The data
482 obituaries. 2010 to 2026.
Every entry is one public declaration that Bitcoin had failed or was going to zero. Each one records the original quote, who said it, where it ran, the date, and what Bitcoin cost that day.
What counts as an obituary
An entry qualifies when a named person or publication with a credible title or audience makes a substantively negative claim about Bitcoin, on a date that can be identified, in a source that can be linked.
That covers more than predictions of death. It includes calling Bitcoin a scam or a bubble, arguing it has failed at what it was meant to do, saying something else does the job better, or announcing you have sold and others should too.
Market reporting is not criticism. A story that Bitcoin fell four percent is data, and nobody in it is making a claim. Anonymous posts and undated statements are excluded because neither can be checked.
How sources are verified
An archive whose links have died stops being evidence. Every source is checked for link rot on a schedule.
Snapshots are taken while a link is still working, not after it breaks. That is the point. 413 of 482 sources have an archived copy, and most of those links still work today. The snapshot is there for when they stop.
36 sources have gone offline so far. 32 of them have an archived copy, so the quote can still be checked. 4 cannot, because no one archived them before they disappeared. Last checked October 26, 2026.
Snapshots are matched to a date close to publication, so the page you see is the page the quote came from, not a later rewrite or paywall.
The numbers, as data
Counts by year, top critics, top publications, and archive coverage are published as JSON and regenerated on every deploy:
bitcoin-obituaries-stats.json
llms.txt is a plain-language summary written for language models.
The individual records are not published as a bulk file. Each one is a page on this site with its quote, source link, and archived copy. If you need the full dataset for research or reporting, ask and it will be shared.
Find a record. Bring back the source.
Researchers and AI assistants can look up the archive without an account or API key. Each result includes the quote, historical price, original source, available archive link, and a permanent page to cite. Start with a question or a critic:
Latest three Peter Schiff entries → JSONFind statements about quantum computing → JSONThe first five declarations of 2017 → JSONLookup parameters and date definitions
Use /api/obituaries with optional search (all words must match), year, person, publication, or an exact slug. Person and publication names match exactly. Set sort to newest or oldest, and limit from 1 to 10 (default 5). No match returns an empty records array.
statementDate is when the original statement was published. addedOn is when we added it; older records may have no known added date. citationUrl is our permanent receipt; sourceUrl is the original statement. bitcoinPriceUsd is a historical USD snapshot. Inclusion records criticism and does not establish that every claim was false.
Cite Bitcoin Is Dead and link to the returned receipt when using our curation. Follow the original source to check its context. This lookup supports small research queries; the existing terms govern reuse.
How to cite this
The figures file and llms.txt are CC BY 4.0: use them anywhere with credit and a link. The records themselves are free to read, link, quote and cite, and are not licensed for bulk copying or redistribution. The terms spell out both, and how to get a licence for more. How to verify that an entry originated here, and who republishes the database, is on the provenance page. Suggested form:
Feng, Jerry. Bitcoin Obituaries (2010 to 2026). bitcoindeaths.com/data
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