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: $1,456,746 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,702,721,984,572
Gold: $29,268,349,235,118
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 | +77.38% | +135.36% |
| 4 year | +344.52% | +147.61% |
| 3 year | +206.89% | +124.88% |
| 2 year | +39.72% | +55.7% |
| 1 year | -29.73% | +6.87% |
| YTD | -3.17% | -4.1% |
| 6 months | +26.7% | -10.95% |
| 3 months | +37.83% | +0.58% |
| 2 months | +33.53% | +1.97% |
| 1 month | +9.64% | -5.54% |
| 1 week | +0.8% | -3.36% |
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.