From the graph, it looks like drugs are the bait for bitcoins. It looks like every geek with a drug tweak bought in to bitcoin in the days after the Gawker art

From the graph, it looks like drugs are the bait for bitcoins. It looks like every geek with a drug tweak bought in to bitcoin in the days after the Gawker article. It's not DNS related nor is it 100% responsible for the spike, but it is a unique solution for anonymous drug trade.