To date, according to 99bitcoins bitcoin “died” already 334 times. It is noteworthy that the author of the last “obituary” became the youngest world cryptomelane Eric Finman, at the time, who made the cryptocurrency good condition.
As mentioned earlier ForkLog, 2012 Eric Finman year invested given to him by his beloved grandmother a thousand dollars in the then little-known bitcoin, and in January 2014 sold the coins for $100 000.
In the same year he launched his own business, he founded a tutoring service via the Internet with webcam chat Botangle, hiring 20 employees — programmers, designers and animators. Later he launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo began fundraising for the manufacture of virtual reality helmets Marvel that is compatible with Android phones.
By the end of 2018, the state of Finman was estimated at $4 million, so it even won the parents dispute Eric promised that if he manages to become a millionaire before 18 years old, he will not go to College.
Although the bitcoins he owes his current success, recently in an interview with Marketwatch Eric Finman said that prospects for major cryptocurrencies anymore.
“Bitcoin is dead, it is too fragmented. There’s a lot of infighting, I don’t think all this will last too long. It may be one or two rallies, but in the long run he was dead,” he said.
Moreover, Finman called dead and Litecoin, which since December last year fell in price by more than 95%, returning to values may 2018.
“Litecoin for some time as dead. It’s like sunset, when darkness remains eight more minutes,” he said.
According to Finman, the greatest chance of success are the cryptocurrencies on the basis of which created a variety of projects. To them it is, for example, classifies Ether and zcash for. He also spoke positively about the technology of Bitcoin Cash, but felt bad marketing component of the project.
Recall that the jubilee 300 “death of bitcoin” was held in may this year, when Forbes columnist Frances Coppola wrote that the Achilles ‘ heel of bitcoin is a huge amount of electricity which is required for mining.
Meanwhile, in 2018, the bitcoin has become one of the most popular search queries in Google in the USA and the UK.
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