": "Italy",
   "region": "Europe",
   "kind": "city-programme",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The operator site is live; no dated activity was found (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "A Lightning merchant map, guided visits and business services for citizens, merchants, professionals and tourists in Rovereto and Trentino, run by Bmanity S.r.l.",
   "operator": "Bmanity S.r.l.",
   "funding": "Commercial services to businesses and consumers; merchants take ordinary payments.",
   "adoption": "No current merchant figure was found on the checked operator homepage.",
   "evidence_limit": "Operator superlatives are not independent comparative evidence.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for operator identity and proposition; no numerator",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoinvalley.eu/",
   "source_locator": "Bitcoin Valley is an initiative open to everyone / Rovereto Trentino",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q279373",
   "lat": 45.883333,
   "lon": 11.034167,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-valley-it/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitcoin-victoria-falls-zm",
   "name": "Bitcoin Victoria Falls",
   "scope": "Livingstone, Zambia",
   "locality": "Livingstone",
   "country_iso2": "ZM",
   "country": "Zambia",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The operator site is live with education, merchant and tourism programmes; no dated activity was found (checked 2026-09-23).",
   "summary": "Education cohorts, merchant onboarding, Lightning payments and Bitcoin-tourism activity for students, merchants, tourism operators, rural residents and visitors around Livingstone.",
   "operator": "Bitcoin Victoria Falls",
   "funding": "Grants, donations and community programmes.",
   "adoption": "The operator site states that shops, markets and lodges accept Bitcoin; it gives no current merchant or participant figure.",
   "evidence_limit": "Funding and programme posts do not establish merchant adoption.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for current operator proposition; no adoption denominator",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoinvictoriafalls.com/",
   "source_locator": "Bitcoin Economy / Local Adoption / Our Work in Livingstone / Merchant Adoption / Tourism and Bitcoin",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q1866604",
   "lat": -17.85,
   "lon": 25.866667,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitcoin-victoria-falls-zm/"
  },
  {
   "id": "bitfiasi-gh",
   "name": "Bitfiasi Initiative",
   "scope": "Dodowa, Ghana",
   "locality": "Dodowa",
   "country_iso2": "GH",
   "country": "Ghana",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "Programmes and a monthly meetup are listed, undated on the checked page (2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Practical education, a monthly meetup and business-growth support for women learners, merchants, schools and residents in Dodowa.",
   "operator": "Bitfiasi",
   "funding": "Donations, grants and programme support.",
   "adoption": "The operator says three seven-week, women-focused cohorts have been completed; the checked page gives no participant count.",
   "evidence_limit": "Education activity alone does not show merchant circulation.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for live programmes; no denominator",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitfiasi.org/",
   "source_locator": "Our Projects / Bitcoin for Beginners / Bitfiasi Monthly Meetup",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q3033677",
   "lat": 5.883333,
   "lon": -0.091667,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/bitfiasi-gh/"
  },
  {
   "id": "btchick-bitcoin-island-se",
   "name": "btchick Bitcoin Island",
   "scope": "Lilla Essingen, Stockholm, Sweden",
   "locality": "Lilla Essingen",
   "country_iso2": "SE",
   "country": "Sweden",
   "region": "Europe",
   "kind": "island-initiative",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The initiative page is live; no dated activity or participation result was found (checked 2026-09-09).",
   "summary": "A merchant initiative on Lilla Essingen, an island district of Stockholm: merchant education, Lightning point-of-sale and NFC trials for about 30 independent merchants and island visitors.",
   "operator": "btchick / Bitcoin Island",
   "funding": "A private initiative; the funding model is not disclosed.",
   "adoption": "No participation figure was found. About 30 independent merchants is the island's addressable total.",
   "evidence_limit": "About 30 merchants is the addressable total, not a count of merchants accepting Bitcoin.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for proposition; no result",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.btchick.com/bitcoin-island/",
   "source_locator": "Bitcoin Island / project method / approximately 30 independent merchants",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-09",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q1042366",
   "lat": 59.325,
   "lon": 18.004167,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/btchick-bitcoin-island-se/"
  },
  {
   "id": "free-madeira-pt",
   "name": "FREE Madeira",
   "scope": "Madeira, Portugal",
   "locality": "Madeira",
   "country_iso2": "PT",
   "country": "Portugal",
   "region": "Europe",
   "kind": "island-initiative",
   "status": "active",
   "last_dated_activity": "2026",
   "grade_basis": "The operator site carries a 2026 meetup calendar (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Education, recurring meetups, merchant help, a map and a conference for residents, businesses, learners and visitors on Madeira, run by the FREE Madeira nonprofit.",
   "operator": "FREE Madeira nonprofit",
   "funding": "Nonprofit donations, shop partnerships and events.",
   "adoption": "The operator states that more than 160 businesses accept Bitcoin; another section of the same page says over 150.",
   "evidence_limit": "A rounded claim that changes within one page is not a stable, audited merchant total.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for live activity; medium for inconsistent displayed merchant thresholds",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://freemadeira.org/",
   "source_locator": "Adoption / Upcoming Events / Free your business",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q26253",
   "lat": 32.75,
   "lon": -17,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/free-madeira-pt/"
  },
  {
   "id": "la-islabtc-cu",
   "name": "La IslaBTC",
   "scope": "Isla de la Juventud, Cuba",
   "locality": "Isla de la Juventud",
   "country_iso2": "CU",
   "country": "Cuba",
   "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
   "kind": "island-initiative",
   "status": "active",
   "last_dated_activity": "2026-01-17",
   "grade_basis": "The operator page lists community activity on 2026-01-17 (checked 2026-09-23).",
   "summary": "Bitcoin education, community membership and merchant payments for learners, members, merchants and families on Isla de la Juventud.",
   "operator": "La IslaBTC",
   "funding": "Donations and a 2025 FBCE grant; community programmes.",
   "adoption": "The operator displays 21 course graduates, 48 community members, 14 educational meetings in one year, 6 accepting businesses and 3 using BTCPay Server.",
   "evidence_limit": "Operator counts that have not been independently refreshed are not audited facts.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for dated self-reported activity",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://la-islabtc.github.io/laislabtc/",
   "source_locator": "Impacto de la Comunidad / 2026 - 17 DE ENERO / NEGOCIOS",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q115027",
   "lat": 21.75,
   "lon": -82.85,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/la-islabtc-cu/"
  },
  {
   "id": "lugano-plan-b-ch",
   "name": "Lugano Plan B",
   "scope": "Lugano, Switzerland",
   "locality": "Lugano",
   "country_iso2": "CH",
   "country": "Switzerland",
   "region": "Europe",
   "kind": "city-programme",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The programme page is live with a merchant count and a Phase II announcement; no date was found on the checked page (2026-09-23).",
   "summary": "A citywide programme with payments, a merchant map, education and events for residents, merchants and visitors in Lugano, run by the City of Lugano and Tether.",
   "operator": "City of Lugano and Tether",
   "funding": "City and foundation funding; merchants take ordinary payments.",
   "adoption": "The programme page reports 360+ merchants accepting BTC, USDt and LVGA.",
   "evidence_limit": "The merchant count is operator-reported and has no denominator of eligible merchants.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for displayed operator count; no eligible denominator",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://planb.lugano.ch/",
   "source_locator": "statistic tiles / Merchant Adoption / Phase II",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-23",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q7024",
   "lat": 46.010278,
   "lon": 8.9625,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/lugano-plan-b-ch/"
  },
  {
   "id": "motiv-pe",
   "name": "MOTIV",
   "scope": "multiple locations, Peru",
   "locality": "Peru",
   "country_iso2": "PE",
   "country": "Peru",
   "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "The nonprofit site is live; no dated activity was found (checked 2026-09-30). Multiple locations: mapped at country level.",
   "summary": "Education, equipment and Bitcoin-based community programmes for impoverished, marginalised and economically excluded communities at several locations in Peru.",
   "operator": "MOTIV",
   "funding": "Nonprofit donations, including in Bitcoin.",
   "adoption": "No location-level adoption figure was found on the checked homepage.",
   "evidence_limit": "A multi-location nonprofit cannot be reduced to one geographic adoption count.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for nonprofit proposition; no place-level numerator",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://motiv.ngo/",
   "source_locator": "MOTIV strives to improve lives / Become part of the solution",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q419",
   "lat": -9.4,
   "lon": -76,
   "coord_level": "country",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/motiv-pe/"
  },
  {
   "id": "ola-bitcoin-bw",
   "name": "Ola Bitcoin",
   "scope": "Gaborone, Botswana",
   "locality": "Gaborone",
   "country_iso2": "BW",
   "country": "Botswana",
   "region": "Africa",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "2025",
   "grade_basis": "The last dated activity found is a nine-week radio segment in 2025, year only (proof-of-work page, checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Free education, wallet use and merchant adoption for learners, a radio audience and merchants in Gaborone.",
   "operator": "Ola Bitcoin",
   "funding": "Donations and education activity.",
   "adoption": "The operator's proof-of-work page reports a nine-week radio segment in 2025; no adoption figure was found.",
   "evidence_limit": "Media activity is not the same as people paying in Bitcoin.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for dated activity; no adoption count",
   "fact_as_of": "2025",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.olabitcoin.org/",
   "source_locator": "Proof of work 2025 / Gabz FM",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q3919",
   "lat": -24.656944,
   "lon": 25.908611,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/ola-bitcoin-bw/"
  },
  {
   "id": "ordermoon-bg",
   "name": "Ordermoon Bulgaria",
   "scope": "Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Bansko, Bulgaria",
   "locality": "Bulgaria",
   "country_iso2": "BG",
   "country": "Bulgaria",
   "region": "Europe",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "2025",
   "grade_basis": "The product site is live; the last dated event found is a 2025 FBCE grant, year only (checked 2026-09-30). Mapped at country level.",
   "summary": "Ordering, booking, QR menus and a self-custody Lightning wallet for Bitcoin-accepting restaurants, diners and delivery operators in Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna and Bansko.",
   "operator": "Ordermoon",
   "funding": "Commercial restaurant software, with FBCE grants in 2024 and 2025.",
   "adoption": "No merchant or transaction figure was found on the checked operator page.",
   "evidence_limit": "Software availability does not show a local circular economy.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for current product; medium for BCE classification",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://ordermoon.com/",
   "source_locator": "Self-Custody LN Wallet / Why Ordermoon?",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q219",
   "lat": 42.75,
   "lon": 25.5,
   "coord_level": "country",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/ordermoon-bg/"
  },
  {
   "id": "praia-bitcoin-br",
   "name": "Praia Bitcoin",
   "scope": "Jericoacoara, Brazil",
   "locality": "Jericoacoara Beach",
   "country_iso2": "BR",
   "country": "Brazil",
   "region": "Latin America & Caribbean",
   "kind": "circular-economy",
   "status": "ceased",
   "last_dated_activity": "2026-02",
   "grade_basis": "The operator announced its sunset in February 2026; historical pages are kept through 2026 (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Merchant onboarding, education and Lightning spending in Jericoacoara for local merchants, residents, students and visitors.",
   "operator": "Praia Bitcoin / Bitcoinize",
   "funding": "Donations and community programmes; merchants took ordinary Bitcoin payments.",
   "adoption": "A historical listing gives an undated 11–20 merchants and 1–49 daily transactions.",
   "evidence_limit": "A live-looking directory card can outlast the operation, and these counts are undated.",
   "evidence_grade": "medium; sunset is operator-announced but listing counts are undated",
   "fact_as_of": "2026-02-28",
   "evidence_url": "https://bitcoinconfederation.org/hub/praia-bitcoin-brazil/",
   "source_locator": "Praia Bitcoin Sunset / Adoption Summary",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q10352810",
   "lat": -2.793056,
   "lon": -40.520278,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/praia-bitcoin-br/"
  },
  {
   "id": "villaggio-bitcoin-it",
   "name": "Villaggio Bitcoin",
   "scope": "Darfo Boario Terme, Italy",
   "locality": "Darfo Boario Terme",
   "country_iso2": "IT",
   "country": "Italy",
   "region": "Europe",
   "kind": "programme-network",
   "status": "quiet",
   "last_dated_activity": "",
   "grade_basis": "Courses and services are live; no dated activity was found (checked 2026-09-30).",
   "summary": "Courses, publications and technical and administrative help for individuals and businesses integrating Bitcoin, based in Darfo Boario Terme.",
   "operator": "Villaggio Bitcoin",
   "funding": "Paid courses, books and business services.",
   "adoption": "No local merchant or adoption figure was found on the checked page.",
   "evidence_limit": "A directory calling it a village can overstate geographic adoption.",
   "evidence_grade": "high for current offer; low for place-wide circulation",
   "fact_as_of": "unknown",
   "evidence_url": "https://www.villaggiobitcoin.it/",
   "source_locator": "Bitcoin per Privati / Villaggio Academy / Bitcoin per Aziende",
   "accessed_date": "2026-09-30",
   "activity_url": "",
   "wikidata_qid": "Q104565",
   "lat": 45.894444,
   "lon": 10.186667,
   "coord_level": "locality",
   "graded_on": "2026-10-01",
   "record_url": "https://billasaari.com/atlas/villaggio-bitcoin-it/"
  }
 ]
}