⸺ Obituary · April 23, 2015 ⸺
“Why Bitcoin’s Male Domination Will Be Its Downfall”
— Fusion, Nathaniel Popper
“Bitcoin, at its core, is an attempt to solve big socioeconomic problems through technology. But so long as it remains an overwhelmingly male domain, it’s going to continue to concentrate on the economic problems, while missing the big social problems. Which means that it’s going to continue going nowhere.”
Price at death
$236
Today
$73,565
Resurrection
×312
On 2015-04-23, Nathaniel Popper (Reporter, The New York Times) declared Bitcoin dead via Fusion. Bitcoin was trading at ~$236 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on April 23, 2015, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $236. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 312× relative to the price on the day Fusion pronounced it finished.