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: $1,467,061 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,246,202,278,750
Gold: $29,416,811,876,166
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 | +83.06% | +132.85% |
| 4 year | +222.56% | +126.26% |
| 3 year | +103.3% | +117.28% |
| 2 year | +0.17% | +78.13% |
| 1 year | -42.89% | +24.32% |
| YTD | -28.99% | -3.61% |
| 6 months | -30.89% | -4.26% |
| 3 months | -7.09% | -10.5% |
| 2 months | -20.98% | -9.48% |
| 1 month | -6.75% | -6.39% |
| 1 week | +4.08% | +3.84% |
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.