Bitcoin 11 Years - Achievements, Lies, and Bullshit Claims So Far - Tooootally NOT a SCAM !!!!

That's right folks, it's that time again for the annual review of how Bitcoin is going: all of those claims, predictions, promises .... how many have turned out to be true, and how many are completely bogus ???

Please post / link this on r/Bitcoin (I am banned there for speaking the truth, so I cannot do it) ... because it'a way past time those poor clueless mushrooms were exposed to the truth.

Anyway, without further ado, I give you the Bitcoin's Achievements, Lies, and Bullshit Claims So Far ...

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Bitcoin Achievements so far:

1. It has spawned a cesspool of scams (2000+ shit coin scams, plus 100's of other scams, frauds, cons).
2. Many 1,000's of hacks, thefts, losses.
3. Illegal Use Cases: illegal drugs, illegal weapons, tax fraud, money laundering, sex trafficking, child pornography, hit men / murder-for-hire, ransomware, blackmail, extortion, and various other kinds of fraud and illicit activity.
4. Legal Use Cases: Steam Games, Reddit, Expedia, Stripe, Starbucks, 1000's of merchants, cryptocurrency conferences, Ummm ????? The few merchants who "accept Bitcoin" immediately convert it into FIAT after the sale, or require you to sell your coins to BitPay or Coinbase for real money, and will then take that money. Some of the few who actually accept bitcoin haven't seen a customer who needed to pay with bitcoin for the last six months, and their cashiers no longer know how to handle that.
5. Contributing significantly to Global Warming.
6. Wastes vasts amounts of electricity on useless, do nothing work.
7. Exponentially raises electricity prices when big miners move into regions where electricity was cheap.
8. It’s the first "currency" that is not self-sustainable. It operates at a net loss, and requires continuous outside capital to replace the capital removed by miners to pay their costs. It’s literally a "black hole currency."
9. It created a new way for people living too far from Vegas to gamble all their life savings away.
10. Spawned "blockchain technology", a powerful technique that lets incompetent programmers who know almost nothing about databases, finance, programming, or blockchain scam millions out of gullible VC investors, banks, and governments.
11. Increased China's foreign trade balance by a couple billion dollars per year.
12. Helped the FBI and other law enforcement agents easily track down hundreds of drug traffickers and drug users.
13. Wasted thousands if not millions of man-hours of government employees and legislators, in mostly fruitless attempts to understand, legitimize, and regulate the "phenomenon", and to investigate and prosecute its scams.
14. Rekindled the hopes of anarcho-capitalists and libertarians for a global economic collapse, that would finally bring forth their Mad Max "utopia".
15. Added another character to Unicode (no, no, not the "poo" 💩 character ... that was my first guess as well 🤣)
16. Provides an easy way for malware and ransomware criminals to ply their trade and extort hospitals, schools, local councils, businesses, utilities, as well as the general population.

• Any others ? (Please tell me).

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Correct Predictions:

1. 2015-12: "1,000 dollar in 2015", u/Luka_Magnotta, aka time traveler from the future, 31-Aug-2013, https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/ (Technically, this prediction is WRONG because the highest price reached in 2015 was $495.56 according to CMC. Yes, Bitcoin reached $1,000 in 2013 and 2014, but that's NOT what the prediction says).
2. 2017-12: "10,000 in 2017", u/Luka_Magnotta, aka time traveler from the future, 31-Aug-2013, https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/
3. 2018-04: $10,000 (by April 2018), Mike Novogratz, link #1: https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/, link #2: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-21/mike-novogratz-says-bitcoin-will-end-the-year-at-10-000
4. 2018-12: $10,000 (by 2018), Tim Draper, link #1: https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/, link #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AW5s6QkRRY
5. Any others ? (Please tell me).

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Bitcoin Promises / Claims / Price Predictions that turned out to be lies and bullshit:

1. ANONYMOUS
2. CENSORSHIP RESISTANT
3. FRICTIONLESS
4. TRUSTLESS
5. UNCENSORABLE
6. UNTRACEABLE
7. SAFE
8. SECURE
9. YOU CANNOT LOSE
10. NOT A SCAM
11. PERMISSIONLESS
12. GUARANTEED PRIVACY
13. CANNOT BE SEIZED
14. CANNOT BE CONFISCATED
15. Be your own bank
16. Regulation-proof
17. NO MIDDLEMEN
18. DECENTRALIZED
19. Instantaneous transactions
20. Fast transactions
21. Zero / No transaction fees
22. Low transaction fees
23. A store of value
24. A deflationary digital asset
25. "A deflationary digital asset that no single human being can destroy."
26. "an asset that is equally as dual use as a car, water, or any other traditional element that has existed."
27. "Digital gold"
28. Easy to use
29. Cannot be stolen
30. Cannot be hacked
31. Can be mined by anyone
32. Can be mined by anyone, even with an old computer or laptop
33. Cannot be centralized
34. Will return power back to the people.
35. Not a Ponzi scam
36. Not a Pyramid scam
37. Never pay tax again
38. Your gains cannot be taxed
39. A currency
40. An amazing new class of asset
41. An asset
42. A means to economic freedom
43. A store of value
44. The best investment the word has ever seen
45. A great investment
46. Efficient
47. Scalable
48. Stable
49. Resilient
50. Reliable
51. Low energy
52. Low risk
53. Redistribute wealth to everybody
54. No more have's and have not's
55. No more US and THEM
56. No more disadvantaged people
57. No more RICH and POOR
58. No more poor people
59. Uses amazing new technology
60. Uses ingenious new technology
61. Satishi Nakamoto invented ...
62. Segwit will solve all of Bitcoin's woes
63. Lightning Network will solve all of Bitcoin's woes
64. Limited by scarcity
65. Can only go up in value
66. Price cannot crash
67. Has intrinsic value
68. Value will always be worth more than cost to mine
69. Adoption by investors is increasing exponentially
70. Adoption by investors is increasing
71. Adoption by merchants is increasing exponentially
72. Adoption by merchants is increasing
73. You are secure if you keep your coins on an exchange
74. You are secure if you keep your coins in a hardware wallet
75. You are secure if you keep your coins in an air-gapped Linux PC
76. Will change the world
77. "the next phase in human evolution"
78. "Blockchain is more encompassing than the internet"
79. Blockchain can solve previously unsolvable problems.
80. "The only regulation we need is the blockchain"
81. "Bank the unbanked"
82. "To abolish financial slavery and the state's toxic monopoly on money."
83. "To have better tools in the fight against the state violence and taxation."
84. "To stamp information on a blockchain forever so we can bypass state censorship, copyrights, patents(informational monopolies) etc."
85. Will destroy / overthrow FIAT
86. Will destroy / overthrow the world's governments
87. Will destroy / overthrow the banking system
88. Will destroy / overthrow the world economies
89. Will free people from tyranny
90. Will give people financial freedom
91. Will bring world peace
92. Never going below $19K again
93. Never going below $18K again
94. Never going below $17K again
95. Never going below $16K again
96. Never going below $15K again
97. Never going below $14K again
98. Never going below $13K again
99. Never going below $12K again
100. Never going below $11K again
101. Never going below $10K again
102. Never going below $9K again
103. Never going below $8K again
104. Never going below $7K again
105. Never going below $6K again
106. Never going below $5K again
107. Never going below $4K again
108. Is NOT a Scam
109. Hashing Power secures the Bitcoin network
110. Untraceable, private transactions
111. Guaranteed privacy
112. Not created out of thin air
113. Not created out of thin air by unregulated, unbacked entities
114. Totally NOT a scam
115. Is not used primarily by crimonals, drug dealers, or money launderers.
116. 100% secure
117. 2010 will be the "Year of Crypto"
118. 2011 will be the "Year of Crypto"
119. 2012 will be the "Year of Crypto"
120. 2013 will be the "Year of Crypto"
121. 2014 will be the "Year of Crypto"
122. 2015 will be the "Year of Crypto"
123. 2016 will be the "Year of Crypto"
124. 2017 will be the "Year of Crypto"
125. 2018 will be the "Year of Crypto"
126. 2019 will be the "Year of Crypto"
127. 2010: MASS ADOPTION any day now"
128. 2011: MASS ADOPTION aany day now"
129. 2012: MASS ADOPTION aaany day now"
130. 2013: MASS ADOPTION aaaany day now"
131. 2014: MASS ADOPTION aaaaany day now"
132. 2015: MASS ADOPTION aaaaaany day now"
133. 2016: MASS ADOPTION aaaaaaany day now"
134. 2017: MASS ADOPTION aaaaaaaany day now"
135. 2018: MASS ADOPTION aaaaaaaaany day now"
136. 2019: MASS ADOPTION aaaaaaaaany day now"
137. "Financial Freedom, bro."
138. no single entity, government or individual, can alter or reverse its transactions
139. insurance against the tyranny of state
140. Bitcoin has come to destroy all governments and bring about the libertarian utopia of my dreams.
141. The major issues in Bicoin's network will be fixed. This is still early days, Bitcoin has only been around for 2+ years.
142. The major issues in Bicoin's network will be fixed. This is still early days, Bitcoin has only been around for 5+ years.
143. The major issues in Bicoin's network will be fixed. This is still early days, Bitcoin has only been around for 7+ years.
144. The major issues in Bicoin's network will be fixed. This is still early days, Bitcoin has only been around for 9+ years.
145. 1,000's of predictions of skyrocketing and/or never falling prices
146. Escape the petty rivalries of warring powers and nation states by scattering control among the many. The Bitcoin Cash debacle proves that even the most cryptographically secure plans of mice and men often go awry. Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/9zfhb6/like_theres_only_one_flaw_with_buttcoin_crash/ea8s11m
147. People will NEVER be able to welch out of bets or deals again. Nov-2018, Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/9zvpl2/the_guy_who_made_the_1000_bet_that_btc_wouldnt/
148. "Everything will be better, faster, and cheaper.", Brock Pierce, EOS.io shill video.
149. "Everything will be more connected.", Brock Pierce, EOS.io shill video.
150. "Everything will be more trustworthy.", Brock Pierce, EOS.io shill video.
151. "Everything will be more secure.", Brock Pierce, EOS.io shill video.
152. "Everything that exists is no-longer going to exist in the way that it does today.", Brock Pierce, EOS.io shill video.
153. "Everything in this world is about to get better.", Brock Pierce, EOS.io shill video.
154. You are a slave to the bankers
155. The bankers print money and then you pay for it
156. Bitcoin is The Peoples Money
157. Bitcoin will set you free
158. Bitcoin will set you free from the slavery of the banks and the government Ref: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/cd2q94/bitcoin_shall_set_you_free/
159. ~~Bitcoin is "striking fear into the hearts of bankers, precisely because Bitcoin eliminates the need for banks. ~~, Mark Yusko, billionaire investor and Founder of Morgan Creek Capital, https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/
160. "When transactions are verified on a Blockchain, banks become obsolete.", Mark Yusko, billionaire investor and Founder of Morgan Creek Capital, https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/
161. SnapshillBot quotes from delusional morons:
162. "A bitcoin miner in every device and in every hand."
163. "All the indicators are pointing to a huge year and bigger than anything we have seen before."
164. "Bitcoin is communism and democracy working hand in hand."
165. "Bitcoin is freedom, and we will soon be free."
166. "Bitcoin isn't calculated risk, you're right. It's downright and painfully obvious that it will consume global finance."
167. "Bitcoin most disruptive technology of last 500 years"
168. "Bitcoin: So easy, your grandma can use it!"
169. "Creating a 4th Branch of Government - Bitcoin"
170. "Future generations will cry laughing reading all the negativity and insanity vomited by these permabears."
171. "Future us will thank us."
172. "Give Bitcoin two years"
173. "HODLING is more like being a dutiful guardian of the most powerful economic force this planet has ever seen and getting to have a say about how that force is unleashed."
174. "Cut out the middleman"
175. "full control of your own assets"
176. "reduction in wealth gap"
177. "no inflation"
178. "cannot print money out of thin air"
179. "Why that matters? Because blockchain not only cheaper for them, it'll be cheaper for you and everyone as well."
180. "If you are in this to get rich in Fiat then no. But if you are in this to protect your wealth once the current monetary system collapse then you are protected and you'll be the new rich."
181. "Theres the 1% and then theres the 99%. You want to be with the rest thats fine. Being different and brave is far more rewarding. No matter your background or education."
182. "NO COINERS will believe anything they are fed by fake news and paid media."
183. "I know that feeling (like people looking at you as in seeing a celebrity and then asking things they don't believe until their impressed)."
184. "I literally walk round everyday looking at other people wondering why they even bother to live if they don't have Bitcoin in their lives."
185. "I think bitcoin may very well be the best form of money we’ve ever seen in the history of civilization."
186. "I think Bitcoin will do for mankind what the sun did for life on earth."
187. "I think the constant scams and illegal activities only show the viability of bitcoin."
188. "I think we're sitting on the verge of exponential interest in the currency."
189. "I'm not using hyperbole when I say Satoshi found the elusive key to World Peace."
190. "If Jesus ever comes back you know he's gonna be using Bitcoin"
191. "If this idea was implemented with The Blockchain™, it would be completely flawless! Flawless I tell you!"
192. "If you're the minimum wage guy type, now is a great time to skip food and go full ramadan in order to buy bitcoin instead."
193. "In a world slipping more and more into chaos and uncertainty, Bitcoin seems to me like the last solid rock defeating all the attacks."
194. "In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any filthy statist's blessing, but because I am enlightened by own intelligence."
195. "Is Bitcoin at this point, with all the potential that opens up, the most undervalued asset ever?"
196. "It won't be long until bitcoin is an everyday household term."
197. "It's the USD that is volatile. Bitcoin is the real neutral currency."
198. "Just like the early Internet!"
199. "Just like the Trojan Horse of old, Bitcoin will reveal its full power and nature"
200. "Ladies if your man doesnt have some bitcoin then he cant handle anything and has no danger sex appeal. He isnt edgy"
201. "let me be the first to say if you dont have bitcoin you are a pussy and cant really purchase anything worldwide. You have no global reach"
202. "My conclusion is that I see this a a very good thing for bitcoin and for users"
203. "No one would do such a thing; it'd be against their self interests."
204. "Ooh lala, good job on bashing Bitcoin. How to disrespect a great innovation."
205. "Realistically I think Bitcoin will replace the dollar in the next 10-15 years."
206. "Seperation of money and state -> states become obsolete -> world peace."
207. "Some striking similarities between Bitcoin and God"
208. "THANK YOU. Better for this child to be strangled in its crib as a true weapon for crypto-anarchists than for it to be wielded by toxic individuals who distort the technology and surrender it to government and corporate powers."
209. "The Blockchain is more encompassing than the internet and is the next phase in human evolution. To avoid its significance is complete ignorance."
210. "The bull run should begin any day now."
211. "The free market doesn't permit fraud and theft."
212. "The free market will clear away the bad actors."
213. "The only regulation we need is the blockchain."
214. "We are not your slaves! We are free bodies who will swallow you and puke you out in disgust. Welcome to liberty land or as that genius called it: Bitcoin."
215. "We do not need the bankers for Satoshi is our saviour!"
216. "We have never seen something so perfect"
217. "We must bring freedom and crypto to the masses, to the common man who does not know how to fight for himself."
218. "We verified that against the blockchain."
219. "we will see a Rennaisnce over the next few decades, all thanks to Bitcoin."
220. "Well, since 2006, there has been a infinite% increase in price, so..."
221. "What doesn't kill cryptocurrency makes it stronger."
222. "When Bitcoin awake in normally people (real people) ... you will have this result : No War. No Tax. No QE. No Bank."
223. "When I see news that the price of bitcoin has tanked (and thus the market, more or less) I actually, for-real, have the gut reaction "oh that’s cool, I’ll be buying cheap this week". I never knew I could be so rational."
224. "Where is your sense of adventure? Bitcoin is the future. Set aside your fears and leave easier at the doorstep."
225. "Yes Bitcoin will cause the greatest redistribution of wealth this planet has ever seen. FACT from the future."
226. "You are the true Bitcoin pioneers and with your help we have imprinted Bitcoin in the Canadian conscience."
227. "You ever try LSD? Perhaps it would help you break free from the box of state-formed thinking you have limited yourself..."
228. "Your phone or refrigerator might be on the blockchain one day."
229. The banks can print money whenever they way, out of thin air, so why can't crypto do the same ???
230. Central Banks can print money whenever they way, out of thin air, without any consequences or accounting, so why can't crypto do the same ???
231. It's impossible to hide illegal, unsavory material on the blockchain
232. It's impossible to hide child pornography on the blockchain
233. Fungible
234. All Bitccoins are the same, 100% identical, one Bitcoin cannot be distinguished from any other Bitcoin.
235. The price of Bitcoin can only go up.
236. "Bubbles are mathematically impossible in this new paradigm. So are corrections and all else", John McAfee, 7 Dec 2017 @ 5:09 PM,https://mobile.twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/938938539282190337
237. Scarcity
238. The price of Bitcoin can only go up because of scarcity / 21 million coin limit. (Bitcoin is open source, anyone can create thir own copy, and there are more than 2,000+ Bitcoin copies / clones out there already).
239. immune to government regulation
240. "a world-changing technology"
241. "a long-term store of value, like gold or silver"
242. "To Complex to Be Audited."
243. "Old Auditing rules do not apply to Blockchain."
244. "Old Auditing rules do not apply to Cryptocurrency."
245. "Why Bitcoin has Value: SCARCITY.", PlanB, Coin Shill, 22-Mar-2019, https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25
246. "Bitcoin is the first scarce digital object the world has ever seen, it is scarce like silver & gold, and can be sent over the internet, radio, satellite etc.", PlanB, Coin Shill, 22-Mar-2019, https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25
247. "Surely this digital scarcity has value.", PlanB, Coin Shill, 22-Mar-2019, https://medium.com/@100trillionUSD/modeling-bitcoins-value-with-scarcity-91fa0fc03e25
248. Bitcoin now at $16,600.00. Those of you in the old school who believe this is a bubble simply have not understood the new mathematics of the Blockchain, or you did not cared enough to try. Bubbles are mathematically impossible in this new paradigm. So are corrections and all else", John McAfee, 7 Dec 2017 @ 5:09 PM,https://mobile.twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/938938539282190337
249. "May 2018 will be the last time we ever see $bitcoin under $10,000", Charlie Shrem, bitcoin advocate and convicted felon, 11:31 AM 3-May-2018, https://twitter.com/CharlieShrem/status/992109375555858433
250. "Last dip ever.", AngeloBTC, 14 Oct 2018, https://mobile.twitter.com/AngeloBTC/status/1051710824388030464/photo/1
251. "Bitcoin May Have Just Experienced its Final Shakeout Before a Big Rally", Joseph Young, coin shill, October 15, 2018 22:30 CET, https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-may-have-just-experienced-its-final-shakeout-before-a-big-rally/
252. Bitcoin would be a buy if the price fell under $5,000., Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at Allianz, 29-Jun-2018, https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-a-buy-below-5000-says-allianz-chief-economic-advisor/
253. 2013-11-27: ""What is a Citadel?" you might wonder. Well, by the time Bitcoin became worth 1,000 dollar [27-Nov-2013], services began to emerge for the "Bitcoin rich" to protect themselves as well as their wealth. It started with expensive safes, then began to include bodyguards, and today, "earlies" (our term for early adapters), as well as those rich whose wealth survived the "transition" live in isolated gated cities called Citadels, where most work is automated. Most such Citadels are born out of the fortification used to protect places where Bitcoin mining machines are located. The company known as ASICminer to you is known to me as a city where Mr. Friedman rules as a king.", u/Luka_Magnotta, aka time traveler from the future, 31-Aug-2013, https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1lfobc/i_am_a_timetraveler_from_the_future_here_to_beg/
254. 2018-02: Bitcoin price to hit $27,000 by February 2018, Trace Mayer, host of the Bitcoin Knowledge Podcast, and self-proclaimed entrepreneur, investor, journalist, monetary scientist and ardent defender, Link #1: https://mobile.twitter.com/TraceMayer/status/917260836070154240/photo/1, Link #2: https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/
255. 2018-06: "Bitcoin will surpass $15,000 in June [2018]." John McAfee, May 25, 2018, https://bitcoinist.com/john-mcafee-says-bitcoin-will-surpass-15000-in-june/
256. 2018-07: Bitcoin will be $28,000 by mid-2018, Ronnie Moas, Wall Street analyst and founder of Standpoint Research, http://helpfordream.com/2018/12/23/5-bitcoin-price-predictions-gone-wrong/.
257. 2018-12: Bitcoin to reach a price of between 40,000 and 110,000 US dollars by the end of the 2017 bull run ... sometime before 2019, Masterluc, 26-May-2017, an anonymous "legendary" Bitcoin trader, Link #1: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/YRZvdurN-The-target-of-current-bubble-lays-between-40k-and-110k/, Link #2: https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/
258. 2018-12: "There is no reason why we couldn’t see Bitcoin pushing $50,000 by December [2018]", Thomas Glucksmann, head of APAC business at Gatecoin, Link #1: https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/
259. 2018-12: Listen up you giggling cunts... who wants some?...you? you want some?...huh? Do ya? Here's the deal you fuckin Nerds - Butts are gonna be at 30 grand or more by next Christmas [2018] - If they aren't I will publicly administer an electronic dick sucking to every shill on this site and disappear forever - Until then, no more bans or shadow bans - Do we have a deal? If Butts are over 50 grand me and Lammy get to be mods. Deal? Your ole pal - "Skully" u/10GDeathBoner, 3-Feb-2018 https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/7ut1ut/listen_up_you_giggling_cunts_who_wants_someyou/
260. 2018-12: 1 bitcoin = 1 Lambo. Remind me on Christmas eve [2018] u/10GDeathBoner, 3-Feb-2018, https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/7ut1ut/listen_up_you_giggling_cunts_who_wants_someyou/dtn2pna
261. 2018-12: Been in BTC since 2014 and experienced many "deaths" of BTC... this too shall pass... $10k end of the year. [2018] u/Exxe2502, 30-Jun-2018 https://reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/8uur27/_/e1ioi5b/?context=1
262. 2018-12: "Yale Alumni prediction - 30 Grand by Christmas [2018] - and you my friend... you will be the one eating Mcafee's dick in 2020. :) -:", u/SirNakamoto, 15-Jun-2018, https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/8r0tyh/fdic_agrees_to_cover_bitcoin_losses_in_event_of/e0nzxq7
263. 2018-12: "Impossible For Bitcoin Not to Hit $10,000 by This Year (2018)", Mike Novogratz, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, ex-hedge fund manager of the Fortress Investment Group and a longstanding advocate of cryptocurrency, 22-Sep-2018, https://www.newsbtc.com/2018/09/22/billionaire-novogratz-impossible-for-bitcoin-not-to-hit-10000-by-this-year/
264. 2018-12: "[Bitcoin] between $13,800 and $14,800 [by end of 2018]", Fundstrat's Tom Lee, 13-Dec-2018, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/13/wall-streets-bitcoin-bull-tom-lee-we-are-tired-of-people-asking-us-about-target-prices.html
265. 2018-12: "Bitcoin is going to be $15k-$20k by the end of the year (2018)", Didi Taihuttu, 1-Nov-2018, https://www.wsj.com/video/series/moving-upstream/the-bitcoin-gamble/85E3A4A7-C777-4827-9A3F-B387F2AB7654
266. 2018-12: 2018 bitcoin price prediction reduced to $15,000 [was $25,000], Fundstrat's Tom Lee, 16-Nov-2018, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/16/wall-streets-crypto-bull-tom-lee-slashes-year-end-forecast-by-10000.html
267. 2018-12: "I want to be clear, bitcoin is going to $25,000 by year end (2018)", Fundstrat's Tom Lee, 5-Jul-2018, https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/07/05/tom-lee-i-want-to-be-clear-bitcoin-is-going-to-25000-by-year-end.html
268. 2018-12: "Bitcoin could be at $40,000 by the end of 2018, it really easily could", Mike Novogratz, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, ex-hedge fund manager of the Fortress Investment Group and a longstanding advocate of cryptocurrency, 21-Sep-2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lC1anDg2KU
269. 2018-12: "Bitcoin will be priced around $50,000 by the end of the year (2018)", Bitcoin bull Arthur Hayes, co-founder and CEO of BitMEX, 29-Jun-2018, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/29/bitcoin-will-reach-50000-in-2018-says-founder-of-bitcoin-exchange.html
270. 2018-12: "Bitcoin could definitely see $50,000 in 2018", Jeet Singh, cryptocurrency portfolio manager, speaking in January 2018 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, https://www.dcforecasts.com/new-prediction-says-bitcoin-hit-50000-2018/
271. 2018-12: "Bitcoin will hit $100,000 this year (2018)", Kay Van-Petersen, an analyst at Saxo Bank, 17-Jan-2018, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/16/bitcoin-headed-to-100000-in-2018-analyst-who-forecast-2017-price-move.html
272. 2018-12: "Bitcoin price to surpass the $100,000 mark by the end of 2018", Tone Vays, 21-Sep-2017, https://www.ccn.com/prominent-bitcoin-trader-price-is-heading-towards-100000-in-2018/
273. 2018-12: "Bitcoin’s Price Will Surpass the $100,000 Mark by the End of 2018", Anonymous ("author" obviously too embarrassed to put his name to such bullshit "articles"), Oct-2018, https://investingpr.com/bitcoin-price-predictions-for-2018/
274. 2018-12: "Our [2018] year-end bitcoin target is $7700.", James Stefurak, Founder at Monarch Research. See article: "Experts Forecast Bitcoin will rise by 2019", REF: https://hackernoon.com/experts-forecast-bitcoin-will-rise-by-2019-f4af8807036b?gi=dfea3c30d6d8
275. 2018-12: "... we’ll see the price rally reaching its all-time of high of around $20K before the end of 2018", Khaled Khorshid, Co-Founder at Treon ICO. See article: "Experts Forecast Bitcoin will rise by 2019", REF: https://hackernoon.com/experts-forecast-bitcoin-will-rise-by-2019-f4af8807036b?gi=dfea3c30d6d8
276. 2018-12: Bitcoin will end 2018 at the price point of $50,000, Ran Neuner, host of CNBC’s show Cryptotrader and the 28th most influential Blockchain insider according to Richtopia,https://www.bitcoinprice.com/predictions/
277. Plus a whole host of wrong 2019 predictions (could not be included here because of post character limit issues), so please see my earlier post from 4 days ago: Ummm, remember those "Expert" Bitcoin Price Predictions for 2019 ..... ohhhhh dear ....., https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/eiqhq3/ummm_remember_those_expert_bitcoin_price/

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But it's NOT all bad news, some claims and promises are yet to be determined:

1. Never going below $3K again
2. Never going below $2K again
3. Never going below $1K again
4. Any others ? Please let me know.