BTC value tracker

A Rust application for tracking and visualizing Bitcoin's purchasing power against various real-world commodities using Yahoo Finance data. This allows us to see the value increase of BTC independent from the debasement of fiat currencies since we are tracking purchasing power against real-world goods.

Features

• Compare Bitcoin vs real commodities (Gold, Wheat, Corn, Coffee, Beef, Rice)

• Two display modes:

  • Units per Currency: How many units of commodity you can buy with 1 BTC or $1 of USD
  • Price per Unit: How much BTC or USD you need to buy 1 unit of commodity

• Date range slider

• data from Yahoo Finance

Installation

git clone <repository>
cd asset_price_watcher
cargo build --release

The application will automatically fetch data from Yahoo Finance on startup.

Yahoo Finance Tickers

The app fetches data from these Yahoo Finance tickers:

Asset	Yahoo Ticker	Notes
Bitcoin	BTC-USD	Direct price in USD
Gold	GC=F	Gold futures (price per oz)
Wheat	ZW=F	Wheat futures (cents/bushel, converted to $/bushel)
Corn	ZC=F	Corn futures (cents/bushel, converted to $/bushel)
Coffee	KC=F	Coffee futures (cents/lb, converted to $/lb)
Beef	LE=F	Live Cattle futures (proxy, cents/lb, converted to $/lb)
Rice	ZR=F	Rough Rice futures (cents/cwt, converted to $/cwt)

Example Interpretation

If viewing Gold in "Units per Currency" mode:

• Orange line going UP = You can buy MORE consumer goods with 1 BTC
• Blue/Red line going DOWN = You can buy fewer consumer goods with $1
• This demonstrates BTC's increase in purchasing power independent of the debasement of fiat currencies.

License

MIT