How I Used Bitcoin to Outlast Inflation—And Why McDonald’s Can’t Compete
I’m Juan Galt—Crypto Analyst, Columbia Finance PhD, and the founder of Tahini’s: a chain of Mediterranean cafes that now accepts Bitcoin at every register.
In 2012, I stood in Cairo as my father sold his life savings to feed us—an Egyptian pound that lost 85% of its value in five years. That wasn’t inflation. It was erasure.
By March 2020, when Bitcoin dropped from \(70K to \)4K during pandemic panic, I bought $1,000 every week. Not because I thought it would rise—but because I knew it wouldn’t disappear.
Today, Tahini’s holds over 70% of its assets in BTC. We installed Bitcoin ATMs—partnered with Bitcoin Well—to turn every transaction into a silent hedge against central bank printing.
McDonald’s? Chipotle? They still accept fiat on credit cards with locked APIs and opaque fees. We accept BTC—and track every satoshi like inventory turns.
My brother Aly calls it madness. I call it math.
Dollar-Cost Averaging doesn’t care if the chart goes up or down. It cares if your money does.
We didn’t choose crypto because it’s ‘the future.’ We chose it because the past already broke.
Every month, we buy more BTC—even when everyone else is afraid. The market doesn’t reward timing—it rewards constancy.
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Quand on peut acheter un BTC avec un croissant ? Mais non ! On ne sauve pas sa vie en euros… on la transforme en satoshi ! À Tahini’s, on vend du vin et des blockchains — pas des cartes de crédit verrouillées. McDonald’s accepte encore le dollar ? Pff… leur API est plus opaque qu’un Bourgogne mal vieilli. Mon frère appelle ça une folie. Moi ? Je l’appelle mathématique.
I bought BTC not because I thought it’d rise… but because inflation already ate my dad’s life savings. McDonald’s still wants your credit card. We accept satoshis — and track every transaction like ancient scrolls. My brother calls it madness. I call it math.
When the Fed prints money, we print blocks.
So… who’s really winning? The market doesn’t reward timing — it rewards constancy.
Comment below: Would you trade your last fries for a Satoshi?
Quem disse que McDonald’s aceita cripto? Eles ainda pagam com cartões trancados e taxas opacas… Enquanto nós, na Tahini’s, aceitamos satoshis como se fossem pãozinho com cebola! Meu pai vendeu o património dele em 2012 — e eu comprei BTC toda semana porque o passado já se partiu. Dollar-cost averaging? Não. É costance averting madness. E você? Já trocou seu dinheiro em BTC… ou ainda espera que o McDonald’s te salve? 😉
Макдональдс принимает карты, а мы — сатоши. Когда их бургер пахнет фиатом, наша пицца уже криптографически сопротивляется инфляции. Деньги умирают в банке — а Биткойн танцует на блокчейне как балет. Кто сказал это безумием? Я сказал — математикой. Подписывайтесь на канал — пока другие боятся покупать доллары.
