“This combination of encryption, mining, and decentralized verification makes Bitcoin potentially powerful and difficult to control, but governments do have tools at their disposal that could make it all but impossible for Bitcoin to become widely adopted. . . . And so Bitcoin may very well die.”
Taylor Owen, Writer, Vice · Bitcoin since: +13,200%
As published by VICE News
A little perspective.
Bitcoin on that day$561.35March 23, 2014
$100 at that price$13,300At our latest price check
Illustrative value using a Bitcoin price of $74,661, checked Nov 9, 2026, 7:21 PM UTC. Excludes fees, taxes, and inflation. A price change alone does not settle the original criticism.
Keep the receipt.
Bitcoin Is Dead. “Bitcoin Is Dead — Long Live Bitcoin” — Taylor Owen, VICE News, March 23, 2014. Bitcoin: $561.35. https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2014-03-23-bitcoin-is-dead-long-live-bitcoin