⸺ Obituary · April 16, 2019 ⸺
“Blockchain Has Been Unblocked, Unchained And Broken”
— Forbes, David Black
Price at death
$5,215
Today
$67,440
Resurrection
×12.9
On 2019-04-16, David Black declared Bitcoin dead via Forbes. Bitcoin was trading at ~$5,215 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on April 16, 2019, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $5,215. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 12.9× relative to the price on the day Forbes pronounced it finished.