Alright I talk about stats a lot so time to bring in the reciepts (note that I don't have X so these are the latest I can find with search engines): ShopinBit:

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ShopinBit (@shopinbit) on X

ShopinBit Payment Method Stats – September 2025 #Monero: 68.39% #Bitcoin: 28.85% Lightning : 0.19% #USDT (TRC20): 0.37% Fiat: 2.20% Another Mon...

69% Monero 28.89% Bitcoin 0.19% Lightning This is literally the tagline on the website, they only mention Bitcoin: "A privacy-first service for ordering anything with Bitcoin & crypto, worldwide. No login or extra verification needed" NanoGPT:

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Nano-GPT (@NanoGPTcom) on X

Payment statistics in review 🥳 We now have a full year of payment statistics. What have we learnt in 2025, what coins are actually used, and wh...

44% Monero 18% Nano 13% Bitcoin Cant really see it doesn't have a number but maybe 1 or 2% lightning Numbers from December. The website is focused on Nano and offers a 5% discount in Nano compared to all over currencies. Monero still dominates. Coincards:

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Coincards.com - Buy Gift Cards with Bitcoin! (@CoinCards) on X

Here's a breakdown of usage (by $ volume) on Coincards by percentage in September '23: #BTC (Onchain): 32.82% #XMR: 32.22% #ETH: 19.00% #USDC: ...

Latest is only from Oct 3,2023 mind you yet we find: 32.82% Bitcoin 32.22% Monero 2.4% Lightning Woohoo Bitcoin wins! Wait by 0.6% on a site focused and advertised with Bitcoin 2 years ago while bitcoin supposedly has 20x the market cap. Curious to see the stats now. From these stats (ignoring even darknet market dominance) I make the assured and certain conclusion that the free market PREFERS Monero as a medium of exchange. I challenge anyone to refute this I'd love to hear counterarguments or counter evidence most importantly.