An infographic on ‘Bitcoin: The stats’ developed by coupofly lists the:

• top 10 biggest accepting merchants
• top five countries: USA, UK, Canada, Germany and Netherlands 
• Bitcoin value processed to date: $158 million costing $0 (by credit cards the cost would have been some $7m) with average order value dropping to $281
• Bitcoin transactions by categories
• top 10 items most often bought with Bitcoin: #1 - sheets #3 - headphones
• top emerging countries: Brazil, India, Indonesia
• off-line acceptance of Bitcoin: #1 - food
• top venture capital investment deals
• how Bitcoin activity stacks up against other networks.

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CTMfile take: Bitcoin has a long way to go to match today’s payment systems, but the genie is out of the bottle. Something is happening, we are just not sure what.