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: $1,404,309 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,622,675,986,940
Gold: $28,229,110,747,784
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 | +31.1% | +121.96% |
| 4 year | +312.4% | +137.82% |
| 3 year | +144.96% | +102.28% |
| 2 year | +21.05% | +45.46% |
| 1 year | -26.65% | -3.15% |
| YTD | -7.77% | -7.51% |
| 6 months | +3.15% | -14.83% |
| 3 months | +24.09% | -1.29% |
| 2 months | +3.87% | -13.27% |
| 1 month | -4.34% | -6.9% |
| 1 week | -0.98% | -3.9% |
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 reports.