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: $1,470,456 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,659,856,432,956
Gold: $29,551,135,218,066
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 | +52.92% | +137.64% |
| 4 year | +325.35% | +147.19% |
| 3 year | +195.53% | +125.82% |
| 2 year | +32.82% | +59.54% |
| 1 year | -33.04% | +4.16% |
| YTD | -5.63% | -3.17% |
| 6 months | +16.14% | -10.95% |
| 3 months | +32.69% | +2.85% |
| 2 months | +27.23% | -3.44% |
| 1 month | +5.28% | -3.91% |
| 1 week | -2.65% | -0.05% |
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.