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

4.06%
Flip point: $1,737,083 per bitcoin
Bitcoin: $1,412,055,567,289
Gold: $34,744,496,464,094

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 +15.14% +189.68%
3 year +191.99% +162.45%
2 year -3.42% +129.75%
1 year -12.95% +67.52%
3 months -21.78% +15.86%
YTD -19.34% +15.75%
1 month +2.56% -0.28%
1 week +3.59% -2.74%

Annual Supply Growth / Inflation

Bitcoin: 0.83%
Gold: 1.72%

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.