i have been reading this article
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/01/bitcoins-underground-economy-proves-a-hard-selland it was a weird article to read to be honest. it keeps repeating the word "illegal" a lot and paints bitcoin as if it is only sold in dark places to be used by dark people!
then the funny part begins when he goes to a shop:
I ask if they take Bitcoin. “Nobody’s ever asked that before,” says a woman. “But it comes up on the screen, so I think we can.”
is it possible that a shop goes through all the trouble if implementing a bitcoin payment system and not even know it!
and also i find it ridiculous when he keeps saying i am trading at a loss when he only loses (allegedly) -0.93%
this is bitcoin!
and also checking GBP/USD today it has lost -0.69% you do the comparison.
I saw the same article and it annoyed me too, I suppose a shop could start accepting bitcoin payments and might have given training or sent an email to their staff to let them know about it and the process and the staff members could have just not paid attention.
I am familiar with this franchise and they have bitcoin atms in their stores also, I would be surprised if they did not know that they accept bitcoin as a payment method.
People who write articles like this should at least spend a bit of time and look at the history of the topic they are writing about to get a full picture of then and now / before and after, bitcoin has come a long way, this article could easily have been written 3 or 4 years ago and would have made more sense.
Now this is the same for Bitcoin.... when it was young, some people took advantage of her and used her for bad things and now 
