~/hats-and-stuff $ ./stats
Do people pay in bitcoin?
Since we launched in November 2026, we've had 5 orders.
Every one paid in bitcoin, over Lightning. Counted once a day, up to the end of 2026-11-09: paid orders only, with refunded and cancelled ones taken off. No names, no addresses, nothing about who bought what.
this month · november55 orders · 6 items
since launch · november 202655 orders · 6 items
paid by card0we don't take them
Challenge accepted.
We asked ChatGPT to estimate our first-month sales:
"I'd be pleased with 20 orders, delighted with 100, and stunned with 200."
Let's see.
$ tail -5 orders.log # newest first, one line a day 2026-11-09 +1 month 5 year 5 all 5 2026-11-08 +0 month 4 year 4 all 4 2026-11-07 +2 month 4 year 4 all 4 2026-11-06 +2 month 2 year 2 all 2 2026-11-05 +0 month 0 year 0 all 0
// why we show this
- We're open-book on price, so we're open-book on sales too.
- "Nobody spends bitcoin" gets said a lot. This is one small shop's real count, good months and quiet ones.
- Worked out once a day on our side, and shown as plain text, so it costs nothing to load.