The Bitcoin-Gold Flippening

flip.gold tracks several metrics to compare Gold to Bitcoin (sometimes called "digital gold".) Some of these metrics might put bitcoin on top (in the future); this is the Bitcoin-Gold flippening.


Market Cap

7.94%
Flip point: $952,216 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,495,675,309,519
Gold: $18,829,488,595,887

Bitcoin's market cap is transparent and can be validated by anyone. For gold, supply estimates vary.
Sources: CoinGecko and World Gold Council reports.


Price Performance

Period Bitcoin Gold
5 year +709.82% +87.67%
3 year +22.67% +50.79%
2 year +261.8% +63.7%
1 year +115.91% +39.42%
YTD +79.2% +33.93%
3 months +35.17% +15.32%
1 month +20.42% +3.96%
1 week +4.55% -1.08%

Annual Supply Growth / Inflation

Bitcoin: 1.70%
Gold: 1.72%

Bitcoin is disinflationary and halves the mining reward every ~4 years. For gold, it depends on how much has been mined and recycled. Theoretically, more new supply means more new demand (buy pressure) is needed to maintain the price.
Sources: Bitcoin code and World Gold Council quarterly reports.