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: $1,518,174 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,584,969,146,496
Gold: $30,491,398,611,368
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 | +74.83% | +140.55% |
| 4 year | +290.98% | +152.52% |
| 3 year | +200.94% | +125.93% |
| 2 year | +30.18% | +67.5% |
| 1 year | -31.95% | +18.46% |
| YTD | -9.83% | -0.09% |
| 6 months | +11.2% | -13.72% |
| 3 months | +22.58% | +2.42% |
| 2 months | +26.79% | +8.04% |
| 1 month | +24.42% | -0.53% |
| 1 week | -1.76% | -2.35% |
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.