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: $1,619,946 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,385,053,270,659
Gold: $32,422,170,704,837
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 | +17.88% | +170.32% |
| 3 year | +145.43% | +130.73% |
| 2 year | +1.8% | +100.04% |
| 1 year | -17.22% | +52.84% |
| YTD | -20.93% | +8.01% |
| 3 months | -26.32% | +5.07% |
| 1 month | -2.36% | -8.01% |
| 1 week | +4.9% | +4.9% |
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.