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

4.03%
Flip point: $1,718,405 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,384,176,795,943
Gold: $34,341,218,338,235

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 +76.34% +172.12%
3 year +203.97% +164.68%
2 year +60.75% +142.7%
1 year -28.33% +72.39%
3 months -31.64% +24.19%
YTD -20.86% +14.41%
1 month -26.05% +10.22%
1 week -17.68% +1.02%

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.