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| Current Bitcoin testnet
| Current Bitcoin testnet
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|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Btsx.png|16px|link=]] BitSharesX
! {{rh}} | [[File:Btsx.png|16px|link=]] BitShares
| BTSX
| BTS
| 29 Sep 2013
| {{?}}
| Consensus through obscurity
| {{?}}
| ?
| {{?}}
| $66.5 million
| $158.9 million
| 1,999,992,536
| {{?}}
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{No}}
| {{No}}
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| [[scrypt]]
| [[scrypt]]
| Proof-of-work (random)
| Proof-of-work (random)
| $12.7 million
| $278 million
| Unlimited
| Unlimited
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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| [[scrypt]]
| [[scrypt]]
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| $1.15 million
| $5.2 million
|?
|?
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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| SHA256d and/or [[scrypt]]
| SHA256d and/or [[scrypt]]
| Game rewards, Proof-of-work
| Game rewards, Proof-of-work
| $1.9 million
| $2 million
| 42,000,000
| 42,000,000
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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| Bitcoin
| Bitcoin
| Central
| Central
| $8.54 million
| $166 million
| 452,552,412
| 452,552,412
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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| SHA256d - [[Merged mining specification | merged mined with Bitcoin]]
| SHA256d - [[Merged mining specification | merged mined with Bitcoin]]
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| $11.14 million
| $23 million
| 20,999,999.9769
| 20,999,999.9769
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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| Consensus through obscurity<ref>https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf</ref>
| Consensus through obscurity<ref>https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf</ref>
| Central
| Central
| $29.0 million
| $51.6 million
| 999,997,096
| 999,997,096
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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| Central authoriy<ref>[https://github.com/ppcoin/ppcoin/blob/master/src/checkpoints.cpp#L370 Peercoin Source | Centralized Checkpointing Public Key]</ref>
| Central authoriy<ref>[https://github.com/ppcoin/ppcoin/blob/master/src/checkpoints.cpp#L370 Peercoin Source | Centralized Checkpointing Public Key]</ref>
| Proof-of-work/stake
| Proof-of-work/stake
| $15.5 million
| $35.6 million
| Unlimited
| Unlimited
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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| [[Cunningham]]
| [[Cunningham]]
| Proof-of-work
| Proof-of-work
| $1.2 million
| $7.2 million
| Unlimited
| Unlimited
| {{Yes|Active}}
| {{Yes|Active}}
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| Ripple
| Ripple
| Central
| Central
| $139 million
| $8.2 billion
| 28,989,252,282
| 28,989,252,282
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{yes|Active}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 List of alternative chains]
* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 List of alternative chains]
==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>
[[Category:Alternative cryptocurrencies]]
[[Category:Alternative cryptocurrencies]]

Revision as of 12:35, 31 May 2017

This article aims to list relevant cryptocurrencies.

To be listed here, a currency must have one of the following qualities:

  • The currency must have a market cap of one million US dollars.
  • The currency must be the first to introduce an innovative protocol.
  • The currency must have at one point had significant notoriety.
  • The currency must have been an infamous fraud.
Coin Symbol Launched Consensus tool Distribution Market cap Unit cap Status Anonymous Notable comments
Anoncoin ANC 2 Jun 2013 Zerocoin Zero-knowledge proofs $0.8 million 4,200,000 Developed Yes First built in support of I2P and Tor. Zerocoin will be implemented in an upcoming release
Bitcoin BTC 3 Jan 2009 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $36 billion 20,999,999.9769 Active No First blockchain
Bitcoin Testnet 1 TNBTC 21 Oct 2010 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) None 20,999,999.9769 Abandoned No First altcoin[1]
Bitcoin Testnet 3 TNBTC 12 Apr 2012 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) None 20,999,999.9769 Active No Current Bitcoin testnet
BitShares BTS ? ? ? $158.9 million ? Active No
Bytecoin BCN 4 Jul 2012 CryptoNight Proof-of-work (random, smooth) $414 million 184.46 billion Active Yes First CryptoNote coin
Cloakcoin CLOAK ? ? ? $4.7 million ? Active Yes
Dash DASH 18 Jan 2014 X11 Proof-of-work (fixed, curve) $914 million 19 million (estimate) Active Yes
Dogecoin DOGE 6 Dec 2013 scrypt Proof-of-work (random) $278 million Unlimited Active No Was joke, became huge
Feathercoin FTC 16 Apr 2013 scrypt Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $5.2 million ? Active No LTC hardfork
Freicoin FRC 21 Dec 2012 SHA256d Proof-of-work $0.084 million ? Active No First demurrage cryptocurrency
HunterCoin HUC 1 Feb 2014 SHA256d and/or scrypt Game rewards, Proof-of-work $2 million 42,000,000 Active No First blockchain-based game
Litecoin LTC 7 Oct 2011 scrypt Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $1.2 billion 83,999,949.9076 Active No TBX clone
MaidSafeCoin MAID 22 Apr 2014 Bitcoin Central $166 million 452,552,412 Active No
Monero XMR 18 Apr 2014 CryptoNight Proof-of-work (random, smooth) $584 million ~18,400,000 then <1% inflation Active Yes
Namecoin NMC 18 Apr 2011 SHA256d - merged mined with Bitcoin Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $23 million 20,999,999.9769 Active No First alternative chain, bitDNS
NEM XEM 31 Mar 2015 ? ? $1.7 billion 9 billion Active Yes
Nxt NXT 29 Sep 2013 Consensus through obscurity[2] Central $51.6 million 999,997,096 Active No
Peercoin PPC 19 Aug 2012 Central authoriy[3] Proof-of-work/stake $35.6 million Unlimited Active No
PIVX PIVX 1 Feb 2016 ? ? $83.9 million ? Active Yes It was first launched under the name of Darknet (DNET) on February 1st 2016.
Primecoin XPM 7 Jul 2013 Cunningham Proof-of-work $7.2 million Unlimited Active No First "useful proof-of-work" altcoin
Ripple XRP 1 Mar 2011 Ripple Central $8.2 billion 28,989,252,282 Active No
Tonal Bitcoin TBC 2 Jan 2011 See Bitcoin See Bitcoin See Bitcoin 7,750,54.00 Active No First on-chain alternative
Zcash ZEC 28 Oct 2016 Zerocash Zero-knowledge proofs, Proof-of-work (Equihash), with a portion of each block subsidy distributed to founders for the first four years. $338 million 21,000,000 Active Yes
Zclassic ZCL ? See Zcash See Zcash $5 million ? Active Yes First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash.
Zcoin XZC 28 Sep 2016 Zerocoin Zero-knowledge proofs $16.9 million ? Active Yes The first Zero-knowledge proof based anonymous cryptocurrency still alive.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2jw5pm/im_gavin_andresen_chief_scientist_at_the_bitcoin/
  2. ↑ https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf
  3. ↑ Peercoin Source | Centralized Checkpointing Public Key
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