⸺ Obituary · December 22, 2014 ⸺

“Can Bitcoin Survive 2015?”

AOL

“A writer for The Washington Post argues bitcoin’s system is doomed to fail because governments have a lot of say when it comes to any financial system and can put pressure on those intuitions as it sees fit.”

Price at death

$331

Today

$61,577

Resurrection

×186

On 2014-12-22, AOL declared Bitcoin dead. Bitcoin was trading at ~$331 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.

The declaration was catalogued on December 22, 2014, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $331. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 186× relative to the price on the day AOL pronounced it finished.

Read the original →

← Earlier death

““The Great Paradox Of Bitcoin: If It Ever Succeeds, It’s Doomed””

Later death →

“Bitcoin’s Defects Will Hasten Its Demise In 2015”

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