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: $1,520,150 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,345,874,516,252
Gold: $30,512,607,560,089
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 | +65.06% | +130.68% |
| 4 year | +201.44% | +136.62% |
| 3 year | +167.06% | +122.13% |
| 2 year | +1.58% | +84.68% |
| 1 year | -36.43% | +24.52% |
| 6 months | -24% | +0.4% |
| YTD | -23.39% | -0.02% |
| 3 months | -5.85% | -13.52% |
| 2 months | -9.61% | -10.34% |
| 1 month | -17.27% | -7.22% |
| 1 week | +6% | -0.07% |
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.