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

4.36%
Flip point: $1,627,206 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,420,973,394,727
Gold: $32,575,138,269,818

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 +21.87% +169.72%
3 year +151.83% +134.72%
2 year +14.24% +117%
1 year -18.24% +53.46%
3 months -19.43% +7.78%
YTD -18.9% +8.52%
1 month +6.07% -5.89%
1 week +0.62% -7.76%

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.