Ever noticed your grocery bill climbing while package sizes shrink? That's "sneakflation" in action. Corporations have mastered the art of bleeding customers dry through stealth tactics -- burying fees in fine print, shaving ounces off products while keeping prices intact, upgrading "service charges" nobody asked for. Consumer watchdogs crunched the numbers: average households are getting hit for roughly $2,400 extra over a two-year stretch. Not from inflation you can see, but from the stuff they hope you won't. Classic move from centralized players who control the game board -- change the rules quietly, pocket the difference. Makes you wonder what transparent, immutable ledgers might do to this kind of playbook.