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: $1,383,822 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,546,258,794,357
Gold: $27,826,140,722,083
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 | +25.81% | +119.03% |
| 4 year | +275.31% | +134.15% |
| 3 year | +116.87% | +98.19% |
| 2 year | +10.63% | +43.44% |
| 1 year | -30.1% | -1.48% |
| YTD | -12.14% | -8.83% |
| 6 months | -1.63% | -14.45% |
| 3 months | +22.5% | -2.57% |
| 2 months | -0.67% | -9.06% |
| 1 month | -9.36% | -5.88% |
| 1 week | -3.94% | -1.48% |
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.