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

4.81%
Flip point: $1,652,779 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,591,921,871,309
Gold: $33,085,960,004,916

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 +59.03% +159.28%
4 year +173.03% +155.18%
3 year +196.87% +132.03%
2 year +29.29% +98.22%
1 year -22.7% +44.49%
6 months -21.67% +12.1%
YTD -9.14% +8.41%
3 months +20.15% -4.27%
2 months +12.73% -7.86%
1 month +12.39% +0.78%
1 week -1.73% +2.12%

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.