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

4.07%
Flip point: $1,745,256 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,420,142,520,150
Gold: $34,883,557,886,804

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 +23.88% +190.67%
3 year +221.57% +167.29%
2 year -0.58% +132.59%
1 year -15.3% +71.64%
3 months -21.32% +16.51%
YTD -18.82% +16.21%
1 month +7.35% +2.62%
1 week +0.25% -1.03%

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.