No, Bitcoin is not dead. Bitcoin has been declared dead 467 times since 2010, yet it continues to operate 24/7, processing transactions and maintaining a global network of thousands of nodes.
Critics including Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and Peter Schiff have repeatedly declared Bitcoin dead. Every prediction has been wrong. Browse the complete database of Bitcoin obituaries below.
No, Bitcoin is not dead in 2026. Despite 13 new death predictions this year alone and a total of 467 death predictions since 2010, the Bitcoin network continues to operate without interruption. New blocks are mined approximately every 10 minutes, transactions are processed continuously, and the network is secured by thousands of nodes worldwide.
Bitcoin has survived multiple 80%+ price crashes, regulatory crackdowns in China, exchange collapses including Mt. Gox and FTX, and countless predictions of its demise from Nobel Prize-winning economists, Wall Street CEOs, and mainstream media. Each time, the network recovered and continued operating.
The first Bitcoin obituary was published in December 2010 when Bitcoin was worth just $0.11. Since then, Bitcoin has been declared dead 467 times while its price has increased by millions of percent. If you had invested $100 every time someone declared Bitcoin dead, you would own approximately 1043.5 BTC today.
Bitcoin death predictions tend to spike during bear markets and price crashes. When Bitcoin's price drops significantly, critics rush to declare it dead, failed, or worthless. This pattern has repeated in every major Bitcoin crash since 2011.
Bitcoin's price can drop 50-80% during crashes, leading critics to declare it "dead." The 2022 crash from $69K to $16K generated dozens of obituaries, yet Bitcoin recovered.
Central bankers and politicians often dismiss Bitcoin. China banned Bitcoin mining in 2021, and many predicted it would be fatal. The network's hashrate recovered within months.
Nobel Prize economists including Paul Krugman and Robert Shiller have predicted Bitcoin's failure. These predictions have consistently been wrong.
"Bitcoin is dead" headlines generate clicks, especially during downturns. Publications including Bloomberg, Forbes, and the Financial Times have published multiple Bitcoin obituaries.
Bitcoin ETFs were approved in the US in January 2024
BlackRock, Fidelity, and other major institutions now offer Bitcoin ETFs, something critics said would never happen.
El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021
The first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, signaling growing sovereign adoption.
Bitcoin has a higher market cap than most companies
Bitcoin consistently ranks among the top 10 global assets by market capitalization.
Over 19 million BTC have been mined of the 21 million supply
The network continues producing blocks every 10 minutes as designed, with the next halving reducing new supply.
Institutional adoption continues to grow
MicroStrategy, Tesla, Block, and other public companies hold Bitcoin on their balance sheets.
"Gold outperformed by 65% in 2025. Bitcoin declined by 6.5%."
"Bitcoin is in its final stages. Hundreds of billions have been invested into something with literally zero utility or intrinsic value. It was create..."
"Despite unprecedented support from the media, Wall Street, and government, Bitcoin is trading below the $69K ATH it first hit in Nov. 2021. At no poin..."
"This week has shown us that the supply of “greater fools” that bitcoin relies on is drying up. The fairy tales that have been keeping crypto afloat ar..."
"I’m quite looking forward to the inevitable implosion of the Bitcoin and Crypto scam…"
New blocks are mined every 10 minutes. Transactions are processed continuously. The network operates exactly as designed since 2009.