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: $1,542,408 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,261,977,203,000
Gold: $30,957,995,483,232
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 | +36.59% | +145.05% |
| 4 year | +162.93% | +155.34% |
| 3 year | +118.67% | +130.96% |
| 2 year | +6.78% | +74.67% |
| 1 year | -46.49% | +31.15% |
| YTD | -28.16% | +1.44% |
| 6 months | -8.75% | -11.86% |
| 3 months | -19.53% | -3.46% |
| 2 months | -4.15% | +1.62% |
| 1 month | -1.43% | +10.03% |
| 1 week | -3.05% | +1.53% |
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.