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Construction costs keep rising, but the root problem isn’t just materials, labor, or regulation it’s the money we use to fund long-term projects.

In the US, construction input costs have increased ~40–50% since 2020, while broad money supply (M2) expanded by ~35% in the same period. These aren’t unrelated trends when construction is financed with inflating fiat, budgets become estimates instead of constraints timelines stretch, cost overruns normalize, and delays are quietly paid for through debasement.
Large public infrastructure projects routinely exceed initial budgets by 20–60%, with mega projects often crossing 100% overruns in a fiat system, these overruns are survivable because future money is cheaper than present money. Capital misallocation becomes a feature, not a bug.

Bitcoin flips this incentive structure. Hard money forces discipline.When capital cannot be diluted, planners must price risk correctly upfront. A fixed 21 million supply means delays are expensive, inefficiencies are visible, and long timelines demand real justification.

The charts tell the story:
Construction cost indices track M2 expansion with a short lag
Real wages for construction workers lag nominal cost increases
Long-duration projects suffer the most under inflationary financing
Fixed supply assets outperform long-term cost indices over decades

This isn’t about Bitcoin magically fixing construction. It’s about restoring signal to cost, time, and value. With sound money, a 10 year project must actually deliver value for a decade, not rely on future debasement to cover mistakes.

Cities built on hard money would favor durability over speed, maintenance over constant replacement, and lower lifecycle cost not just lower upfront bids.

Bitcoin isn’t just a store of value it’s a financial measuring stick and better measurements produce better engineering.

That is the hope but in reality customers don’t have the patience to wait for Design and construction that can take a long time

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True,people still want things fast Bitcoin just makes impatience cost more.

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63 sats \ 1 reply \ @nathanael 18h

bitcoin fixes this too

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Bitcoin keeps budgets honest, people not so much. 😅

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