Sats Per Dollar
See how many satoshis one dollar buys right now, updated every 60 seconds. Compare today's rate to a month, a year, and a decade ago.
What $1 bought you then vs now
Sats per dollar since 2013
How many sats does your money buy?
What is a Satoshi?
One Bitcoin splits into 100 million smaller units called satoshis (sats). The name comes from Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Sats work like cents to a dollar, but there are 100 million per Bitcoin instead of 100.
Why Think in Sats?
When a single Bitcoin costs tens of thousands of dollars, the price tag looks out of reach. Counting in sats changes the math: a dollar still buys you over a thousand sats. You don't need a whole coin. Thinking in sats makes small, regular purchases feel concrete instead of insignificant.
The Declining Curve
As Bitcoin's price rises, each dollar buys fewer sats. In 2013, $1 bought over 4 million sats. Today it buys roughly a thousand. The chart above plots that decline. Bitcoin has a fixed supply of 21 million coins, so growing demand pushes the sats-per-dollar rate down over time.
FAQ
If adoption keeps growing, the long-term trend points to fewer sats per dollar. The path won't be smooth, though. Bitcoin's price swings mean you'll see stretches where a dollar temporarily buys more sats again.
Yes. Most exchanges let you buy fractions of a Bitcoin starting at $1–$5. At current prices, that gets you several thousand sats.
You can send them anywhere in the world in minutes, hold them long-term, or spend them through the Lightning Network at participating merchants. Sats are Bitcoin, just measured in a smaller unit.
That depends on your goals. Some stackers target 100,000 sats as a first milestone; others aim for 1 million. Regular small buys add up faster than you'd expect.