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
Flip point: $951,879 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,498,915,727,826
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 | +714.77% | +84.9% |
| 3 year | +23.72% | +50.22% |
| 2 year | +256.05% | +63.31% |
| 1 year | +116.12% | +38.65% |
| YTD | +79.53% | +33.93% |
| 3 months | +40.44% | +14.46% |
| 1 month | +22.04% | +3.77% |
| 1 week | +4.11% | -0.68% |
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.