{
  "name": "Bitcoin Obituaries",
  "description": "Aggregate statistics for every recorded instance of Bitcoin being declared dead since 2010. Individual records, including quotes and source links, are published on the site rather than in this file.",
  "url": "https://bitcoindeaths.com/data",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Bitcoin Is Dead (bitcoindeaths.com)",
  "creator": "Jerry Feng",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-31T01:58:23.307Z",
  "totalObituaries": 478,
  "firstObituary": {
    "date": "2010-10-15",
    "bitcoinPriceUsd": 0.11,
    "publication": "The Underground Economist"
  },
  "latestObituary": {
    "date": "2026-08-23",
    "bitcoinPriceUsd": 77081.02,
    "publication": "BIGGO Finance"
  },
  "peakYear": {
    "year": 2017,
    "count": 93
  },
  "obituariesByYear": {
    "2010": 1,
    "2011": 6,
    "2013": 20,
    "2014": 24,
    "2015": 29,
    "2016": 23,
    "2017": 93,
    "2018": 74,
    "2019": 40,
    "2020": 20,
    "2021": 39,
    "2022": 27,
    "2023": 14,
    "2024": 10,
    "2025": 34,
    "2026": 24
  },
  "uniqueCritics": 324,
  "uniquePublications": 214,
  "topCritics": [
    {
      "name": "Peter Schiff",
      "count": 26
    },
    {
      "name": "Steve Hanke",
      "count": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Warren Buffett",
      "count": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Nouriel Roubini",
      "count": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Jamie Dimon",
      "count": 7
    },
    {
      "name": "Paul Krugman",
      "count": 6
    },
    {
      "name": "Nicholas Weaver",
      "count": 6
    },
    {
      "name": "Jacob King",
      "count": 5
    },
    {
      "name": "Kevin Dowd",
      "count": 4
    },
    {
      "name": "Brett Arends",
      "count": 4
    },
    {
      "name": "John Crudele",
      "count": 4
    },
    {
      "name": "Matt O'Brien",
      "count": 3
    },
    {
      "name": "John Quiggin",
      "count": 3
    },
    {
      "name": "Hamilton Nolan",
      "count": 3
    },
    {
      "name": "Bill Harris",
      "count": 3
    }
  ],
  "topPublications": [
    {
      "name": "Twitter",
      "count": 64
    },
    {
      "name": "CNBC",
      "count": 38
    },
    {
      "name": "Bloomberg",
      "count": 24
    },
    {
      "name": "MarketWatch",
      "count": 14
    },
    {
      "name": "Business Insider",
      "count": 13
    },
    {
      "name": "Forbes",
      "count": 9
    },
    {
      "name": "Financial Times",
      "count": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Seeking Alpha",
      "count": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "Yahoo Finance",
      "count": 8
    },
    {
      "name": "TheStreet",
      "count": 7
    },
    {
      "name": "The Washington Post",
      "count": 6
    },
    {
      "name": "The Guardian",
      "count": 6
    },
    {
      "name": "CCN",
      "count": 6
    },
    {
      "name": "Fortune",
      "count": 5
    },
    {
      "name": "CoinDesk",
      "count": 5
    }
  ],
  "sourcesArchived": 413,
  "sourcesArchivedPercent": 86.4,
  "fullDataset": {
    "availableOnRequest": true,
    "contact": "https://bitcoindeaths.com/data",
    "note": "Every record is published as a page on the site, with the original quote, the source link, and an archived snapshot."
  }
}