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

4.24%
Flip point: $1,466,504 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,245,894,684,320
Gold: $29,409,742,226,592

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 +82.99% +132.79%
4 year +222.43% +126.21%
3 year +103.22% +117.23%
2 year +0.14% +78.08%
1 year -42.91% +24.29%
YTD -29.02% -3.64%
6 months -30.91% -4.28%
3 months -7.12% -10.52%
2 months -21.01% -9.51%
1 month -6.79% -6.41%
1 week +4.04% +3.82%

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.