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    Paul Bischoff · · 1 min read

    How does each country in Asia use Bitcoin? Help me make a map!

    With the help of some experts in the region, I’ve created a color-coded bitcoin use map of Asia. Each color denotes the predominant use case in each country: investment/mining, currency/commodity, and/or financial service/remittance.

    bitcoin use map

    You can find a larger version, along with more info on how it works and what each use case means here.

    As you can see, many countries are still blank. This is a work in progress, and I’d like your input on more countries and even the countries I’ve already filled in if you disagree with their current status.

    So, how does each country in Asia use Bitcoin? Which of the three main use cases does it go under? What evidence or expertise do you have to prove it?

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    Paul Bischoff

    Paul Bischoff is an American multimedia journalist based in Beijing. He co-founded and authored the now-retired Beijing Tech Report, and has also worked at the Xinhua News Agency and a local ABC TV station in the US. He’s generally against writing about himself in the third person, but occasionally makes exceptions. You can follow him on Twitter @pabischoff.