"There's No Good Reason To Trust Blockchain Technology"
BTC_AT_TIME $3,394
Published in Wired on 2019-02-06, "There's No Good Reason To Trust Blockchain Technology" declared Bitcoin dead or fundamentally doomed. The piece dismissed Bitcoin while acknowledging blockchain technology, arguing the underlying network was the real innovation and Bitcoin itself was dispensable. Bitcoin was trading at $3,394 at the time of publication. Bitcoin briefly surged back to $13,000 before retreating to around $7,000, leaving many skeptics unswayed.