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: $1,534,369 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,265,578,771,401
Gold: $30,795,393,543,037
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 | +33.91% | +144.44% |
| 4 year | +159.37% | +153.4% |
| 3 year | +114.48% | +128.18% |
| 2 year | +7.35% | +77.58% |
| 1 year | -46.74% | +30.15% |
| YTD | -27.95% | +0.9% |
| 6 months | -9.62% | -12.76% |
| 3 months | -22.2% | -6.36% |
| 2 months | -4.04% | +1.85% |
| 1 month | -2.95% | +7.64% |
| 1 week | -2.8% | +0.62% |
Annual Supply Growth / Inflation
Bitcoin: 0.83%
Gold: 1.63%
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.