The case for saving in Bitcoin
An average net monthly salary, priced in Bitcoin satoshis over the past decade. The paycheck stayed roughly the same in fiat — but in sats it shrank, because Bitcoin's purchasing power outran wage growth. Pick a country and see it.
Earnings priced in sats over time
How a net salary converts to Bitcoin satoshis over time. As BTC's purchasing power rose, the same paycheck bought fewer sats — which is exactly why saving even a slice in Bitcoin outpaced the raise. Shown in sats and fiat.
Then vs now — net salary in United States, from 2016-07-01 to today
Worth then
636.67M sats
Worth now
7.07M sats
Change in sats
-98.9%
BTC vs then
+8906%
This salary commands fewer sats today — Bitcoin gained purchasing power faster than wages rose. Saving even a slice in BTC would have outpaced the raise.
Modelled from today's salary ($4252.66 /month) @ $58,313/BTC. Today's USD value held constant; only BTC's price varies. An order-of-magnitude estimate, not a log of observed payslips.
The lesson isn't that you got poorer — it's that holding a slice of each paycheck in Bitcoin, rather than cash, would have kept pace with the thing that was actually appreciating. Spend in fiat, save in sats.
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Modelled estimate: today's net-salary figure (per country) replayed across daily BTC price history, optionally deflated by the country's World Bank CPI series. It's an order-of-magnitude view of purchasing power, not a record of historical payslips. Salary data: SatsAtlas price research. BTC: daily close history.