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

4.77%
Flip point: $1,631,248 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,557,553,946,784
Gold: $32,665,528,194,579

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 +55.15% +165.42%
3 year +182.73% +135.25%
2 year +21.01% +102.85%
1 year -17.14% +39.7%
YTD -11.13% +8.83%
3 months -12.77% -6.6%
1 month +10.29% +3.64%
1 week +0.85% -2.45%

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.