⸺ Obituary · March 2, 2019 ⸺
“The Case Of The Disappearing Bitcoin”
— The Spectator, Ross Anderson
“Cryptocurrencies are scams and anybody who puts any money into them and loses the lot only has themselves to blame.”
Price at death
$3,845
Today
$73,504
Resurrection
×19.1
On 2019-03-02, Ross Anderson (Professor, Cambridge University) declared Bitcoin dead via The Spectator. Bitcoin was trading at ~$3,845 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on March 2, 2019, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $3,845. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 19.1× relative to the price on the day The Spectator pronounced it finished.