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

6.3%
Flip point: $1,469,979 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,847,632,178,341
Gold: $29,341,960,191,810

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 +398.62% +127.86%
3 year +439.76% +144.35%
2 year +111.6% +110.47%
1 year -4.92% +58.35%
YTD -1.01% +60.95%
3 months -17.02% +15.9%
1 month -11.6% +5.58%
1 week +1.33% +0.33%

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.