I know this thread is kinda off-topic now but I've found this on a website.
#12 Question: If Bootstrap Bill took one of the medallions, and then Barbossa supposivly killed him, how? Because I thought that if you took one of the medallions, then you had to give a blood sacrifice. Which means that Bootstrap Bill should still be alive, right?
Answer: In the screenwriter's commentary, they say at the end credits that Bootstrap was turned to dust because the water crushed him. So, I think it's very unlikely he'll be in the sequel.
i watched the creadits at the end,. and they did sday that it is likely that hed been crushed, but they never said that he is definately dead. i watched it a couple of times, and i personally reckon that he will be brought in, but probably in the third one, not the second.
but then thats just wat i think.
i reckon that its been left open for the writers, and it depends on the storylines that they are going with 😄