BTC Map account

Viewing the map does not require an account: browsing, searching, reading place details, reading or adding comments, and boosting a merchant are open to everyone. You only need an account to get more involved:

  • Verifying and reporting places.
  • Adding a place.
  • Saving places and areas.
  • Viewing activity in your saved areas and places.

Creating an account requires no KYC: pick any username you like, and we never ask for your email address.

The BTC Map account dialog, offering to create a new account or log in with an existing one The new account form: a username and a password, entered twice, with no email address requested

Creating an account

Open Settings → Account and choose to create a new account. Enter a username and a password. Passwords must be at least 8 characters and have to be entered twice to confirm.

If the account is created but signing in fails, the app tells you so and you can sign in normally.

Signing in

Already have an account? Use the sign-in option with your username and password. A slow sign-in can be cancelled and will time out rather than leaving a spinner stuck.

You stay signed in until you log out, including across app restarts. Signing out also revokes the session on the server.

Your profile

Once signed in, Settings → Account opens your profile, where you can:

  • See your username.
  • Change username.
  • Change password — enter the current password and the new one twice. The new password must be at least 8 characters.
  • Review your saved places and saved areas, and remove any of them.
  • Logout.

The profile screen for a signed-in account, showing the username, the saved places and saved areas lists and the Logout action The same profile screen in dark mode

Saving places and areas

  • On a place, use the Save bookmark action in its menu.
  • On an area, use the Save action in its toolbar.

The first time you save something while signed out, the app asks you to sign in and then completes the action. Saved items are listed in your profile, and the areas and places you save are what the Saved tab of the activity feed draws from.

Next: Activity feed .

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