Physical Stores where you can Buy or Sell bitcoin
There are a number of foreign currency exchanges and other places where there is a "storefront"/branch and an actual teller or other staff where you can just walk up and do a bitcoin buy and/or sell.
Some of the following stores require KYC / Identity verification. When we learn which do require KYC, and which do not (i.e., [NO KYC]), we will update this list accordingly.
[Updated: 29 May 2024. Note — there are some countries, such as Turkey, Ukraine, and others where there are numerous additional locations but we have no business names or location information on them.]
Europe, Middle East, and Africa:
- BitKonan's Bitcoin Store (💵) Split & Zagreb, Croatia
- House of Nakamoto (💵) Vienna, Austria
- bitcoin.wien (💵) Vienna, Austria [Previously BitBuy.at]
- ComproEuros (💵) Roverto (TN), Bologna and Pordenone, Italy
- BitBase (💵) Spain, and Portugal
- Le Comptoir des Cybermonnaies Bordeaux, France
- CoinsFera (💵) Istanbul, Turkey, and Dubai, UAE
- Sirius Coin (💵) Istanbul, Turkey
- AltcoinTurk Trader Base (💵) Istanbul, Turkey
- NakitCoins (💵) Istanbul, Turkey and partner locations in Turkey
- Wistrades (💵) Nairobi, Kenya
- Digital Money LTD London, UK, Kampala, Uganda, and (soon) Nairobi, Kenya
North America:
- Luxolo (💵) Portland, ME
- Yap.cx (💵) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- The Coin Shack (💵) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Asia-Pacific:
- Bitcoin Dealers (💵) Melbourne, Adelaide, & Sydney, Australia
- Azte.co (⚡, 💵) U.S., Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Jamaica, UK, Norway, Belgium, Spain, Malaysia, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Nigeria, & Uganda (and more coming)
- LibertyX (💵) U.S. [Locations with a cashier accept cash. Locations with a Kiosk accept debit card.]
- Flexepin (Debit card or 💵) Canada (CoinCurve, MyBTC.ca, Canadian Bitcoins, LocalCoinATM & Crypto Voucher) and Australia (Coinloft
- Neosurf (💵) Canada (BitIt)
- BlueShyft (💵) Newsagents across Australia (Coinloft)
- AusPost (💵) Australia
- Yellow Card (💵) Nigeria
- BitNovo (💵) Spain, France, Italy, & Portugal
- Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover U.S. (Redeem through CardCoins) (Non-reloadable prepaid gift cards only)
- Crypto Voucher
- Other Gift cards are bought at retail locations and used to buy bitcoin using P2P Trading Exchanges
- Bitcoin ATMs: Coin ATM Radar (💵) & coinATMmap (💵) (Some bitcoin ATMs are "two-way", meaning they also dispense cash)
- Coinstar (💵) (with 2,100+ locations in the U.S.)
- SBB/Swiss Railway ticketing [Switzerland]
Some traders may have a fixed location, but are not considered to be "physical stores":
- Person-to-person (P2P) Trading Platforms
- Find a person to trade with at many Bitcoin conferences and Bitcoin meetups)
- OTC Trading Desks (e.g., Cumberland, SigOne Capital, and several dozen others)
This document was specifically created for methods of buying, in-person, however there are numerous methods for buying bitcoin online. The following is a subset:
- Dollar Cost Averaging - Exchanges
- Exchanges with support for Lightning Network
- Person-to-Person Trading Platforms
[NO KYC] Online Exchanges:
- One Azte.co vendor offers the @BitcoinVoucherBot on Telegram, for purchase using SEPA/EUR bank transfer (and @BitcoinVoucherGroup for support).
- lnp2pBot on Telegram buy/sell P2P through LN. Mostly LATAM but also in EU/US.
- Ramp.Network <-- Paying with bank transfer (GBP, or EUR/SEPA), or Revolut
- Relai <-- Bitcoin Only, EU, and CH
- no-KYC only Guide
- KYCNot.me Directory
Many of the above entries were discovered through online media posts, like this one, and social media posts, like this one, and this one.
Additions, corrections, and other feedback welcome and can be submitted as an issue or pull request on GitHub, or via e-mail.
[Note: There is also a corresponding post on Medium with this information as well.]