One of my old pals bought lots of drugs on the dark web over the course of 5 years, nearly a decade ago. They estimate that if they would have held that bitcoin

One of my old pals bought lots of drugs on the dark web over the course of 5 years, nearly a decade ago. They estimate that if they would have held that bitcoin instead of it (quite literally) going up in smoke, it would be worth nearly 5 million USD today. But that's the only real world transaction that comes to mind, buying illegal stuff (which is now legal where we live). Normal people don't pay for a coffee with cryptocurrency because it's not convenient, not fast, and and not "easy".