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: $1,573,445 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,422,589,938,880
Gold: $31,509,428,149,981
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 | +90.25% | +133.84% |
| 4 year | +122.93% | +140.66% |
| 3 year | +160.74% | +126.93% |
| 2 year | +5.28% | +91.29% |
| 1 year | -32.14% | +35.51% |
| 6 months | -21.42% | +5.74% |
| YTD | -18.83% | +3.24% |
| 3 months | +6.01% | -15.97% |
| 2 months | +4.11% | -4.36% |
| 1 month | -6.88% | -3.44% |
| 1 week | -7.73% | -2.13% |
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.