With every sharp drop in the crypto market, renewed forecasts emerge talking about the "end of Bitcoin," commonly referred to as the "death of Bitcoin." However, the largest cryptocurrency in the world continues to hold its ground despite the extreme volatility and ongoing criticisms for over a decade.
According to Bitcoin Deaths, a site dedicated to documenting predictions of the currency's collapse, the "death of Bitcoin" has been declared 472 times since 2010. Yet, the network continues to operate without interruption, processing transactions around the clock through a global network of thousands of nodes, while Bitcoin is currently trading near the $61,000 level.
The list of critics included prominent figures in the finance and investment world, such as Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and Peter Schiff, who have predicted the collapse of Bitcoin or its total loss of value on various occasions. Yet, the crypto continues to hold strong and hit new all-time highs over the years.
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Despite 18 new announcements of the 'death of Bitcoin' in 2026 alone, the network is still running at full capacity, with a new block being mined approximately every 10 minutes, while transactions continue to be processed and secured by thousands of devices scattered around the globe.
Throughout its journey, Bitcoin has successfully navigated numerous crises, including price crashes exceeding 80%, strict regulatory crackdowns in China, and the collapse of major exchanges like Mt. Gox and FTX, along with repeated waves of skepticism led by economists, heads of major financial institutions, and global media outlets.
The first announcement of the 'end of Bitcoin' was published in December 2010 when the price of the coin was barely $0.11, and since then, its price has skyrocketed by millions of percentage points, despite repeated predictions of its collapse.
According to the site's calculations, investing $100 each time Bitcoin's death was declared would have netted the investor nearly 1043.5 Bitcoins today, reflecting the massive gap between bearish predictions and the actual performance of the currency over the past years.$BTC $
