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: $1,397,837 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $2,198,202,991,792
Gold: $27,874,862,182,220
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 | +700.07% | +112.68% |
| 3 year | +437.88% | +139.63% |
| 2 year | +217.93% | +101.96% |
| 1 year | +56.88% | +46.05% |
| YTD | +17.89% | +52.9% |
| 3 months | -4.73% | +21.74% |
| 1 month | -3.32% | +3.59% |
| 1 week | -0.69% | -2.48% |
Annual Supply Growth / Inflation
Bitcoin: 0.83%
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.