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: $1,548,293 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,599,585,421,834
Gold: $31,092,318,825,133
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 | +72.84% | +146.11% |
| 4 year | +312.25% | +157.49% |
| 3 year | +207.46% | +129.3% |
| 2 year | +45.38% | +76.2% |
| 1 year | -28.9% | +20.82% |
| YTD | -8.99% | +1.88% |
| 6 months | +20.62% | -12.67% |
| 3 months | +26.28% | +2.42% |
| 2 months | +27.96% | +8.22% |
| 1 month | +22.7% | +1.59% |
| 1 week | +2.89% | +1.62% |
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.