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

4.16%
Flip point: $1,724,552 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,437,199,954,250
Gold: $34,515,045,116,622

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 +20.84% +187.6%
3 year +190.05% +160.44%
2 year +0.55% +130.56%
1 year -14.48% +66.35%
3 months -18.61% +15.47%
YTD -17.95% +14.99%
1 month +2.93% -0.58%
1 week +6.75% -3.5%

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.