Can I retire on my bitcoin?

Sell it today, buy inflation-protected U.S. Treasury bonds, and this is the yearly income in today's dollars. Then a look at what holding would have done through bitcoin's real history.

I hold ₿ and need $ a year after tax,

I keep 0% of it in bitcoin.

What you sell goes into Treasury bonds, and that income holds even if bitcoin goes to zero.

Retirement check results
Sold today, after tax	-
In Treasury bonds it pays, whatever bitcoin does	-a year
With the bitcoin you keep, if it only keeps pace with inflation	-a year
That covers	-of what you need
Bitcoin needed to cover it all	-
Or this stack at a bitcoin price of	-

When I sell

Tax %

A flat rate on the whole sale. If you paid a lot for your coins, use a lower one.

The bonds

Tax on income %

Federal tax on the interest and on each year's inflation bump. Treasuries pay no state tax.

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What bitcoin's real history would have done

The other road is to keep the bitcoin and sell a little every month. Each bar retires with the same amount as today, adjusted for inflation, all in bitcoin, selling every month for what you need. This history is mostly a bull market, so it flatters bitcoin. Look at the starts near the 2017 and 2021 peaks: that is what a crash early in retirement does.