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: $1,427,268 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,287,860,798,876
Gold: $28,632,080,773,485
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 | +91.89% | +123.88% |
| 4 year | +185.25% | +135.88% |
| 3 year | +113.59% | +106.53% |
| 2 year | -2.64% | +68.19% |
| 1 year | -45.88% | +19.5% |
| YTD | -26.65% | -6.18% |
| 6 months | -28.2% | -18.79% |
| 3 months | -17.97% | -13.61% |
| 2 months | -16.27% | -10.16% |
| 1 month | +2.47% | -0.86% |
| 1 week | +0.64% | +1.76% |
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.