Jameson Lopp’s recent post on X, “RIP Bitcoin Obituaries,” suggests a decline in Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) death proclamations, sparking interest in the cryptocurrency’s resilience.
What Happened: The software engineer, columnist, and Bitcoin advocate’s post on Christmas Eve, hints at the diminishing frequency of death declarations. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has faced numerous critiques since its inception over 15 years ago, leading to its “death” being declared 477 times, according to 99 Bitcoins’ Obituaries tracker.
The last wave of such negative sentiments emerged in April. However, the number of Bitcoin death reports has been on a decline, hitting a decade-low of 8 in 2023. In 2024, 99 Bitcoin’s obituary timeline lists only two such fatal declarations.
Data from Bitbo shows an even more dramatic drop …
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