We have prepared nanoporous gold (np-Au) with a three-dimensional (3D) bicontinuous interpenetrating ligament-channel structure by dealloying the melt spun Al 2 Au ribbon precursors with three different circumferential speeds (S c ). With increasing S c , the lattice constant (a 0 ) of precursors decreases. After the dealloying procedure, the np-Au samples have an increasing a 0 and a decreasing pore size with increasing S c . There exists the heredity of the preferred orientation factors (F) between precursors and np-Au samples. The cyclic voltammetry (CV) curves of methanol electro-oxidation reaction (MOR) on np-Au samples are related to their F and show a higher activity with a higher S c . In addition, np-Au with a lower pore size exhibits a higher sensitivity for the concentration of H 2 O 2 in phosphate buffered solutions (PBS), which reaches 73.4 μA mM −1 cm −2 with S c = 18.3 m/s. These results suggest that we can change the pore size of the dealloyed np-Au by adjusting the S c of the precursors, and then enhance the catalytic activity of np-Au.