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

4.84%
Flip point: $1,598,366 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,551,585,252,780
Gold: $32,053,791,167,156

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 +107.5% +143.5%
4 year +154.66% +147.49%
3 year +187.79% +129.34%
2 year +16.78% +87.2%
1 year -26.75% +40.63%
6 months -15.32% +11.29%
YTD -11.6% +5.03%
3 months +15.62% -8.92%
2 months +10.73% -2.41%
1 month +4.76% -4.14%
1 week -3.86% -3.74%

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.