When Inflation Eats Your Savings, Why Did You Buy Bitcoin Instead of McDonald’s?

I Bought Crypto Because My Parents Lost Everything

I grew up in Egypt’s suburbs, where inflation didn’t feel like an economic statistic—it felt like hunger. My mother sold her gold jewelry to buy bread. My father stopped speaking after his savings vanished by 85%. In 2020, when Bitcoin hit \(10k and crashed to \)4k, I didn’t hesitate. I bought $1,000—not as speculation, but as silence against chaos.

The Café That Runs on Satoshi

Now I run a Mediterranean-inspired café in Chicago called Tahini’s. We don’t take credit cards. We don’t even have a POS system that accepts crypto—until we partnered with Bitcoin Well and installed our own BTC ATMs. Each machine earns ~\(250/month… now it’s over \)40k in sats per location.

DCA Isn’t a Strategy—It’s a Ritual

Michael Saylor told us to dollar-cost average. But here? We do it monthly—not because prices make sense, but because stability does. When Bitcoin rose from \(4k to \)70k? We didn’t sell much. We just kept buying.

“Every month, you buy,” my brother Aly says. “Not when it’s cheap—but when you’re still alive.” Our reserve isn’t dollars anymore—it’s bits.

The Real Battle Isn’t Against McDonald’s—It’s Against Silence

McDonald’s sells fries while governments print money endlessly. They offer calories that decay fast. We offer trust that compounds slowly. You don’t fight inflation with spreadsheets—you fight it with consistency. When the system fails—the one thing left is your choice: Keep buying.