The deck's Bitcoin Profit Potential table gives, for each slot, the entry cost, the income, the cost of the next slot, and the profit. Its totals are 4.095 BTC in entries, 36.855 BTC in income, and 32.761 BTC in profit.
| Slot | Entry | Income | Next slot | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.007 |
| 2 | 0.002 | 0.018 | 0.004 | 0.014 |
| 3 | 0.004 | 0.036 | 0.008 | 0.028 |
| 4 | 0.008 | 0.072 | 0.016 | 0.056 |
| 5 | 0.016 | 0.144 | 0.032 | 0.112 |
| 6 | 0.032 | 0.288 | 0.064 | 0.224 |
| 7 | 0.064 | 0.576 | 0.128 | 0.448 |
| 8 | 0.128 | 1.152 | 0.356 * | 0.896 |
| 9 | 0.256 | 2.304 | 0.512 | 1.792 |
| 10 | 0.512 | 4.608 | 1.024 | 3.584 |
| 11 | 1.024 | 9.216 | 2.048 | 7.168 |
| 12 | 2.048 | 18.432 | 0 | 10.432 |
| Totals | 4.095 | 36.855 | 4.094 | 32.761 |
* An error in the source. The deck prints 0.356 BTC as the entry for the slot after slot 8. Slot 9 costs 0.256 BTC everywhere else in the deck, and the profit figure of 0.896 only works with 0.256 (1.152 minus 0.256 equals 0.896). This is a typing error in the original material, not a different rule. It is flagged here rather than silently corrected.
Why Income Is Always 9 Times the Entry
From How the Matrix Works, nine of the fourteen positions pay to you or your progression.
Every income figure in the table is simply the slot price multiplied by nine. The table is internally consistent.
Where Those 9 Units Come From
A slot pays nine units to you, but a cycle has fourteen positions, and each position is filled by one member paying one slot price. So:
The books balance exactly. Fourteen units in, fourteen units out. Nothing is created. Every unit you receive was paid in by another member.
Applied to the headline totals:
Because the system has no external revenue, one member's 32.761 BTC gain is exactly the amount other members have paid in and will not receive back. This is not a criticism of the programme. It is what a closed distribution system means, and it follows directly from the deck's own diagram.
How many people is that? It depends on how far each of them gets.
- If each person who funds you completes the full ladder themselves, roughly 8 people are needed (32.76 divided by 4.095).
- If each person only ever buys slot 1 and never cycles, then 32.76 divided by 0.001 equals 32,760 people.
The realistic figure sits between the two and much closer to the second, because reaching higher slots requires your own matrix to fill first. The next lesson shows what proportion of members that leaves.