Priced in Sats
A fast food combo (1 meal) is, on average, about
13.2k sats
≈ $8.33 · averaged across 50 countries at the live Bitcoin price.
Cheapest
5.5k sats
Most expensive
22.3k sats
That figure is the price of a fast food combo converted into Bitcoin satoshis (sats) — the smallest unit of Bitcoin, one hundred-millionth of a coin. Measuring in sats lets you compare what a fast food combo really costs anywhere in the world using a single unit, instead of juggling local currencies.
The number isn't fixed: it moves with both the local cash price of a fast food combo and the Bitcoin exchange rate. Over time, as Bitcoin appreciates, the same fast food combo tends to cost fewer sats — which is the whole point of pricing the world in sound money.
A fast food combo (1 meal) is about 13,150 sats on average worldwide — roughly $8.33 at the current Bitcoin price. It ranges from 5,478 sats in Indonesia to 22,257 sats in Norway.
13,150 sats is 0.0001315 BTC. One bitcoin is 100,000,000 satoshis (sats), so everyday items are most naturally priced in sats rather than whole bitcoin.
The sat price moves for two reasons: the local cash price of a fast food combo, and the Bitcoin exchange rate. As Bitcoin appreciates over time, the same fast food combo tends to cost fewer and fewer sats — the deflationary side of sound money.
A satoshi (sat) is the smallest unit of Bitcoin: one hundred-millionth of a bitcoin (0.00000001 BTC). Pricing things in sats gives a single universal unit that works across every country without fiat exchange-rate noise.