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: $1,598,366 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.