⸺ Obituary · January 21, 2015 ⸺
“Bitcoin To Die”
— Arduino Tronic, Arduino Tronic
“The Bitcoin is dead. Or is it? Well, not yet. But it will be very, very soon.”
Price at death
$226
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×326
On 2015-01-21, Arduino Tronic (YouTuber) declared Bitcoin dead via Arduino Tronic. Bitcoin was trading at ~$226 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on January 21, 2015, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $226. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 326× relative to the price on the day Arduino Tronic pronounced it finished.