> The value of the transactions over this period are equivalent to "roughly $1.2 billion in revenue and $79.8 million in commissions" and involved 146,946 buyer

> The value of the transactions over this period are equivalent to "roughly $1.2 billion in revenue and $79.8 million in commissions" and involved 146,946 buyers and 3,877 vendors.[13] That was the value transacted on the Silk Road. Quite impressive numbers, given that it was a single site and much of that growth occurring in Bitcoin's less user-friendly days.