this chart goes back to 1700 and shows the price change for gold, silver, and more recently Bitcoin (vertical) against their 12-month volatility (horizontal). Until 1970, gold’s price was fixed under the gold standard and later the Bretton Woods system, but since the dawn of the Fiat Era (1970-present), the volatility of both gold and silver (and now Bitcoin) have waxed and waned to reflect the prevailing monetary and inflation regimes of the time