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: $1,787,931 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,382,741,826,114
Gold: $35,745,738,707,606
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 | +38.74% | +184.35% |
| 3 year | +198.47% | +184.03% |
| 2 year | +34.16% | +153.63% |
| 1 year | -24.33% | +74.75% |
| 3 months | -21.61% | +24.6% |
| YTD | -20.98% | +19.09% |
| 1 month | -22.44% | +2.21% |
| 1 week | +2.48% | +6.13% |
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.