We tend to think of prices going up, but the reality is the dollar losing value. The groceries aren’t getting better; your money is getting weaker.
Here is a concrete example: In 1980, $100 could buy you a full cart of groceries. Today, that same $100 might barely fill two bags.
Why? Because the supply of dollars keeps increasing.
Every day, new money enters the system through government spending and bank loans. It drips into the economy, slowly diluting the purchasing power of every dollar you saved.
Holding cash is a guaranteed way to lose wealth. It is like trying to carry water in a bucket with a small hole. You might not notice the leak day by day, but over ten years, the bucket is half empty.
Bitcoin plugs the hole. Since the supply is fixed, your share of the network never gets diluted.
So when you see the dollar losing value, remember: it’s not an accident. It is a feature of the current system designed to encourage spending over saving.