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: $1,616,351 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,550,123,335,140
Gold: $32,442,621,893,709
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 | +56.99% | +157.66% |
| 4 year | +264.72% | +168.36% |
| 3 year | +195.22% | +142.55% |
| 2 year | +30.77% | +81.46% |
| 1 year | -32.4% | +37.11% |
| YTD | -11.76% | +6.3% |
| 6 months | +13.62% | -9.7% |
| 3 months | -0.3% | +1.21% |
| 2 months | +20.22% | +10.85% |
| 1 month | +18.45% | +14.55% |
| 1 week | +21.76% | +5.83% |
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.