The $100 Challenge — Live Scoreboard

Start date: April 20, 2026 · Updated on every page refresh

Read the full story: My Friend Asked Me How to Invest $100. I Told Him Something That Sounds Insane.

$100 invested in each of 25 assets

Ranked by total return

Current Rankings

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The Challenger

Asset	SAVE (ERC-4626 Vault)
Day 0 Purchase	4,590.50 SAVE for 0.0436 ETH ($100.71)
Entry Price	$0.0219 per token
Wallet	samikkurty.eth
Day 0 Transaction	0xc74ed9...
Underlying Alpha	99.9882% (424,950,000 / 425,000,000 RISE locked)
Vault Withdraw Function	Does not exist

Verify On-Chain

SAVE vault contractEtherscan →SAVE source code (no withdraw function)Etherscan →Vault balance (424.95M RISE locked)Etherscan →Alpha verificationflat.cash/verify →Deployer wallet (zero RISE)Etherscan →Sami's walletsamikkurty.eth →Buy SAVE on UniswapUniswap →

Day 0 Prices — Permanent Record

These prices were locked on April 20, 2026. They will never be edited.

Asset	Ticker	Class	Day 0 Price	Qty for $100
SAVE	SAVE	DeFi Vault	$0.0219	4,590.50 tokens
NVIDIA	NVDA	Mag 7	$201.68	0.4958 shares
Apple	AAPL	Mag 7	$270.23	0.3701 shares
Microsoft	MSFT	Mag 7	$422.79	0.2365 shares
Amazon	AMZN	Mag 7	$250.56	0.3991 shares
Google	GOOGL	Mag 7	$341.68	0.2927 shares
Meta	META	Mag 7	$688.55	0.1452 shares
Tesla	TSLA	Mag 7	$400.62	0.2496 shares
Berkshire Hathaway	BRK-B	Blue Chip	$474.58	0.2107 shares
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	Blue Chip	$315.10	0.3174 shares
S&P 500	SPY	Index	$710.14	0.1408 shares
Nasdaq 100	QQQ	Index	$648.85	0.1541 shares
Dow Jones	DIA	Index	$494.22	0.2023 shares
Bitcoin	BTC	Crypto	$75,246.19	0.001329 BTC
Ethereum	ETH	Crypto	$2,309.73	0.04330 ETH
Solana	SOL	Crypto	$85.16	1.1743 SOL
Coinbase	COIN	Crypto	$206.17	0.4850 shares
Gold	GLD	Commodity	$440.61	0.2270 shares
Silver	SLV	Commodity	$72.18	1.3853 shares
Crude Oil	USO	Commodity	$122.24	0.8181 shares
US Treasury 20Y+	TLT	Bond	$87.07	1.1485 shares
High-Yield Corp Bonds	HYG	Bond	$80.50	1.2422 shares
US Real Estate	VNQ	Real Estate	$96.68	1.0343 shares
Global Real Estate	VNQI	Real Estate	$47.77	2.0934 shares
US Dollar Index	UUP	Currency	$27.32	3.6610 shares
Savings Account	—	Cash	4.50% APY	$100.00

Stocks, ETFs, Indices: Last trading day before experiment start (April 17, 2026)

Crypto (BTC, ETH, SOL): Live CoinGecko spot price, April 20, 2026

SAVE: On-chain Uniswap swap price, April 20, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

Savings Account: National average HYSA rate (4.50% APY), April 20, 2026

Weekly Update Log

Week	Date	SAVE Value	SAVE Return	Best Benchmark	Its Return	SAVE Rank
0	Apr 20, 2026	$100.71	0.00%	—	0.00%	—

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About Sam

Sam Ikkurty is the managing partner of Rose City Income Fund, an SEC-registered digital asset fund. He has been investing in digital assets since 2017 and is a vocal advocate for constitutional rights and government accountability.

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Sam Ikkurty (also known as Sreenivas I. Rao) is the managing partner of Rose City Income Fund, an SEC-registered digital asset fund. He has been investing in digital assets since 2017 and is a vocal advocate for constitutional rights and government accountability. The $100 Challenge tracks the live performance of SAVE — an ERC-4626 DeFi vault — against 24 traditional and alternative assets.