FREE BITCOIN & PERSONAL FINANCE EDUCATION

Your
money
is losing
ground.

The dollar has lost 87% of its purchasing powerpurchasing powerWhat a dollar can actually buy, not what the dollar number says. A 1971 dollar bought a gallon of gas. Today's dollar buys roughly a third of one. Same dollar, much less buying ability.Full definition since 1971[1]. The same paycheck buys less every year. This site explains why, and what to do about it.

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M2 MONEY SUPPLY
$23.1T
Up 49% since Feb 2020[2]
NET INTEREST ON DEBT
>$1T
FY2025, exceeds defense[5]
HOME PRICE / INCOME
5.6×
Was 2.5× in 1971[6]
BITCOIN
21M
Fixed supply. No one can print more.

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DCA Calculator
Pick any year. Put in a dollar amount. See what consistent buying would have returned.
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Tax Estimator
W-2, self-employment, Bitcoin, dividends. See your federal + state liability in real time.
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Bitcoin Retirement Planner
Your age, your DCA amount, your target. See the stack across four scenarios.
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FIRE Calculator
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Debt Payoff Calculator
Enter what you owe. Find out whether to pay it down or invest, the math tells you the answer.
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Sat Converter
Type a dollar amount. See exactly how many satoshis that buys right now.
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SOURCES (6) ▾
  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPIConsumer Price Index (CPI)The government's measure of how much a typical basket of consumer goods costs over time.Full definition InflationinflationA general increase in prices over time, meaning each dollar buys less than it did before.Full definition Calculator, bls.gov
  2. Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), M2 Money Stock (M2SL), fred.stlouisfed.org
  3. Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin Whitepaper (2008), bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
  4. CoinGecko historical price data, coingecko.com
  5. CBOCongressional Budget Office (CBO)A nonpartisan federal agency that provides economic and budget analysis to Congress. Monthly Budget Review FY2025; House Budget Committee, budget.house.gov
  6. U.S. Census Bureau, Median Home Price & Household Income, census.gov

Last updated 2026-07-02. Not financial advice. Do your own research.

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