⸺ Obituary · February 10, 2015 ⸺
“Bitcoin Is Dying And Will Be Remembered Like Pogs”
— International Business Times, Jeffrey Robinson
““It’s not a currency now, it’s a pretend currency,” Robinson said. “It does not qualify or satisfy the requirements for a modern currency. The problem with disruptive technologies is that the disrupted has something to say about it. I say 10 years from now we will all have digital currencies – fiat currencies – and bitcoin will be remembered probably much like Pogs and Sinclair’s C5.””
Price at death
$220
Today
$73,401
Resurrection
×334
On 2015-02-10, Jeffrey Robinson (Author) declared Bitcoin dead via International Business Times. Bitcoin was trading at ~$220 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on February 10, 2015, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $220. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 334× relative to the price on the day International Business Times pronounced it finished.