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The Fiat Debasement Tracker
Your money is melting. Here's the proof — in numbers, charts, and 5,000 years of history.
Since you opened this page, from a ₹10,00,000 savings account...
₹0.00
has evaporated into thin air
That's 0 sats lost every second
Per Day
₹0
Per Month
₹0
Per Year
₹0
Based on 6.5% annual inflation — India's long-run average. Your FD at 7% barely keeps up. After tax? You're losing.
| What ₹1 Lakh Could Buy
The same ₹1,00,000 note. Shrinking purchasing power across decades.
1990
A small flat in Bangalore
  • 🏘 Small apartment in a decent area
  • 🥇 312 g of gold
  • ⛽️ 11,111 L of petrol
  • 🎓 20 years of college tuition
2000
A decent used car
  • 🚗 Used Maruti in good condition
  • 🥇 227 g of gold
  • ⛽️ 3,571 L of petrol
  • 🎓 3.3 years of college tuition
2010
A good motorcycle
  • 🏍️ Royal Enfield Bullet
  • 🥇 54 g of gold
  • ⛽️ 1,923 L of petrol
  • 🎓 1 year of college tuition
2020
A premium smartphone
  • 📱 iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • 🥇 21 g of gold
  • ⛽️ 1,250 L of petrol
  • 🎓 0.4 years of college tuition
2026
Half a premium phone
  • 📱 Half an iPhone 16 Pro
  • 🥇 7.7 g of gold
  • ⛽️ 935 L of petrol
  • 🎓 0.25 years of college tuition
| Purchasing Power Erosion
Indexed to 100 at start year. Watch your currency melt — or opt out with Bitcoin.
Indian Rupee (INR)
US Dollar (USD)
Bitcoin (BTC)
The Big Picture
Since 1990, the Indian Rupee has lost ~90% of its purchasing power, the US Dollar has lost ~55%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin — born in 2009 — has appreciated millions of percent. The gap only widens on longer timeframes.
| The Money Printer
Central banks print. Bitcoin doesn't. Here's the divergence.
US M2 Supply
India M3 Supply
Bitcoin Supply
BTC Halving
The core asymmetry
India's money supply has grown 71x since 1990. The US money supply has grown 6.5x. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's total supply will never exceed 21 million coins — and the issuance rate halves every 4 years. This is not a bug. This is the fix.
| Future Purchasing Power Calculator
See what your savings will really buy in the future.
6.5%
| The Currency Graveyard
Every fiat currency in history has failed — or is in the process of failing. Here lie the most notable.
🇯🇹
Roman Denarius
211 BC – 274 AD
485 years
Silver content went from 95% to 5%. Emperors clipped and debased until the currency — and the empire — collapsed.
🇨🇳
Song Dynasty Jiaozi
1023 – 1107 AD
84 years
The world's first paper money. Started as a brilliant innovation, ended in hyperinflation. Sound familiar?
🇺🇸
Continental Dollar
1775 – 1790
15 years
"Not worth a Continental." Printed to fund the Revolution, worthless by its end.
🇫🇷
French Assignat
1789 – 1796
7 years
Backed by "confiscated church land." Devalued 99% in 7 years. The French Revolution ate its own money.
🇩🇪
Weimar Papiermark
1918 – 1923
5 years
A loaf of bread cost 200 billion marks. Workers were paid twice a day and rushed to spend before prices doubled.
🇭🇺
Hungarian Pengő
1945 – 1946
1 year
The worst hyperinflation in recorded history. Prices doubled every 15 hours. They printed a 100 quintillion note.
🇿🇼
Zimbabwe Dollar
2007 – 2009
2 years
100 trillion dollar banknotes. 79.6 billion percent monthly inflation. Now a collector's curiosity.
🇻🇪
Venezuelan Bolívar
2016 – present
Ongoing
1,000,000% inflation. Redenominated multiple times. Citizens turned to Bitcoin to survive.
🇦🇷
Argentine Peso
Recurring collapses
Chronic
Multiple currency collapses. Currently 100%+ inflation. Argentines are among the world's most avid Bitcoin adopters.
🇹🇷
Turkish Lira
2018 – present
Ongoing
Lost 80%+ of its value. The central bank fired governors who raised rates. Erdoganomics in action.
🇱🇧
Lebanese Pound
2019 – present
Ongoing
Lost 98% of its value. Banks froze deposits. A nation's savings, vaporized overnight.

Average fiat currency lifespan: 27 years.
The US Dollar has been fully fiat since 1971 — 54 years and counting.
The Indian Rupee has been continuously debased since independence.
Bitcoin: 17 years old and hardening with every block.

| Words of Warning
Those who understood money tried to warn us.