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: $1,562,355 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,406,300,070,315
Gold: $31,247,101,682,937
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 | +20.45% | +157.83% |
| 3 year | +151.76% | +131.53% |
| 2 year | +3.68% | +103.99% |
| 1 year | -16.56% | +47.39% |
| 3 months | -20.41% | +3.26% |
| YTD | -19.66% | +4.1% |
| 1 month | +3.45% | -11.57% |
| 1 week | -0.92% | -10.1% |
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.