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: $1,597,945 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,908,167,124,480
Gold: $31,921,549,583,081
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 | +163.47% | +149.24% |
| 3 year | +351.1% | +143.17% |
| 2 year | +121.38% | +126.83% |
| 1 year | -4.52% | +70.35% |
| 3 months | -11.62% | +4.55% |
| 1 month | +8.77% | +6.37% |
| YTD | +9.14% | +6.35% |
| 1 week | +5.54% | +2.18% |
Annual Supply Growth / Inflation
Bitcoin: 0.83%
Gold: 1.72%
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.