Talk:List of bitcoin companies

Non-free images

It's impossible to meet all the non-free content criteria in an article like this. Without going through all of them, particularly problematic is #8 "Contextual significance"; Since this is neither a main article for any of the companies nor includes critical commentary of any of the logos, it isn't necessary to display the logos here either for identification of the subject of this article or a visual item of commentary. The image use policy is highly technical, but the most pertinent advice here would be: " It is inadvisable to provide a non-free image for each entry in [a list article] ... images that are used only to visually identify elements in the [list] article should be used as sparingly as possible." (WP:NFLISTS). I see no grounds for using any non-free images in this article, I'm afraid. I have removed them again. Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 20:34, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, WP:NFLISTS does indeed seem relevant to this List. -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) 21:26, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed the entire logo column, and added a few free images from commons. -- Eclipsed (talk) (email) 08:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Some of the logos I had left behind were uploaded with a free license, but in some cases it might be a case of wrong license. Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 16:23, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

My opinion is that there's still too many images. Images are supposed to illustrate points made in the article, not decorate it. Currently, none of the images or image captions are related to the companies or a specific company. Finnusertop (talk | guestbook | contribs) 01:17, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Inclusion criteria

Let's chat about the inclusion criteria for this list.

I propose: "for-profit companies notable within the cryptocurrency industry". For companies that don't have their own articles, at least 2 significant mentions from reliable, independent industry news sources would be acceptable for listing. Still out of scope would be not-for-profit organizations, and individual products.

Cheers. -- 1Wiki8........................... (talk) 09:15, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

Agreed that this needs to be resolved. In its current form, this list is becoming an advert spam magnet - a linkfarm with no inclusion criteria.

As to criteria, I don't see why your proposed criteria couldn't be expanded to also cover non-profits or individual products. If any that meet the criteria of having their own article, or has two sources providing in-depth (non-trivial) coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject - then they could be included. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 21:59, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Cryptocurrency task force Invite

-- 1Wiki8........................... (talk) 10:18, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

processors to add

Coinjolt, Coinkite, Moolah, BitPay, GoCoin, Bitpagos, Coinjar, Cryptopay ref = https://toughnickel.com/personal-finance/Best-Payment-Processors-for-Bitcoin-Bitcoin-for-Merchants KVDP (talk) 07:41, 8 October 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2017 -

Please add Bitstamp Exchange on the list. Company: Bitstamp, Website: https://www.bitstamp.net/ Founded: 2011 Headquarters: Luxembourg Service: Digital Currency Exchange (BTC, ETH, XRP and LTC) 93.103.18.174 (talk) 09:02, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Done – Train2104 (t • c) 13:06, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 04 September 2017 -

Please add CoinOutlet ATM manufacturer on the list. Company: CoinOutlet, Website: http://coinoutletatm.com/ Founded: 2014 Headquarters: Pennsylvania, USA Service: Bitcoin ATM manufacturer

Not done for now: Does not appear to have a wikipedia page at this time. CoinOutlet Cannolis (talk) 22:13, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Be consistent with United States of America shortcut - USA/US

This country is there written as USA and US. Should be unified to USA.

Agree, and went ahead and did it Cannolis (talk) 02:07, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2017

Adding Bitcoin Bázis - news site in Hungary - Budapest link: http://www.bitcoinbazis.hu/ Balaxi (talk) 10:12, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

 Not done Not notable, no page. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:47, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2017

crypto-e-world Priyac (talk) 08:01, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 09:48, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2017

Coinzilla.io, Romania, 2016, Cryptocurrency Advertising Agency 82.77.243.99 (talk) 15:27, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

 Not done. No specific suggestion given. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:53, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 November 2017

96.54.94.61 (talk) 22:38, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

 Not done. Had you previewed your request before you saved the page, you'd have noticed you didn't actually say anything. CityOfSilver 22:44, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 February 2018

Hi,

Please include CRXzone.com to the List.

Company: CRXzone Founded: 2014 Headquarters: Singapore Service: Bitcoin/Litecoin/Dogecoin Exchange, Wallet Provider, Payment Service Provider, over-the-counter trading XIntel (talk) 07:10, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: No individual article about the company = no inclusion on the list. Sam Sailor 11:15, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 February 2018

Please add MGT to the list of mining companies.
Company: MGTi
Website: https://www.mgtci.com
Stock: MGTI :OTCQB https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/MGTI/overview
About: MGT is the largest Bitcoin miner in the US and on the verge of pushing 100PH/s with thousands of S9 miners.
Dazboj (talk) 13:18, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

 Not done - No article = No inclusion and MGTi does not have an article - Arjayay (talk) 15:56, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi protected edit request on march 6 2018

Hey,

Please add bit2c.co.il exchange to the list!

Bit2c.co.il was founded on March 15 2013, we are a cryptocurrency exchange that enables trade with Bitcoin.

We operate from Israel and our currency is NIS - New Israeli Shekels.

Thanks!!!

See WP:WTAF. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:54, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Circle

Circle acquired Poloniex Feb 26 2018

http://fortune.com/2018/02/26/circle-cryptocurrency-trade-bitcoin/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommybarth (talk • contribs) 14:28, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

 Done. Added a note to the table. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:54, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 April 2018

2016 188.65.104.150 (talk) 20:05, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. L293D (☎ • ✎) 20:39, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Adding Purse

Company: Purse Founded: 2014 Headquarters: San Francisco Service: Shop with Bitcoin

References:

Did I do this right? Please link me or provide critiques about any mistakes in this submission. I'm new to Wikipedia and I'd like to become a respected community member. I am sorry in advance if this post is not up to usual expert standards.

Jordan C (talk) 19:58, 8 May 2018 (UTC)

References

@Jordan C: It doesn't have its own Wikipedia article, so it would likely be removed if it were added. And to have a Wikipedia article, Purse would have to meet WP:CORP criteria for inclusion. The first three of those sources you list look OK. The last two don't (one is an interview, which is considered a primary source rather than a more desirable secondary source, and the other is another wiki). Because you're new here, I suggest you try writing an article in draft space (say Draft:Purse (online marketplace) or some similar title), and submit it for review via Wikipedia:Articles for creation. See Wikipedia:Golden rule for a brief overview of what's expected in an article about the company. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:11, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2018

Hello there,

I would like to request the addition of CoinPayments to the List of Bitcoin Companies. It is a Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency payment processor. Quite possibly the largest in the world operating in the payments space specifically. The company has been in business for over 5 years and was the first altcoin payment processor.

The inclusion could include the following references: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/wikileaks-store-loses-coinbase-support-still-processing-sales/ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coinpayments https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=275313311

I realize you probably get lots of requests like this.

Thank you. Malechimp (talk) 00:54, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: CoinPayments is not a company that already has an article and is thus not eligible for inclusion. These references do not establish enough depth of coverage in independent, reliable sources to demonstrate this company is notable enough for inclusion. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 04:46, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Well, there's enough assertion of significance in the proposal above to create a stand-alone stub article that wwould survive WP:A7 speedy deletion. But unless sources can be found that provide WP:CORPDEPTH type of coverage, it wouldn't survive WP:AFD. ~Anachronist (talk) 05:13, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 10 July 2018

Exchange: coinfield.com Headquarters: Vancouver, Canada Year established: 2017 Site: https://coinfield.com 64.46.2.66 (talk) 07:25, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. — LeoFrank  ^Talk 12:36, 10 July 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 July 2018

Please add new Cryptocurrency company which was established in 2017, named Albuscoin. It is Cryoticurrency invoicing and processing service Aiggars (talk) 11:41, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

 Not done. Why should it be added? Is it notable enough to merit its own article on Wikipedia? See Wikipedia:Write the article first, and if it survives the inevitable deletion proposal, we can add it. ~Anachronist (talk) 04:03, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Please add Bitrefill.com to the list.

Bitrefill.com offers prepaid mobile airtime recharge services on global scale. - https://www.bitrefill.com/ - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zachegroth (talk • contribs) 15:36, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Coinify

Last night I nominated the Coinify redirect for deletion. Following that AngusWOOF added some references on this page to Coindesk BitcoinMagazine and VentureBeat. I have removed these references as not being RS and also suggest in general that Coinify should be removed from this list as a non-notable company. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 22:59, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

References

Actually I just added Venturebeat and expanded the others provided by someone else. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 23:29, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Barkeep49, please review these sources: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cryptocurrencies-aid/denmark-considers-using-cryptocurrencies-for-humanitarian-aid-idUSKBN1E81R1 https://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-coinify-ceo-mark-hjgaard-2016-1?r=UK&IR=T https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-boost-blockchain-coinify-join-forces-industry-milestone-1591653 https://www.wired.com/2015/11/bitcoin-is-back-but-it-never-really-left/ Are these acceptable for RS? AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 23:40, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

@AngusWoof: Those sources are much better and thanks for clarifying who added what. I wanted to present the timeline in interests of transparency but my larger point is this: I don't think Coinify (or any non-notable company) should be on the list. While those sources are largely RS they are not the sort of independent secondary sources covering a company in significant detail that WP:NCORP requires and which I'm suggesting should definitely be the basis for inclusion on this list given the way companies in this space attempt to promote themselves. Adding these sources is better than what was there before but the first best solution in my mind is to remove it from the list (and really Wikipedia) as non-notable and in-line with why the community enacted DS in this area. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 00:24, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Coinify clearly does not belong in the list. Please see WP:WTAF Retimuko (talk) 02:52, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Agree with WTAF / only including companies with their own articles. However, in this case I think the company is notable. In addition to the references provided by AngusWoof (profile in Business Insider, described as "One of Europe’s biggest virtual currency platforms" by Reuters, and as an "industry leader" by IBT), there's also some recent coverage of their January funding round: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/05/top-vc-deals-google-chushou-apple-buddybuild-aimotive-coinify.html https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/05/coinify-raises-4-8-million-to-bring-cryptocurrencies-to-retailers/ Λυδαcιτγ 08:06, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Not sure it passes WP:CORP notability to have its own article ... but creating such an article and having it survive would be the first step before going on this list - for the crypto sphere, requiring entries to have their own article is an excellent idea for spam control - David Gerard (talk) 11:53, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

I will go a step farther and suggest it doesn't pass WP:NCORP. I do agree with David that it having its own article is the right first step to it being on this list, but its lack of qualifications to have an article is why I went the deletion route in the first place. Remembering that NCORP requires all five of (1)multiple (2)independent (3)secondary (4)reliable sources that discuss the company with (5)significant coverage for a company to be considered notable. None of the sources yet presented (or others that I found while doing a BEFORE) really meet all five points. The Reuters article isn't significantly about Coinify (and might not even be significant about Danish production aid its actual topic), the BI is an interview and thus not independent, the IB Times is a source that I'm not sure is RS in many circumstances but even if it is this RS it does not appear to be independent it appears to be a rehashed press release, and finally funding announcements are generally considered ROUTINE and thus not significant. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 15:05, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Need consensus if you are planning to update the inclusion criteria from the two reliable sources as stated in the previous thread to "must have its own independent article that passes WP:NCORP". Remember that WP:LSC does not require the companies on the list to be notable, unless that's the WP:CSC criteria is agreed to what you are proposing. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 18:24, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Agreed we need consensus but I would argue right now there has been no explicit consensus on what the inclusion criteria is. The two editors who agreed to that criteria previously is not a consensus. Instead this page has been operating under the every entry must be notable criteria by default consensus for some period of time now and at least two of us have advocated for that standard in this thread. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:28, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 September 2018

I want to add new crypto exchange in your list ... The name is coinchagelly.com (https://coinchangelly.com/) 49.207.121.94 (talk) 06:47, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi, this list is only for companies that have Wikipedia articles. Thanks, Λυδαcιτγ 09:47, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 October 2018

Add BitMEX. Morgan Ginsberg (talk) 00:59, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:36, 13 October 2018 (UTC)

Bitcoin company drafts

There are quite a few articles in the Draft space for cryptocurrency. Would it be helpful if we added those to the WP so they can be reviewed for notability? I'd hate to spend all that time running AFC on them only to have them be deleted because they aren't notable or because the sources provided are not reliable. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 17:17, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

@AngusWOOF: In theory AfC should only be adding notable companies. I am less concerned about people wasting time here because we know many of them have a COI. Better, I think, to let them give their best effort and then find out that is not enough to get their crypto favorite added to Wikipedia. I do, however, think this is better than in many situations to some G11 tagging in draft space, where appropriate. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:45, 19 October 2018 (UTC)

I can add WP cryptocurrency and Draft class to some of the ones that are closer to being considered. They use a lot of different sources so it is hard to tell if they are notable or reliable sources. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 00:39, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 October 2018

Add Cointelegraph and change CoinDesk's headquarters to "US - New York City". Morgan Ginsberg (talk) 07:50, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

 Done. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:52, 26 October 2018 (UTC)

...and partly undone, now that Cointelegraph has been deleted. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:15, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 November 2018

There is an exchange that needs to be added to the list: Company: Coinbook Founded: 2017 Headquarters: US - Salt Lake City Service: bitcoin exchange Notes: {blank} Calvinweight (talk) 18:07, 19 November 2018 (UTC) Calvinweight (talk) 18:07, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: Only exchanges/companies with existing Wikipedia articles are eligible for inclusion in this table. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:02, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 27 November 2018

- Vikramkumar81 (talk) 10:15, 27 November 2018 (UTC)