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: $1,441,211 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,292,933,527,600
Gold: $28,914,866,756,433
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 | +60.99% | +127.1% |
| 4 year | +170.52% | +138.76% |
| 3 year | +119.84% | +108.78% |
| 2 year | -5.57% | +70.49% |
| 1 year | -45.39% | +23.75% |
| YTD | -26.37% | -5.26% |
| 6 months | -27.72% | -25.69% |
| 3 months | -15.59% | -10.8% |
| 2 months | -12.37% | -8.5% |
| 1 month | +8.11% | +0.99% |
| 1 week | -3.1% | +0.37% |
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.