About Bullion vs Bytes
Built by investors who own both gold and Bitcoin — and got tired of the noise.
Why we built this
Inflation is one of the most consequential financial forces most people never think about — until it's too late. By the time rising prices feel real, the damage to savings is already done.
We built Bullion vs Bytes because we couldn't find a single place that showed live, honest data on how traditional inflation hedges — gold, silver — actually compare to modern ones like Bitcoin. Not opinion pieces. Not ads. Just data.
We hold both gold and crypto ourselves. We're not here to sell you on one or the other. We're here to show you the numbers and let you decide.
What we track
- → Live prices for gold, silver, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
- → Multi-year performance vs the S&P 500
- → Official CPI, Core CPI, M2 money supply, and Fed rate — live from FRED
- → Macro context: what's driving inflation right now
Our take
We believe inflation is structurally higher than official numbers suggest — M2 money supply has grown over 45% since 2020, and that doesn't unwind quietly. Central banks are buying gold at record pace. Sovereign funds are allocating to Bitcoin. These aren't fringe views anymore.
That doesn't mean panic. It means having a plan. Gold has preserved purchasing power for centuries. Bitcoin has outperformed every major asset class over the last decade. A mix of both — sized to your risk tolerance — is a reasonable response to a world printing money at scale.
Who we are
We're a small team with backgrounds in software and finance. We built this because we wanted it to exist. All data is sourced from public APIs — FRED (Federal Reserve), major crypto exchanges, and commodity markets. No black boxes, no sponsored content.