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: $1,629,433 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,586,486,465,642
Gold: $32,711,268,577,510
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 | +61.27% | +158.49% |
| 4 year | +265.56% | +168.7% |
| 3 year | +203.44% | +141.87% |
| 2 year | +22.97% | +84.2% |
| 1 year | -28.28% | +37.75% |
| YTD | -9.7% | +7.18% |
| 6 months | +16.31% | -10.12% |
| 3 months | +2.27% | +1.92% |
| 2 months | +32.35% | +15.47% |
| 1 month | +22.87% | +14.22% |
| 1 week | +22.17% | +7.03% |
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.