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: $1,413,905 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,479,900,987,684
Gold: $28,434,130,585,421
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 | +9.6% | +117.52% |
| 4 year | +367.47% | +141.56% |
| 3 year | +100.14% | +105.41% |
| 2 year | -3.97% | +50.13% |
| 1 year | -29.72% | +0.63% |
| YTD | -15.92% | -6.83% |
| 6 months | -8.79% | -14.55% |
| 3 months | +13.47% | -6.75% |
| 2 months | -6% | -8.4% |
| 1 month | -10.87% | -3.83% |
| 1 week | -4.07% | +2.26% |
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 reports.