The Bitcoin Ladder

The Bitcoin Ladder ranks Bitcoin-accepting websites by the amount of traffic they receive.

Rung	Site	Alexa Global Ranking
1	Wordpress	21
2	Reddit	122
3	Internet Archive	229
4	OkCupid	684
5	4chan	906
6	Namecheap	915
7	Mega.co.nz	1,310
8	Lumfile	3,354
9	Torrent Leech	5,233
10	Filecloud.io	5,593

18 Apr 2013: OkCupid added, LewRockwell removed.

1 Mar 2013: Mega.co.nz added, OKPAY removed.

26 Feb 2013: Namecheap added, Slysoft removed.

14 Feb 2013: Reddit added, Los Angeles Independent Media Center removed.

19 Jan 2013: OKPAY added, DailyPaul removed.

16 Jan 2013: DailyPaul added, WrapBootstrap removed.

7 Jan 2013: WrapBootstrap added, Tor Project removed.

2 Jan 2013: Slysoft.com added, Erowid removed. 4chan.org added, What.CD removed.

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WrapBootstrap.com Now Accepts Bitcoin; Becomes 10th-Most Popular Bitcoin Accepting Site

This news was just reported by Gigavps on the bitcointalk forums: WrapBootstrap now accepts Bitcoin for payment. From the site:

"WrapBootstrap is a marketplace where designers can sell their own themes and templates based on the Twitter Bootstrap framework." 

"Bootstrap is beginning to reach wide-spread adoption amongst developers and many have expressed their desire for design customization beyond the default styles. This marketplace was created to solve that need by allowing designers to upload and sell their own themes and templates based on Bootstrap. Sellers are able to choose from several usage licenses to sell their items under and earn a percentage of each sale."

WrapBootstrap has an Alexa ranking of 11,519, making it the 10th most popular website to accept Bitcoin. You can see the rest of the top 10 on our Bitcoin Ladder.

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Spend your Bitcoins at 16 St. Louis Restaurants/Businesses with GrubGo!

Press Release:

GrubGo Restaurant Delivery Service:

First Restaurant Delivery Service to Accept Bitcoins

GrubGo Restaurant Delivery Service announced today that they will be accepting Bitcoins as an alternative payment method.  Their mission is to bring together two of the best things that Saint Louis has to offer, its food and its people.  By accepting Bitcoins, GrubGo has shown their dedication to staying on the forefront of technology.  Founders Gary Tripp and Matt Hanley have built the business as a hospitality company first, a marketing company second, and a technologies company third.  By utilizing an easy to use online ordering system the GrubGo team delivers a wide selection of items from steak to sushi and groceries to candy bars, from local, independently owned and operated establishments.

Bitcoin is the newest type of digital currency. It means that currency can be sent through the Internet from one person to another without ever passing through the hands of a third party. What makes this possible is a network via the internet, formed from the computers or smartphones of all bitcoin users.  GrubGo, the St. Louis based company, works with many restaurants and utilizes technology to streamline the ordering and food delivery process.  With plans for expansion into Chicago and other Midwest markets, GrubGo is really 'bringing something to the table'.

-- 
Matthew Hanley
Director of Operations
GrubGo Restaurant Delivery Service

Restaurant Delivery Solutions, LLC.
dba: GrubGo Restaurant Delivery Service
www.GrubGo.com
MattH@grubgo.com

(314) 720-1083
855- Eat-GrubGo (855-328-4782)

Corporate Office
2725 Watson Rd.
Saint Louis, MO.
63139

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NYC Chapter of Wikimedia Foundation Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations

There has been a concerted effort on the part of the Bitcoin community to encourage Wikipedia to accept Bitcoin donations. Wikipedia is, of course, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia's current stance on the matter was stated back in November:

The Wikimedia Foundation, as a donor-driven organization, has a fiduciary duty to be responsible and prudent with its money. This has been interpreted to mean that we do not accept "artificial" currencies - that is, those not backed by the full faith and credit of an issuing government. We do, however, strive to provide as many methods of donating as possible and continue to monitor Bitcoin with interest and may revisit this position should circumstances change.

There was a breakthrough today, however, as the NYC Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation has begun accepting Bitcoin donations. Whether this translates to an organization-wide policy change remains to be seen. Regardless, conversions such as these show that Bitcoin continues to gain broader acceptance as a real currency.

Bitcoins have been donated to the NYC Chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation, thus far (this is a live counter). Click here to get their donation address.

You can read more about this on the Bitcointalk Forums.

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