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

4.56%
Flip point: $1,413,710 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,292,906,685,708
Gold: $28,356,364,440,111

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 +101.94% +120.63%
4 year +187.82% +135.25%
3 year +115.95% +102.88%
2 year +0.78% +64.25%
1 year -45.37% +19.87%
YTD -26.35% -7.09%
6 months -31.25% -14%
3 months -14.88% -16.05%
2 months -16.24% -12.29%
1 month +2.48% -3.91%
1 week +0.89% -2.08%

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.