"You're Gonna Lose All Your Money On Bitcoin, Idiots"
BTC_AT_TIME $9,908
Published in Splinternews on 2017-11-28, "You're Gonna Lose All Your Money On Bitcoin, Idiots" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece argued that Bitcoin failed as a functional currency due to extreme price volatility, slow transaction speeds, and limited merchant acceptance. Bitcoin was trading at $9,908 at the time of publication. Bitcoin was in the midst of an extraordinary bull run, rising from $1,000 to nearly $20,000 by December.