Thoughts on the notorious claim that "Bitcoin is dead"

[JaanusRaim]

The notorious claim that "Bitcoin is dead" is incorrect in several respects. Bitcoin bears no resemblance to anything usually referred to as a dead coin. Not at all.

However, in one sense, this claim might also be correct...
Bitcoin is dead in the same sense as a Nobel Prize-winning poet. It is at the pinnacle of fame and can be a great source of inspiration. But it is not something to believe in or to bet on.
I feel there is a grain of truth in that claim.

[Ambatman]

Bitcoin usually pumps and starts a bull when such claims starts spreading
A shame they are still quiet now.
I believe many have grown to silence the noise which isn't backed by anything substantial.
My thoughts is that it's Bullshoot.
And the statement would still go on
It's a means many that believed they have missed the train use to comfort or bring people to their level.

[tbct_mt2]

The notorious claim that "Bitcoin is dead" is incorrect in several respects. Bitcoin bears no resemblance to anything usually referred to as a dead coin. Not at all.

However, in one sense, this claim might also be correct...
Bitcoin is dead in the same sense as a Nobel Prize-winning poet. It is at the pinnacle of fame and can be a great source of inspiration. But it is not something to believe in or to bet on.
I feel there is a grain of truth in that claim.

"Bitcoin is dead" is a famous attack, fud but since 2009 till 2026, Bitcoin has never died, and we all know that as of writing. There are 477 times of "Bitcoin is dead", maybe more if some are missing but Bitcoin is here, and is exchanged with price around $77,000. It's not a dead coin, never be, and will never be.

https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/
https://bitcoindeaths.com/
https://www.bitcoinisdead.org/
https://bitbo.io/dead/

[JaanusRaim]

The notorious claim that "Bitcoin is dead" is incorrect in several respects. Bitcoin bears no resemblance to anything usually referred to as a dead coin. Not at all.

However, in one sense, this claim might also be correct...
Bitcoin is dead in the same sense as a Nobel Prize-winning poet. It is at the pinnacle of fame and can be a great source of inspiration. But it is not something to believe in or to bet on.
I feel there is a grain of truth in that claim.

"Bitcoin is dead" is a famous attack, fud but since 2009 till 2026, Bitcoin has never died, and we all know that as of writing. There are 477 times of "Bitcoin is dead", maybe more if some are missing but Bitcoin is here, and is exchanged with price around $77,000. It's not a dead coin, never be, and will never be.

https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/
https://bitcoindeaths.com/
https://www.bitcoinisdead.org/
https://bitbo.io/dead/

Everything that has a beginning also has an end. No asset or other thing stays young and healthy forever. However, deaths vary greatly. I think the death of Bitcoin is one of the sweetest.

[Alone055]

I feel like you are a troll who hates Bitcoin. For a second, I wondered what you are doing in a Bitcoin forum when you basically hate it, but right after that second, I remembered again that you are a troll.

[AgriTrack]

However, in one sense, this claim might also be correct...
Bitcoin is dead in the same sense as a Nobel Prize-winning poet. It is at the pinnacle of fame and can be a great source of inspiration. But it is not something to believe in or to bet on.
I feel there is a grain of truth in that claim.

How does that have even a grain of truth? Bitcoin is not something to believe in or bet on? You sound like someone who hates Bitcoin and makes things on their own only to make it sound or look bad, but none of that is actually correct. Bitcoin doesn't in anyway resemble with a Noble prize winning poet who is only a great source of inspiration, because Bitcoin also is useful, and it is being used by so many people and institutes and even governments of some countries, so I don't think what you are saying is true, and I believe everyone would agree with me.

Those who say Bitcoin is dead or believe in theories like the one you presented here are the ones who have either never used it for some reason known to them only, or they used it but didn't know the right way to do that and lost money, and let me tell you, those who lose money in this market, they experience that only because of their own mistakes. Someone who bought Bitcoin even at $69k in the last bull run could still make profits from their investment if they didn't make a mistake and sell their assets when the price went down because it eventually made it to $126k this time around.

[JaanusRaim]

I feel like you are a troll who hates Bitcoin. For a second, I wondered what you are doing in a Bitcoin forum when you basically hate it, but right after that second, I remembered again that you are a troll.

Do you hate Bitcoin? I think, you do not.

The Bitcoin journey has been one of the most amazing journeys of your life? I guess, yes. It's the same story for me.

I’m just a little jealous that everyone else likes Bitcoin these days, too. It is jealousy, not hatred  

[Russlenat]

Bitcoin is dead for all those who silently hate bitcoin. Bitcoin is dead when they are seeing bearish price of bitcoin, but when bitcoin price pump and reach its new all time high, you can never hear from these haters or attackers that bitcoin is obviously alive.

However, I'm used to this. It's not because that I agree to them, but because no matter how bitcoin performs in the market, bullish or bearish, they will always criticize bitcoin and claim that it has been dead a lot of times.

[Natalim]

If bitcoin is really dead, then we shouldn't be seeing bitcoin these days on top of digital assets in the market. That's why I don't believe that bitcoin is dead, most especially that until now, those who have been holding a valuable amount of bitcoin are still making significant profits every time they decide to sell when there is bullish market. We might not heard bitcoin successful stories if this claim is definitely true.

One thing is clear, the claim ''bitcoin is dead'' is true to those who never find reasons to believe in bitcoin. But those who have never stop seeing the high potentials of bitcoin, bitcoin will never be real dead.

[uchegod-21]

This is 2026, and some people still think that Bitcoin is dead? It could be that I don't properly understand what Bitcoin dying means. This is an asset that has existed since 2009 till date. Even when the price was way below the current price, Bitcoin didn't die then. Will it die now that more people have adopted Bitcoin and there are institutional investors and governments that support Bitcoin?

I am not surprised. I have never seen anyone raise an alarm that Bitcoin will soon die when bitcoin is bullish; all these acts come when bitcoin is bearish. Haters of Bitcoin are happy now; they can continue to spread FUD.

[MorganaX]

I feel like you are a troll who hates Bitcoin. For a second, I wondered what you are doing in a Bitcoin forum when you basically hate it, but right after that second, I remembered again that you are a troll.

😆 It's an open community so he is free to think whatever he feels. If he feels bitcoin is dead then it's simple, Bitcoin is dead for him alone, moreover it's just a grain of truth 😁 so I think we are good, truth is subjective to who ever says it, especially in something like bitcoin which have sparked so much controversy along the years. But if you are following up with the history stats then you would definitely know that bitcoin is far from anything being dead.

[Maslate]

Bitcoin may not be as profitable just like the early days but it does not mean that its already dead. What is dead are those altcoins who have never recovered their price and eventually turn as dead coins.

But for bitcoin, it's a different thing. Its price is still making a good progress, and investors are still benefiting from bitcoin, so how come you are saying there is a grain of truth with regards to the claim that bitcoin is dead.

Bitcoin can only be dead for those who are still in denial of the current success of bitcoin. And obviously, OP seems to be one of them.

[Cryptomultiplier]

This is 2026, and some people still think that Bitcoin is dead? It could be that I don't properly understand what Bitcoin dying means. This is an asset that has existed since 2009 till date. Even when the price was way below the current price, Bitcoin didn't die then. Will it die now that more people have adopted Bitcoin and there are institutional investors and governments that support Bitcoin?

I am not surprised. I have never seen anyone raise an alarm that Bitcoin will soon die when bitcoin is bullish; all these acts come when bitcoin is bearish. Haters of Bitcoin are happy now; they can continue to spread FUD.

I would stress on the part of interpretation of what dying means because from my own understanding, it could mean the latest forked versions of BTC or more like it being a hybrid alternative of currency or for investment via ETF or other channels just to support the vast adoption of more CEX systems and designs that makes decentralization of Bitcoin look like a forgotten punch line of how Bitcoin exists or why many people who understand it, opt for it as a currency of value and digital gold asset.

Truly, sentiments and volatility is the driver of Bitcoin's value and when in the recent times, Bitcoin hasn't  reached and maintained a reasonable ATH, the scared investors who are seeing it's current almost stable price position think it has lost its edge and is maybe dying due to the rise of AI innovation and tokens that is completing with the Bitcoin and crypto currencies market in a broader macroeconomics sense.

[sunsilk]

It's just a false claim for years and people who didn't bought at the dip will say that. Those who miss the train will continue to say such word and claim because they're not in favor of it.

But come and see those people who have been holding for a long time, will they say bitcoin is dead? maybe if they have sold or maybe won't say a thing.

There's the reason why they say that and it's mostly personal and it's been dead for 400+ times per se but is it really? of course NO.

[ColdLava40]

"Bitcoin is dead" is a famous attack, fud but since 2009 till 2026, Bitcoin has never died, and we all know that as of writing. There are 477 times of "Bitcoin is dead", maybe more if some are missing but Bitcoin is here, and is exchanged with price around $77,000. It's not a dead coin, never be, and will never be.

I believe many people thought of Bitcoin to be a failure and were amazed by how things turned out to be.

Bitcoin is very much alive, what died is the doubt many people had in Bitcoin back then. It still exists for some but that mindset puts many of them back in the past as they failed to move forward into the reality of the future.

Bitcoin made history, and that history opened a way for many other digital cryptography that exists today. Bitcoin is not dead, anyone can believe it or play blind.

[Makus]

Volatility is a constant dynamic in the crypto market, that's the reason why Bitcoin can increase and decrease at any point. The market is simply going through volatility and not really about Bitcoin being dead because that's not really what it is, the market Will definitely will definitely recover but for now it is important to keep accumulating as much as you need using DCA. Saying Bitcoin that Bitcoin is dead is inaccurate.

[Emitdama]

"Bitcoin is dead" is a famous attack, fud but since 2009 till 2026, Bitcoin has never died, and we all know that as of writing. There are 477 times of "Bitcoin is dead", maybe more if some are missing but Bitcoin is here, and is exchanged with price around $77,000. It's not a dead coin, never be, and will never be.

I believe many people thought of Bitcoin to be a failure and were amazed by how things turned out to be.

Bitcoin is very much alive, what died is the doubt many people had in Bitcoin back then. It still exists for some but that mindset puts many of them back in the past as they failed to move forward into the reality of the future.

Bitcoin made history, and that history opened a way for many other digital cryptography that exists today. Bitcoin is not dead, anyone can believe it or play blind.

The thing is that this is going to happen after every few years. The numbers will keep getting lower, because as the time moves forward, and Bitcoin proves itself every single time, the number of people who had doubts about it earlier would get lower, but some will still exist to criticize it and say that it's dead or is going to die very soon, etcetera. When Bitcoin was newly growing, the mainstream media did its best to show Bitcoin as a negative thing, you would often read or see news about media outlets saying or trying to convey the message that Bitcoin is a scam, or it's a currency used by criminals because they used to think that Bitcoin can't be traced and leaves no traces at all.

Over time, those media outlets or news channels started realizing their mistake, or they basically gave up because their efforts were going in vein since Bitcoin just kept growing bigger and larger over time, adoption kept increasing and more people started trusting and using Bitcoin, so they stopped their attempts at the end. However, the haters didn't just vanish all of a sudden, some haters still remained, and they can be seen even in the present time when Bitcoin has an all-time high of $126k, and they still have the audacity to call it dead.

[Ziskinberg]

That's also your personal view as we have different interpretations and analysis towards bitcoin. I respect that.

However, if you'll ask the majority here, they won't agree that bitcoin is dead or has been dead certain times. Because up to now, bitcoin is still profitable in our eyes even though the current price is not that high. But compared to the old price, bitcoin has already made huge progress and this progress won't be real happening if your claim that bitcoin is dead is true. Maybe you are seeing  what we fail to see or vice versa.

[rbynxx]

The notorious claim that "Bitcoin is dead" is incorrect in several respects. Bitcoin bears no resemblance to anything usually referred to as a dead coin. Not at all.

However, in one sense, this claim might also be correct...
Bitcoin is dead in the same sense as a Nobel Prize-winning poet. It is at the pinnacle of fame and can be a great source of inspiration. But it is not something to believe in or to bet on.
I feel there is a grain of truth in that claim.

It's incorrect, because even when the phrase is said bitcoin was still live and didn't even halted or something. I don't think there's even truth in that or it's partially correct, it's more like a hyperbole to me for some traders that lost when they trade or invest in the asset or some critics that want to stir FUD in the beginning. There's not even a grain of truth in that and you also happen to post this in a bitcoin-focused forum. Many will surely disagree.

[Questat]

Bitcoin will only be real dead if its no longer active in the market, and people will come to avoid bitcoin. But what is happening with bitcoin now is the real opposite. People are still craving and rushing to invest in bitcoin, is that the description of a dead bitcoin?

Frankly speaking, bitcoin is dead if you don't see it as a profitable asset, but for those who are still actively buying and selling bitcoin, and holding for long term, the thought that bitcoin is dead remains a false claim.