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Ben Griffiths
Ben Griffiths
Brisbane, Australia

I built this site after years of sharing the same podcasts, videos, and books with anyone who asked me about Bitcoin. This is all of it, in one place.

If you would prefer one-on-one guidance, whether that is walking through your first purchase, setting up self-custody, or understanding how Bitcoin fits into your financial picture, I offer personal training sessions tailored to where you are in the journey.

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1Why Bitcoin?
2Basics
3Performance
4Institutional
4.5Break
5Adoption
6CBDCs
7Advanced
8Take Action
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Real World Adoption

Bitcoin isn't just an investment. People are using it. Businesses accept it. ATMs dispense it. Nodes run it. Entire communities are being built around it.

~30 min of content
Bitcoin ATMs
39,000+
across 72+ countries
Coin ATM Radar / Finbold ↗
Merchants accepting BTC
21,800+
mapped and growing daily
BTC Map 2025 Annual Review ↗
Full nodes
21,000+
reachable nodes worldwide
Bitnodes.io ↗
Countries with nodes
157+
running Bitcoin infrastructure
Bitnodes.io ↗

See It in Action

These maps and trackers show Bitcoin adoption as it happens. Real businesses. Real nodes. Real ATMs. The network is bigger and more distributed than most people realise.

Interactive Map
BTC Map
Find every business accepting Bitcoin worldwide. Search by location and see the network growing in real time.
Interactive Map
Coinmap
Another comprehensive map of Bitcoin-accepting venues, with heatmaps showing adoption density.
ATM Locator
Coin ATM Radar
Find Bitcoin ATMs near you. There are now over 30,000 worldwide and growing.
Network Map
Bitnodes
See every Bitcoin node running worldwide. The decentralised backbone of the network, visualised.

Bitcoin in Africa

Some of the most transformative Bitcoin adoption is happening in Africa, where broken banking systems and energy scarcity create the perfect conditions for Bitcoin to solve real problems.

Data
UsefulTulips
Peer-to-peer Bitcoin and cryptocurrency volume data for emerging markets. See where adoption is growing fastest.
The Silent Bitcoin Revolution of Africa
The Silent Bitcoin Revolution of Africa

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