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: $1,455,165 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,700,502,809,701
Gold: $29,247,140,286,397
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 | +27.73% | +132.15% |
| 4 year | +344.57% | +148.17% |
| 3 year | +185.09% | +108.83% |
| 2 year | +22.69% | +51.93% |
| 1 year | -23.51% | -5.01% |
| YTD | -3.33% | -4.17% |
| 6 months | +11.51% | -13.85% |
| 3 months | +29.77% | +3.27% |
| 2 months | +15.87% | -8.13% |
| 1 month | +4.24% | -5.35% |
| 1 week | +1.8% | -0.41% |
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 reports.