Bitcoin in everyday prices
What bitcoin buys in work, fuel, food, and power, using U.S. average prices. Plus Big Macs, obviously.
| Item | Today | vs 1 yr ago | vs 5 yrs ago |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of work | 2,150 | ||
| Gasoline | 18,971 | ||
| Eggs | 35,772 | ||
| Coffee | 8,709 | ||
| Electricity | 414,658 | ||
| Big Macs | 13,066 |
One dollar is 1,230 sats. Loading the live price.
Everyday purchasing power over time
Each line starts at 100 in late 2014. A line at 1,000 means one bitcoin buys ten times as much of that thing as it did then. Dotted lines mark the halvings.
The bitcoin price, adjusted for inflation
The same bitcoin price history, restated in today's dollars using the consumer price index. The gap between the lines is how much the dollar itself lost along the way.
Sources: FRED series CES0500000003 (average hourly earnings), GASREGW (regular gasoline), APU0000708111 (eggs), APU0000717311 (coffee), APU000072610 (electricity), and CPIAUCSL (CPI). Big Mac prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index.