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: $1,528,482 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,746,533,687,328
Gold: $30,703,488,098,579
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 | +102.52% | +145.92% |
| 4 year | +360.79% | +157.59% |
| 3 year | +220.66% | +125.03% |
| 2 year | +37.73% | +65.76% |
| 1 year | -24.86% | +17.82% |
| YTD | -0.66% | +0.6% |
| 6 months | +23.24% | -3.38% |
| 3 months | +35.35% | +4.9% |
| 2 months | +33.35% | +8.41% |
| 1 month | +19.07% | -3.55% |
| 1 week | +13.18% | +0.28% |
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.