| Merchant | Category | How to pay | Status | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Hosting↗ | hosting | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Bitrefill↗ | giftcards | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| CryptoCloaks↗ | retail | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Gyft↗ | giftcards | via BitPay | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Internet Archive↗ | charity | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Mullvad VPN↗ | vpn | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Namecheap↗ | domains | via BitPay | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Njalla↗ | domains | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Nordstrom Gift Cards via Bitrefill↗ | giftcards | gift card via Bitrefill | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| NordVPN↗ | vpn | via CoinGate | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| OpenNode Merchants↗ | retail | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Save the Children↗ | charity | via BitPay | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| SD Bullion↗ | luxury | via BitPay | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Shopify merchants (BitPay)↗ | retail | via BitPay | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| The Water Project↗ | charity | via BitPay | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| Tor Project↗ | charity | direct | verified | 2026-08-15 |
| AlternativeAirlines↗ | travel | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Bitbox02 / BitcoinMagazine Store↗ | retail | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| BitLaunch↗ | hosting | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| CoinsBee↗ | giftcards | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Coldcard / Coinkite↗ | electronics | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Crypto.com Pay merchants↗ | retail | via Crypto.com Pay | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| CyberGhost VPN↗ | vpn | via BitPay | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Destinia↗ | travel | via BitPay | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Foundation Devices↗ | electronics | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation↗ | charity | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Proton Mail↗ | privacy | via BitPay | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Sovereign Hosting / OrangeWebsite↗ | hosting | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Steam (via gift card)↗ | gaming | gift card via Bitrefill | unverified | 2026-08-13 |
| The Giving Block partners↗ | charity | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| Travala↗ | travel | direct | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
| WooCommerce (BitPay)↗ | retail | via BitPay | unverified | 2026-08-10 |
Methodology
A row is verified only when its evidence URL was fetched on the date shown and that page demonstrated Bitcoin acceptance — a checkout option, a payments or FAQ statement, or a current payment-processor directory listing. A cron job re-fetches every evidence URL once a day and classifies the retrieved text; the classifier reads only the fetched page and is never allowed to fill gaps from prior knowledge. Pages that no longer show acceptance move to dropped and stay listed at the bottom of this page rather than disappearing. Pages that are ambiguous, blocked, or unreachable for three consecutive days become unverified — the honest answer when the evidence will not load. Rows we could not confirm at all are excluded from the ledger rather than padded into it. The full dataset, including evidence URLs, is published at /data.json under CC BY 4.0.