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: $1,428,385 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,300,263,655,775
Gold: $28,646,220,072,632
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 | +97.2% | +122.27% |
| 4 year | +215.13% | +134.63% |
| 3 year | +113.9% | +107.58% |
| 2 year | +6.39% | +68.41% |
| 1 year | -45.9% | +21.14% |
| YTD | -25.92% | -6.14% |
| 6 months | -33.16% | -12.07% |
| 3 months | -12.6% | -15.83% |
| 2 months | -20.01% | -12.9% |
| 1 month | -1.34% | -5.26% |
| 1 week | +2.34% | -0.9% |
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.