No matter how small it was, it was probably the largest money-bitcoin-money faction. Lots of people mine and trade coins. But only the few thousands (hundreds?

No matter how small it was, it was probably the largest money-bitcoin-money faction. Lots of people mine and trade coins. But only the few thousands (hundreds?) Silkroad users were actively pumping money constantly into the system, giving a much needed reality check of how much people will pay for a made up currency with established made up money.