Bitcoin Obituaries
Every time the press and the pundits declared Bitcoin dead — and what ignoring them would have cost
Times Declared Dead
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Death-Free Streak
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Biggest Missed Upside
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BTC Price Now
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vs each obituary's price
“Bitcoin Is Dead” vs BTC Price
Each dot is a published "Bitcoin is dead" declaration, plotted at the BTC price on that day (log scale). Dot colour = prominence of the source — click a legend item to show/hide that tier. Callouts mark marquee declarations with the BTC price at the time and the multiple since. Sources: the 99bitcoins tracker (2010–2024) and hand-curated declarations since, each linked to the original article.
Hall of Infamy
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Each declaration with the BTC price at the time and what $1,000 left untouched would be worth today. Ranked by missed upside.
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Sources & method: Declarations through April 2024 are scraped daily from
99bitcoins Bitcoin Obituaries,
including the BTC price stated at each declaration; that tracker has not been updated since. Later declarations are hand-curated,
each linked to the original article or post, with the BTC price taken from this app's daily close on that date
(new entries are found via bitcoindeaths.com, whose own records are not copied).
BTC price line from this app's on-chain data (log scale, weekly).
Missed upside = current BTC price ÷ price at declaration, applied to a $1,000 stake (price appreciation only; excludes fees/taxes).
Prominence tiers are assigned by matching the source/author against a list of major outlets and personalities (e.g. The Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, ECB, Paul Krugman, Peter Schiff).