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: $1,457,475 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,625,854,631,688
Gold: $29,289,558,183,839
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 | +31.37% | +134.07% |
| 4 year | +313.68% | +146.9% |
| 3 year | +184.7% | +115.22% |
| 2 year | +20.16% | +54.01% |
| 1 year | -23.99% | -2.24% |
| YTD | -7.56% | -4.03% |
| 6 months | +4.9% | -13.97% |
| 3 months | +26.56% | +3.47% |
| 2 months | +25.45% | -5.88% |
| 1 month | +5.94% | -4.63% |
| 1 week | -2.43% | -0.89% |
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.