The $100 Challenge officially begins today, April 26, 2026. We invested exactly $100 in each of 28 assets — 8 global indexes, 7 Magnificent Seven stocks, Berkshire Hathaway, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Gold, Silver, 3 US Treasury bonds, US Real Estate, US Dollar Index, a savings account, and SAVE — the equity token of the FLAT Protocol.
Every quantity listed below is permanent and locked forever. From this day forward, only prices change. The quantities never will.
The SAVE Purchase — On-Chain Proof
We purchased 11,929.36828935564 SAVE tokens for 0.0429 ETH (~$100.22 USD) through the SAVESale v4 contract.
Transaction Hash: 0xf9e89943...bc9f971b Contract: 0x8582E762...87bd97 (SAVESale v4) Block: 24,963,811 Wallet: 0xd71c...cb15
All 28 Assets — Day 0 Prices & Quantities
Each asset received exactly $100 at its April 26, 2026 market price. The resulting quantity is locked permanently.
Global Indexes
| Asset | Ticker | Day 0 Price | Quantity (Locked) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 | SPY | $713.94 | 0.14006728 | Yahoo Finance |
| Nasdaq 100 | QQQ | $663.88 | 0.15063190 | Yahoo Finance |
| Dow Jones | DIA | $492.21 | 0.20316362 | Yahoo Finance |
| Nikkei 225 (Japan) | EWJ | $88.25 | 1.13314448 | Yahoo Finance |
| Sensex (India) | INDA | $50.42 | 1.98334194 | Yahoo Finance |
| DAX (Germany) | EWG | $42.87 | 2.33263543 | Yahoo Finance |
| FTSE 100 (UK) | EWU | $47.68 | 2.09731544 | Yahoo Finance |
| Shanghai (China) | MCHI | $58.94 | 1.69664745 | Yahoo Finance |
Magnificent Seven + Berkshire
| Asset | Ticker | Day 0 Price | Quantity (Locked) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | NVDA | $201.26 | 0.49687012 | Yahoo Finance |
| Apple | AAPL | $271.14 | 0.36881064 | Yahoo Finance |
| Microsoft | MSFT | $419.72 | 0.23825268 | Yahoo Finance |
| Amazon | AMZN | $252.28 | 0.39638498 | Yahoo Finance |
| GOOGL | $337.09 | 0.29665252 | Yahoo Finance | |
| Meta | META | $671.60 | 0.14889815 | Yahoo Finance |
| Tesla | TSLA | $391.30 | 0.25555853 | Yahoo Finance |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK-B | $473.09 | 0.21137991 | Yahoo Finance |
Crypto
| Asset | Ticker | Day 0 Price | Quantity (Locked) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | BTC | $78,081.86 | 0.00128071 | CoinGecko |
| Ethereum | ETH | $2,335.61 | 0.04281558 | CoinGecko |
Commodities
| Asset | Ticker | Day 0 Price | Quantity (Locked) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | GLD | $439.99 | 0.22727500 | Yahoo Finance |
| Silver | SLV | $71.53 | 1.39801482 | Yahoo Finance |
Bonds
| Asset | Ticker | Day 0 Price | Quantity (Locked) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Treasury 20Y+ | TLT | $86.97 | 1.14982178 | Yahoo Finance |
| US Treasury 7-10Y | IEF | $95.72 | 1.04471901 | Yahoo Finance |
| US Treasury 1-3Y | SHY | $82.56 | 1.21124030 | Yahoo Finance |
Real Estate, Currency & Cash
| Asset | Ticker | Day 0 Price | Quantity (Locked) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Real Estate | VNQ | $96.99 | 1.03103413 | Yahoo Finance |
| US Dollar Index | UUP | $27.36 | 3.65497076 | Yahoo Finance |
| Savings Account (4.50% APY) | SAVINGS | $100.00 | 1.00000000 | National avg HYSA |
SAVE Token
| Asset | Ticker | Day 0 Price | Quantity (Locked) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAVE Token | SAVE | $0.008402 | 11,929.36828935564 | On-chain purchase |
The Rules
- $100 invested in each asset on April 26, 2026 — total investment: $2,800 across 28 assets
- Quantities are permanent — they never change after Day 0
- Only prices update — the scoreboard fetches live market prices daily
- SAVE is the only on-chain asset — purchased through the SAVESale v4 contract with verifiable proof
- No rebalancing, no trading — pure buy-and-hold from Day 0
- Savings account compounds daily at 4.50% APY (national average HYSA rate)
- Track live at flat.cash/scoreboard
Why This Matters
The $100 Challenge is not about picking winners. It is about demonstrating that a mathematically-designed protocol token — SAVE — can compete with the best traditional assets in the world over time.
SAVE represents equity in the FLAT Protocol. Its price is governed by the Singularity Equation: as absorption increases, price rises hyperbolically. Every SAVE token is 1 RISE locked irreversibly in the SaveVault for 10 years.
The scoreboard updates daily. The math does not change. The quantities are set in stone.
Day 0 is today. The clock starts now.