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: $1,601,929 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,584,355,937,801
Gold: $32,089,139,415,024
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 | +69.07% | +148.99% |
| 4 year | +152.54% | +146.55% |
| 3 year | +190.49% | +125.26% |
| 2 year | +19.44% | +89.84% |
| 1 year | -23.73% | +39.92% |
| 6 months | -17.19% | +11.09% |
| YTD | -9.63% | +5.14% |
| 3 months | +15.1% | -9.07% |
| 2 months | +8.82% | -8.34% |
| 1 month | +5.69% | -5.52% |
| 1 week | -1.37% | -3.43% |
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.