How this site makes money.
(It doesn't.)

fiatisfake.org makes no money. No ads, no affiliate links, no sponsors, no paid placements, no subscriptions, no "premium" tier, no data selling, no email list to harvest. It's funded out of pocket.

• //No affiliate links. The moment a finance site earns a cut when you open an account, its "advice" is a sales funnel. This one never takes that cut.
• //No ads, no sponsors, no cookies, no analytics. Every page loads only from fiatisfake.org, so no ad network, analytics service or price service sees your visit; the web host keeps only its standard server log (see the privacy page). Nothing on any page is bidding for your attention or your data.
• //No paywall, no course, no subscription. Every page is free, and stays free.
• //The author is pseudonymous on purpose: judge the argument and the sources, not a name.

Why there are no affiliate links

Almost every "best brokerage," "best crypto exchange," and "top high-yield savings" list you've read is an ad. The site earns a bounty, often $50 to $200, every time you sign up through its link. That single fact quietly rewrites the advice: the recommendation follows the commission, not your interest.

So this site takes none of it. No referral codes, no "exclusive" sign-up links, no kickbacks. When a tool or asset gets recommended here, it's because the math supports it, and the math is on the page for you to check.

Why the author is anonymous

Because the argument should stand on its own. A credential or a face invites you to trust the person instead of testing the claim, and in money, that's exactly the wrong instinct. Every number here is sourced to primary data (BLS, FRED, IRS, CoinMetrics) and linked so you can verify it yourself, without taking anyone's word for anything.

Don't trust. Verify.

So who pays for this?

I do. Hosting is cheap, the writing is mine, and keeping it free is the point.

What you'll never see here

• ×"Sign up through our link" / affiliate broker and exchange lists
• ×Sponsored posts or "partner" content
• ×Ads, popups, or cookie walls
• ×A paywall or "unlock the full guide" gate
• ×An email capture before you're allowed to read
• ×Your data packaged and sold to anyone

You're the reader here, not the product.

If you want to support it

Share a page that helped. Check the sources and tell me where I'm wrong. That's the whole ask.