The product we use
Bitcoin Starter — the person-to-person Bitcoin adoption platform.
Bitcoin Starter is a person-to-person Bitcoin ecosystem — country-personalized onboarding, self-custody wallets, a one-QR merchant rail on Lightning, a verified merchant + ATM map, open-source education, and a partner program that pays educators to grow the network. Free to start, no KYC. Bitcoin Adoptions uses it as the engine of our P2P adoption work. More at bitcoinstarter.io.
Choose your path
Three ways in. Ready in 15 minutes.
Free to start. No signup or KYC required to set up a wallet, browse the merchant map or read the guides. Membership unlocks earning and partner features.
High impact
Merchants
Accept Bitcoin with one QR code. Free setup, zero transaction fees, auto-listed on the verified merchant map. Lightning settlement out of the box — ready in 10 minutes.
Most popular
Individuals
Set up a self-custody wallet, protect your recovery words, and take your first peer-to-peer payment. No bank, no KYC, no middleman — ready in 5 minutes, free forever to start.
Earn commission
Educators & Partners
Teach Bitcoin with open-source curriculum (Plan B Academy, Bitcoin Diploma, B-CERT). Get a branded QR code and earn 50% recurring commission while members stay active.
The underestimated tool
One QR code. An entire economy.
Most Bitcoin platforms focus on individuals buying Bitcoin as an investment. Bitcoin Starter is built for communities using Bitcoin as money — person to person, merchant to merchant, street by street. One poster, one scan, no bank account, no app store.
Physical virality
A QR poster on a shop wall works 24/7 — no algorithm, no ad spend, no app store. Scan and you're in. Same friction as cash.
Merchant-to-merchant contagion
When the café next door accepts Bitcoin via a simple poster, no sales pitch is needed. Social proof is on the wall, not on a website.
Walking traffic = free impressions
Every person walking past a 'Bitcoin Accepted Here' sign is an organic impression. You can't ad-block a poster.
Your journey — start to finish
From zero to financial sovereignty in 15 minutes.
Every step is guided. No jargon, no confusion — whether you're brand new or a seasoned Bitcoiner.
STEP 01
Pick your country
30 sec
Personalized setup, local payment methods and legal info.
STEP 02
Set up your wallet
5 min
Lightning-ready, self-custody from day one.
STEP 03
Practice receiving
2 min
Create a receive address and learn what confirmations mean.
STEP 04
Practice sending
5 min
Send a small test payment, check the address twice.
STEP 05
Spend at local merchants
Ongoing
Find verified Bitcoin-accepting businesses near you. Scan, pay, done.
STEP 06
Grow & level up
Your pace
Keep learning, upgrade security, teach others, run your own node.
STEP 07
Secure your future
When ready
Hardware wallets, metal seed backups, inheritance planning.
STEP 08
Give back
Always
Activity helps fund conservation, humanitarian and animal-welfare causes.
The Bitcoin layer
Maps, merchants and ATMs — the infrastructure of self-custody.
Merchant map
Verified merchants with real-time Lightning payments — find shops, cafés and services near you.
Merchant directory
Browse every business, service and review in one searchable place.
Bitcoin ATM map
38,000+ ATMs across 80+ countries — for cash on/off-ramps without surrendering custody.
Free merchant websites
Active members running a local shop get a free website built with SatSiteStudio and a free listing on ValueSwap.io — see the merchants page.
Want it running in your community?
Bitcoin Adoptions deploys Bitcoin Starter on the ground — onboarding merchants, individuals and partners into the P2P loop.
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