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: $1,660,403 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,507,402,502,208
Gold: $33,249,586,169,961
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 | +35.09% | +170.17% |
| 3 year | +161.08% | +139.7% |
| 2 year | +17.64% | +99.75% |
| 1 year | -11.57% | +43.05% |
| YTD | -13.99% | +10.77% |
| 3 months | -18.67% | +2.53% |
| 1 month | +7.74% | +2.93% |
| 1 week | +6.39% | +2.97% |
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.