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: $1,538,422 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,628,991,008,550
Gold: $30,901,438,286,643
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 | +68.03% | +149.34% |
| 4 year | +317.24% | +154.72% |
| 3 year | +203.28% | +126.01% |
| 2 year | +32% | +70.61% |
| 1 year | -30.77% | +19.92% |
| YTD | -7.34% | +1.25% |
| 6 months | +13.82% | -9.22% |
| 3 months | +28.93% | +4.72% |
| 2 months | +25.17% | +9.06% |
| 1 month | +25.37% | +1.11% |
| 1 week | +5.05% | +0.48% |
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.