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: $1,435,139 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,252,663,019,020
Gold: $28,759,334,465,812
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 | +69.39% | +115.12% |
| 4 year | +114.8% | +117.42% |
| 3 year | +141.74% | +107.66% |
| 2 year | -10.05% | +76.03% |
| 1 year | -43.28% | +22.24% |
| 6 months | -32.06% | -3.99% |
| YTD | -28.58% | -5.77% |
| 3 months | -10.55% | -21.09% |
| 2 months | -14.34% | -13.85% |
| 1 month | -23.9% | -13.24% |
| 1 week | -2.36% | -8.19% |
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.