Woah, holy crap lol. What happened to the day when journalists actually had to know something about what they were writing about? That article is sheer nonsense. It seems like a smear piece because it is hard to believe that anyone could actually be that obtuse. No one wants to spend bitcoins? I would love to use them more often if I could find retailers to accept them. And they are only good for drugs? Absurd. I couldn't read the whole thing because I was laughing too much. I am shocked to see that the publication date was not 4-1-15.
There never was such a time, we just weren't aware of it.