The number of verified merchants has dropped from 6,867 to 6,734 (-2%), which means that we’re struggling to keep more than 5-7 thousands of places up-to-date, and we need more contributors who can re-verify outdated merchants.
The total number of merchants has increased from 11,685 to 11,833 (+1.3%), which is in line with our long-term trend. The stream of new merchants has no signs of tapering, we’re just struggling to maintain the old ones in certain regions.
Moar data maintainers needed!
A few taggers in each country is all it takes.
What's stopping you from keeping your back yard in good order?
Become the Shadowy Supertaggers your country needs. 🤟
What exactly needs to be done? How can avg plebs help out?
Mainly checking existing places are re-verified (still accepting bitcoin etc.) periodically.
We deem something out-of-date if it hasn't been verified within 12-months.
We have tools that show what needs looking at within each country and community.
Wanna dive in?
I’m willing to give it a shot- but do they need to be verified in person or how? I live in the middle of nowhere and just checked the total of 6 places listed on BTC map in my entire state 😆
Remote verification is fine.
Details here:
https://wiki.btcmap.org/general/tagging-instructions
Jump into our Discord for more assistance from Shadowy Supertaggers!
Will dig in this weekend! Definitely something I can dedicate some time to over winter months 🤙
Moar data maintainers needed!
A few taggers in each country is all it takes.
What's stopping you from keeping your back yard in good order?
Become the Shadowy Supertaggers your country needs. 🤟
