⸺ Obituary · November 21, 2017 ⸺
“Bitcoin Is Dead. It Was Split Into Two.”
— X (Twitter), Deadal Nix
“Bitcoin is dead. It was split in two. There is bitcoin cash, and bitcoin core/legacy. Deal with it.”
Price at death
$8,096
Today
$73,594
Resurrection
×9.1
On 2017-11-21, Deadal Nix (Developer) declared Bitcoin dead via Twitter. Bitcoin was trading at ~$8,096 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on November 21, 2017, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $8,096. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 9.1× relative to the price on the day X (Twitter) pronounced it finished.