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

4.02%
Flip point: $1,723,230 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,382,774,247,226
Gold: $34,438,561,334,132

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 +78.18% +171.4%
3 year +197.03% +164.72%
2 year +56.37% +143.51%
1 year -28.34% +73.06%
3 months -33.08% +24.42%
YTD -20.94% +14.73%
1 month -24.18% +11.03%
1 week -12.11% +3.14%

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.