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: $1,766,201 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,353,400,632,096
Gold: $35,293,789,083,798
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 | +20.86% | +184.05% |
| 3 year | +178.9% | +175.42% |
| 2 year | +30.84% | +152.04% |
| 1 year | -29.85% | +73.24% |
| 3 months | -25.87% | +24.59% |
| YTD | -22.61% | +17.58% |
| 1 month | -26.83% | +8.83% |
| 1 week | +2.33% | +3.82% |
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.