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: $1,434,800 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,215,394,429,986
Gold: $28,766,404,115,385
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 | +89.3% | +128.47% |
| 4 year | +187.96% | +118.88% |
| 3 year | +100.17% | +111.82% |
| 2 year | -0.21% | +76.38% |
| 1 year | -43.34% | +22.52% |
| 6 months | -30.56% | -10.18% |
| YTD | -30.73% | -5.74% |
| 3 months | -11.88% | -7.54% |
| 2 months | -22.92% | -12.96% |
| 1 month | -20.05% | -9.74% |
| 1 week | -4.55% | -1.83% |
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.