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: $1,629,264 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,558,801,416,592
Gold: $32,623,809,767,766
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 | +44.22% | +163.6% |
| 3 year | +174.58% | +135.31% |
| 2 year | +22.01% | +100.51% |
| 1 year | -17.75% | +41.5% |
| YTD | -11.05% | +8.69% |
| 3 months | -11.84% | -7.05% |
| 1 month | +13.17% | +6.61% |
| 1 week | +5.41% | -0.8% |
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.