"2014 was meant to be the year of bitcoin and it flopped as far as the general public was concerned."
"as far as the general public was concerned" :) Yeah, they were too busy watching the big bottom Kim and losing their home.
"(Overstock the poster child which at one point was claiming serious expectations of $15-20m in bitcoin sales ended up with a 5th of the lower end of their claim)."
Did you see how poorly Amazon did? They're a much larger and better store. No coins on Amazon.
"Mining companies are closing left, right, and centre, and bitcoin exchanges are shutting down for more profitable ventures."
As are oil companies. So goes the world. Isn't linear let alone vertical. Two steps forward...
What would those, 'more profitable ventures' be? You of course don't say because those miners aren't good for anything else.
"I don't think Bitcoin is dead or even close to dead but I'm pretty sure we've seen its peak."
If you're pretty sure, you would say why, but you don't. Apparently cirucular logic is big on the HH. That and or Tourette's.