Priced in Sats
A restaurant meal (1 person) is, on average, about
17.6k sats
≈ $11.30 · averaged across 50 countries at the live Bitcoin price.
Cheapest
3.6k sats
Most expensive
36.5k sats
That figure is the price of a restaurant meal converted into Bitcoin satoshis (sats) — the smallest unit of Bitcoin, one hundred-millionth of a coin. Measuring in sats lets you compare what a restaurant meal really costs anywhere in the world using a single unit, instead of juggling local currencies.
The number isn't fixed: it moves with both the local cash price of a restaurant meal and the Bitcoin exchange rate. Over time, as Bitcoin appreciates, the same restaurant meal tends to cost fewer sats — which is the whole point of pricing the world in sound money.
A restaurant meal (1 person) is about 17,595 sats on average worldwide — roughly $11.30 at the current Bitcoin price. It ranges from 3,613 sats in Egypt to 36,490 sats in Denmark.
17,595 sats is 0.00017595 BTC. One bitcoin is 100,000,000 satoshis (sats), so everyday items are most naturally priced in sats rather than whole bitcoin.
The sat price moves for two reasons: the local cash price of a restaurant meal, and the Bitcoin exchange rate. As Bitcoin appreciates over time, the same restaurant meal tends to cost fewer and fewer sats — the deflationary side of sound money.
A satoshi (sat) is the smallest unit of Bitcoin: one hundred-millionth of a bitcoin (0.00000001 BTC). Pricing things in sats gives a single universal unit that works across every country without fiat exchange-rate noise.