Index W(t)
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the five-bloc measuring rod — it includes Japan though the basket holds no yen; the rod does not bend to the basket
Two numbers, computed live from public data. The index W(t) — the five-bloc world consumption basket (US, euro area, Japan, UK, Switzerland), the measuring rod, which does not bend to the basket. And the U rate — what one U's contents cost right now: a fixed list of quantities, published at revision R1, every leg tokenized on Ethereum. No rate oracle sits between them; the price of U is simply the sum of quantity × price. Nothing to trust but the sources in the audit table.
Revision R3, fixed 2026-09-20: a list of quantities, not a target. Minting buys exactly this list; burning hands it back. The U rate above is the sum of the right-hand column. R3 removed the last sovereign leg — no cash, no government debt — which cost the unit its drawdown control and widened the charter to 8% volatility and 20% drawdown. One eligible asset is still declined: ETH (+4.65%/yr real, but 58.6% volatility and a 90.3% drawdown).
| Leg | Tokens | Weight | Per 1 U | USD now |
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The simulator answers the only question that matters: not "what is it worth in dollars" but "what does it still buy."
Fiat ⇄ U at the live U rate
You put cash in a drawer in the year below. What does it still buy?
Every input is a public series anyone can re-fetch. CPIs beyond their last official print are extrapolated at their own trailing-12-month rate until the next release lands.
| Series | Last official print | Trailing 12m |
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