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: $1,571,473 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,271,387,744,640
Gold: $31,481,149,551,686
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 | +62.1% | +137.62% |
| 4 year | +113.59% | +140.44% |
| 3 year | +134.48% | +127.43% |
| 2 year | -7.77% | +89.41% |
| 1 year | -39.81% | +32.53% |
| 6 months | -32.21% | +6.05% |
| YTD | -27.49% | +3.15% |
| 3 months | -7.11% | -12.7% |
| 2 months | -5.19% | -3.84% |
| 1 month | -19.22% | -3.32% |
| 1 week | -14.64% | +0.45% |
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.