Cheaper in Bitcoin

A Big Macdown 99%

Illustration of a classic double-decker hamburger on a small plate.

A Big Mac, priced in Bitcoin

down 99% in Bitcoin since 2015

Dollars

$4.29$6.22

up 45%
Bitcoin

1.3M sats9,749 sats

down 99%

The same amount of Bitcoin goes about 125 times as far today.

Priced in dollars

A Big Mac in US dollars, 2015 to todayThe US dollar price changed by 45 percent since 2015, from 4.29 to 6.22. Lines: A Big Mac in US dollars.$0$2$4$6$8USD201620182020202220242026

Priced in Bitcoin

A Big Mac in Bitcoin, 2015 to todayMeasured in Bitcoin, using the four year average Bitcoin price, the price changed by -99.2 percent since 2015. Lines: A Big Mac in Bitcoin, 4 year moving average.00.0050.010.015BTC (4 year average)201620182020202220242026

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A Big Mac is a useful yardstick because it is the same sandwich everywhere, and The Economist has collected its price in the United States twice a year for decades. In dollars, the price rose from $4.29 to $6.22 between 2015 and today, up 45%. Measured in Bitcoin, it moved the other way. To keep Bitcoin's large short term swings from dominating the picture, the orange chart divides the dollar price by the four year average Bitcoin price rather than the daily spot price. None of this is a prediction or a recommendation. It is only a record of what has happened so far, measured with two different rulers.

Sources: The Economist Big Mac index, Kraken and Coinbase market data. Updated nightly. How this is measured

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