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: $1,591,772 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,399,388,002,530
Gold: $31,852,018,871,726
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 | +20.07% | +163.73% |
| 3 year | +148.11% | +129.51% |
| 2 year | +12.56% | +112.18% |
| 1 year | -19.45% | +50.05% |
| 3 months | -20.62% | +5.38% |
| YTD | -20.09% | +6.12% |
| 1 month | +4.51% | -7.98% |
| 1 week | -0.87% | -9.81% |
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.