If I invest $50 in Bitcoin today at $118,665/BTC, and Bitcoin grows the same percentage as it did from 2010 until now, how much would that $50 become?
Historical growth %
From $0.003 → $118,665:
0.003 = 39,555,000
That’s +3,955,500,000% growth.
Apply the same growth to $50 today.
If BTC repeats that same growth:
Future value = 50 \times 39,555,000
= 1,977,750,000
So, the $50 today would also become ~$1.978 billion.
Reality check
This is mathematically correct but in reality, such growth is extremely unlikely now because:
Early $BTC rose from almost zero value (high risk, unknown tech).
Today BTC is a mature $2+ trillion market, so repeating that growth would require a market cap larger than the entire global economy many times over. But nothing is impossible.