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: $1,605,278 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,553,803,112,446
Gold: $32,166,905,560,335
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 | +100.67% | +142.15% |
| 4 year | +161.48% | +143.97% |
| 3 year | +194.41% | +132.38% |
| 2 year | +13.14% | +95.03% |
| 1 year | -28.09% | +35.54% |
| 6 months | -12.11% | +10.28% |
| YTD | -11.4% | +5.4% |
| 3 months | +21.02% | -11.41% |
| 2 months | +9.95% | +0.38% |
| 1 month | +0.13% | -3.01% |
| 1 week | +0.15% | +0.35% |
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.