Observed arrival · 2026-10-29
1 BTC, Measured in Things It Could Buy
An interactive chart compares what one bitcoin could buy—from dollars and gold to eggs, homes, and hours of work—across time since 2010.
- For
- Readers comparing Bitcoin with everyday prices over time
- Worth noticing
- The chart opens on a log scale; users can switch to linear and drag across dates, while some less-frequent prices are blended on shorter views.
Field notes
Historical BTC/USD comes from Coin Metrics, with a live quote from mempool.space and CoinGecko as backup; some less-frequent item-price releases are blended between publication dates on short timeframes. The chart defaults to logarithmic scale and supports a linear view, date scrubbing or playback, and alternate BTC stack sizes. Its privacy note says there are no ads, cookies, or accounts; optional push alerts retain an anonymous browser address, preferences, and time zone.
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