We've launched the world's first Bitcoin CPI at Samara!

We’ve just dropped something I'm genuinely excited about at Samara Asset Group: the Bitcoin Consumer Price Index (BTCCPI).

The Samara BTCCPI is a new economic indicator that measures how much the value of a basket of goods used for the official CPI data in Europe and the United States has changed over time, if priced in Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s hardest money, rather than USD or EUR.

It's brilliantly simple: instead of measuring how many more dollars (or euros) you need for milk and bread each year, it shows how many fewer sats you need as time goes on.

The data confirms what Bitcoiners have been saying forever: when you price everyday goods in BTC rather than fiat, costs trend downward over time.

Sure, there are volatility bumps along the way – I mean, hey, this is Bitcoin 😁 – but the long-term trajectory is clear.

Why we launched the Samara Bitcoin CPI 📉

We created the BTCCPI to show what happens when you price everyday expenses in a currency with an actual fixed supply and a predictable monetary policy.

For years, we've called Bitcoin 'hard money,' but now we can actually see how hard it actually is.

When you look at life's expenses through a Bitcoin lens, the difference is striking: instead of watching prices endlessly climb, you see your purchasing power actually grow over time.

The data doesn't lie, and that's what makes the Samara Bitcoin CPI so powerful!

For example, if you look at how prices of goods and services dropped in BTC terms since COVID, it shows that the high inflationary environment we experienced post-pandemic would have been much more palatable if you had held a large portion of your wealth in Bitcoin.

In essence, this is what we’re trying to show with the BTCCPI: If you hold Bitcoin, you will be less affected by rising prices in the “fiat world” because goods and services have actually been getting cheaper over time if you measure everything in BTC terms.

You can check out the Samara Bitcoin CPI here: https://www.samara-ag.com/bitcoin-cpi.

And feel free to use it to orange pill your friends, family, or founders looking to diversify their treasury! 💊

Your Stacker in Sats,

Patrick Lowry