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: $1,555,317 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,460,588,249,403
Gold: $31,212,502,867,886
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 | +88.35% | +132.49% |
| 4 year | +154.07% | +136.86% |
| 3 year | +171.09% | +127.34% |
| 2 year | +4.92% | +87.63% |
| 1 year | -33.27% | +33.42% |
| 6 months | -20.27% | +6.33% |
| YTD | -16.84% | +2.27% |
| 3 months | +10.47% | -16.08% |
| 2 months | +9.74% | -1.67% |
| 1 month | -5.92% | -5.78% |
| 1 week | -6.04% | -2.62% |
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.