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: $1,427,942 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,290,978,342,400
Gold: $28,646,220,072,632
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 | +88.09% | +124.86% |
| 4 year | +184.58% | +136.82% |
| 3 year | +120.5% | +107.05% |
| 2 year | -1.61% | +68.9% |
| 1 year | -45.63% | +20.24% |
| YTD | -26.47% | -6.14% |
| 6 months | -27.83% | -19.44% |
| 3 months | -16.91% | -13.62% |
| 2 months | -16.41% | -11.02% |
| 1 month | +5.65% | +1.15% |
| 1 week | +0.67% | +1.2% |
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.