⸺ Obituary · December 24, 2012 ⸺
“Wired, Tired, Expired for 2012: Expired — Bitcoin”
— Wired
Price at death
$13
Today
$67,440
Resurrection
×5,071
On 2012-12-24, Wired declared Bitcoin dead. Bitcoin was trading at ~$13 at the time. The call joins the growing canon of premature obituaries.
The declaration was catalogued on December 24, 2012, when one Bitcoin traded for approximately $13. Since then, Bitcoin has appreciated by 5071× relative to the price on the day Wired pronounced it finished.