"Bitcoin: Analogous To Gold… Fool’s Gold"
BTC_AT_TIME $17,011
Published in X (Twitter) on 2017-12-21, "Bitcoin: Analogous To Gold… Fool’s Gold" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece challenged Bitcoin's narrative as a store of value or digital gold, arguing it lacked the stability and track record needed for that role. Bitcoin was trading at $17,011 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.