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: $1,587,469 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,457,794,352,340
Gold: $31,862,910,628,666
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 | +55.37% | +153.34% |
| 4 year | +246.77% | +161.73% |
| 3 year | +178.23% | +138.47% |
| 2 year | +21.92% | +79.78% |
| 1 year | -35.6% | +35.71% |
| YTD | -17.01% | +4.4% |
| 6 months | +8.54% | -9.46% |
| 3 months | -5.44% | +0.38% |
| 2 months | +14.35% | +8.73% |
| 1 month | +12.29% | +12.93% |
| 1 week | +14.54% | +2.71% |
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.