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: $1,456,207 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,724,215,644,938
Gold: $29,268,349,235,118
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 | +77.68% | +134.03% |
| 4 year | +337.24% | +144.68% |
| 3 year | +212.64% | +126.97% |
| 2 year | +41.27% | +55.99% |
| 1 year | -29.83% | +6.7% |
| YTD | -1.98% | -4.1% |
| 6 months | +28.16% | -10.6% |
| 3 months | +37.18% | -0.48% |
| 2 months | +35.17% | +2.48% |
| 1 month | +5.56% | -7.4% |
| 1 week | +1.62% | -3.25% |
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.