⸺ Obituary · August 21, 2017 ⸺
“Bitcoin In An Illusionary Age”
— Antonius Aquinas, Antonius Aquinas
“Now enter crypto currencies. Not only will they never become money – a general medium of exchange – as gold and silver once were and will become once again, but cryptos lack the necessary requirements to be money.”
Price at death
$4,055
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×18.1
On 2017-08-21, Antonius Aquinas (Author) declared Bitcoin dead via Antonius Aquinas. Bitcoin was trading at ~$4,055 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on August 21, 2017, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $4,055. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 18.1× relative to the price on the day Antonius Aquinas pronounced it finished.