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: $1,552,838 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,560,546,174,506
Gold: $31,177,154,620,017
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 | +64.94% | +143.38% |
| 4 year | +292.46% | +157.74% |
| 3 year | +184.74% | +126.97% |
| 2 year | +31.39% | +76.12% |
| 1 year | -28.55% | +27.97% |
| YTD | -11.19% | +2.15% |
| 6 months | +12.87% | -16.9% |
| 3 months | +5.39% | -2.04% |
| 2 months | +32.75% | +10.33% |
| 1 month | +20.09% | +7.72% |
| 1 week | +0.02% | -4.21% |
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.