{"name":"Bitcoin Is Dead","attribution":"Source: Bitcoin Is Dead (https://bitcoindeaths.com)","totalObituaries":482,"matched":93,"returned":5,"query":{"search":"","year":"2017","person":"","publication":"","sort":"newest","slug":"","limit":5},"notes":"statementDate is the original publication date; addedOn is when the record entered this archive. Historical prices are USD snapshots, not investment returns. Inclusion records criticism, not a verdict that every claim is false.","terms":"https://bitcoindeaths.com/terms","documentation":"https://bitcoindeaths.com/data#lookup","records":[{"slug":"2017-12-30-bitcointhe-andromeda-strain-of-computer-science-research","title":"Bitcoin—The Andromeda Strain Of Computer Science Research","quote":"Bitcoin has failed. The failures weren’t inevitable; there are solutions to these problems in the acdemic literature. But Bitcoin was deployed by enthusiasts who in essence let experimental code escape from a lab to the world, without thinking about the engineering issues—and now they’re stuck with it.","person":"Steven M. Bellovin","jobTitle":"Professor, Columbia University","publication":"SMBlog","statementDate":"2017-12-30","bitcoinPriceUsd":12629.81,"addedOn":null,"updatedOn":null,"citationUrl":"https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2017-12-30-bitcointhe-andromeda-strain-of-computer-science-research","sourceUrl":"https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2018-01/2018-01-04.html","archiveUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20180104213723/https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2018-01/2018-01-04.html"},{"slug":"2017-12-29-why-bitcoin-investors-are-like-stamp-collectors","title":"Why Bitcoin Investors Are Like Stamp Collectors","quote":"The belief or hope that there will always be a greater fool wanting to buy is supposed to be underwritten by bitcoin’s “limited edition” status – a limited number can be produced. Which makes bitcoin buyers more like stamp collectors – or perhaps rare coin collectors.","person":"Michael Pascoe","jobTitle":"Financial Journalist","publication":"The Sidney Morning Herald","statementDate":"2017-12-29","bitcoinPriceUsd":14427.87,"addedOn":null,"updatedOn":null,"citationUrl":"https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2017-12-29-why-bitcoin-investors-are-like-stamp-collectors","sourceUrl":"https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/why-bitcoin-investors-are-like-stamp-collectors-20171230-p4yy47.html","archiveUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20190918061238/https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/why-bitcoin-investors-are-like-stamp-collectors-20171230-p4yy47.html"},{"slug":"2017-12-28-the-great-bitcoin-scam","title":"The Great Bitcoin Scam","quote":"The only difference between Bitcoin No. ABC123 and $1 Bill No. L88793293J is that at the end of the day, the $1 bill physically exists and has a face value that is worth something. Fred could take the $1 bill and buy something off the $1 menu at McDonalds….By contrast, Bitcoin has no intrinsic value — it is just a number. The number may have an agreed value between two parties, but the number itself has no value.","person":"Jay Adkisson","jobTitle":"Attorney","publication":"Forbes","statementDate":"2017-12-28","bitcoinPriceUsd":14428.76,"addedOn":null,"updatedOn":null,"citationUrl":"https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2017-12-28-the-great-bitcoin-scam","sourceUrl":"https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2017/12/28/the-great-bitcoin-scam/#70a7afb15c1e","archiveUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20171229060623/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2017/12/28/the-great-bitcoin-scam/"},{"slug":"2017-12-27-bitcoin-is-an-implausible-currency","title":"Bitcoin Is An Implausible Currency","quote":"So when I ask “What is bitcoin good for?” the answer I come up with is “not enough to justify anything like these valuations.” There are all sorts of interesting applications for cryptocurrencies and blockchains. But unless they become a global currency, or a global payment system, I don’t see why, 50 years from now, anyone is going to be willing to pay tens of thousands of dollars to get their hands on one.","person":"Megan McArdle","jobTitle":"Economics Writer, Bloomberg","publication":"Bloomberg","statementDate":"2017-12-27","bitcoinPriceUsd":15378.29,"addedOn":null,"updatedOn":null,"citationUrl":"https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2017-12-27-bitcoin-is-an-implausible-currency","sourceUrl":"https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-12-27/bitcoin-is-an-implausible-currency","archiveUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023656/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2017-12-27/bitcoin-is-an-implausible-currency"},{"slug":"2017-12-25-morgan-stanley-says-the-true-price-of-bitcoin-might-be-zero","title":"Morgan Stanley Says The True Price Of Bitcoin Might Be Zero","quote":"Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette and his team sent a research note to clients a few days ago suggesting that the real value of bitcoin might be … $0.","person":"James Faucette","jobTitle":"Analyst, Morgan Stanley","publication":"Business Insider","statementDate":"2017-12-25","bitcoinPriceUsd":13917.03,"addedOn":null,"updatedOn":null,"citationUrl":"https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2017-12-25-morgan-stanley-says-the-true-price-of-bitcoin-might-be-zero","sourceUrl":"https://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-on-bitcoin-value-2017-12","archiveUrl":"https://web.archive.org/web/20171225110456/http://www.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-on-bitcoin-value-2017-12"}]}