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! style="width: 1;" | Launched
 
! style="width: 1;" | Coin
 
! style="width: 1;" | Coin
 
! style="width: 1;" | Symbol
 
! style="width: 1;" | Symbol
! style="width: 1;" | Launched
 
 
! style="width: 99;" | Consensus tool
 
! style="width: 99;" | Consensus tool
 
! style="width: 1;" | Distribution
 
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! Significant notoriety
 
! Significant notoriety
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Bitcoin]]
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! {{rh}} | 2009-01-03
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| [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Bitcoin]]
 
| BTC
 
| BTC
| 3 Jan 2009
 
 
| SHA256d
 
| SHA256d
 
| [[Proof of work | Proof-of-work]] (fixed, halving)
 
| [[Proof of work | Proof-of-work]] (fixed, halving)
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| First blockchain
 
| First blockchain
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Testnet|Bitcoin Testnet 1]]
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! {{rh}} | 2010-10-21
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| [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Testnet|Bitcoin Testnet 1]]
 
| TNBTC
 
| TNBTC
| 21 Oct 2010
 
 
| SHA256d
 
| SHA256d
 
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
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| First [[altcoin]]<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2jw5pm/im_gavin_andresen_chief_scientist_at_the_bitcoin/</ref>
 
| First [[altcoin]]<ref>http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2jw5pm/im_gavin_andresen_chief_scientist_at_the_bitcoin/</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Testnet|Bitcoin Testnet 3]]
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! {{rh}} | 2011-01-02
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| [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
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| TBC
 +
| ''See Bitcoin''
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| ''See Bitcoin''
 +
| ''See Bitcoin''
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| 7,750,54.00
 +
| {{yes|Active}}
 +
| {{no|Low}}
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| First on-chain alternative
 +
|-
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! {{rh}} | 2011-03-01
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| [[File:Ripple.png|16px|link=]] Ripple
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| XRP
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| [[Ripple (payment protocol)|Ripple]]
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| Central
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| {{yes|$8.2 billion}}
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| 28,989,252,282
 +
| {{yes|Active}}
 +
| {{no|Low}}
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| XRP is the native currency of the Ripple network that only exists within the Ripple system
 +
|-
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! {{rh}} | 2011-04-18
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| [[File:Namecoin.png|16px|link=]] Namecoin
 +
| NMC
 +
| SHA256d - [[Merged mining specification | merged mined with Bitcoin]]
 +
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 +
| $23 million
 +
| 20,999,999.9769 (like Bitcoin)
 +
| {{yes|Active}}
 +
| {{no|Low}}
 +
| First alternative chain, bitDNS
 +
|-
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! {{rh}} | 2011-10-07
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| [[File:Litecoin.png|16px|link=]] Litecoin
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| LTC
 +
| scrypt
 +
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
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| {{yes|$1.2 billion}}
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| 83,999,949.9076
 +
| {{yes|Active}}
 +
| {{no|Low}}
 +
|
 +
|-
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! {{rh}} | 2012-04-12
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| [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Testnet|Bitcoin Testnet 3]]
 
| TNBTC
 
| TNBTC
| 12 Apr 2012
 
 
| SHA256d
 
| SHA256d
 
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
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| Current Bitcoin testnet
 
| Current Bitcoin testnet
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Bytecoin-16x16.png|16px|link=]] Bytecoin
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! {{rh}} | 2012-07-04
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| [[File:Bytecoin-16x16.png|16px|link=]] Bytecoin
 
| BCN
 
| BCN
| 4 Jul 2012
 
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
 
| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
 
| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
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| Introduced [[CryptoNote]].
 
| Introduced [[CryptoNote]].
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Dash.png|16px|link=]] Dash
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! {{rh}} | 2012-08-19
| DASH
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| [[File:Peercoin.png|16px|link=]] Peercoin
| 18 Jan 2014 under Darkcoin
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| PPC
| [[X11]]
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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>
| Proof-of-work (fixed, curve)
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| Proof-of-work/stake
| $914 million
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| $36 million
| 19 million (estimate)
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| Unlimited
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
| style="background: lightyellow;" | Medium
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| {{no|Low}}
| Introduced the X11 algorithm.
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|
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|-
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! {{rh}} | 2013-07-07
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| [[File:Primecoin.png|16px|link=]] Primecoin
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| XPM
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| [[Cunningham]]
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| Proof-of-work
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| $7 million
 +
| Unlimited
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| {{Yes|Active}}
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| {{no|Low}}
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| Implements a unique scientific computing proof-of-work system.
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Dogecoin.png|16px|link=]] Dogecoin
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! {{rh}} | 2013-12-06
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| [[File:Dogecoin.png|16px|link=]] Dogecoin
 
| DOGE
 
| DOGE
| 6 Dec 2013
 
 
| [[scrypt]]
 
| [[scrypt]]
 
| Proof-of-work (random)
 
| Proof-of-work (random)
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| Was joke, became huge
 
| Was joke, became huge
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Ethereum.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum
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! {{rh}} | 2013-09-29
| ETH
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| [[File:Nxt.png|16px|link=]] Nxt
| 7 Aug 2015
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| NXT
| Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
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| Consensus through obscurity<ref>https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf</ref>
| {{?}}
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| Proof-of-stake
| {{yes|$21 billion}}
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| $52 million
| {{?}}
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| 999,997,096
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Ethereum_Classic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum Classic
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! {{rh}} | 2014-01-18 under Darkcoin
| ETC
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| [[File:Dash.png|16px|link=]] Dash
| 24 Jul 2016
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| DASH
| Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
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| [[X11]]
| {{?}}
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| Proof-of-work (fixed, curve)
| {{yes|$1.6 billion}}
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| $914 million
| {{?}}
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| 19 million (estimate)
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{no|Low}}
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| style="background: lightyellow;" | Medium
|
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| Introduced the X11 algorithm.
|-
 
! {{rh}} | [[File:Komodo.png|16px|link=]] [[Komodo]]
 
| KMD
 
| 5 Feb 2017
 
| Zerocash
 
| {{?}}
 
| $54 million
 
| {{?}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|High}}
 
|
 
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Litecoin.png|16px|link=]] Litecoin
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! {{rh}} | 2014-04-18
| LTC
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| [[File:Monero.png|16px|link=]] Monero
| 7 Oct 2011
 
| scrypt
 
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
| {{yes|$1.2 billion}}
 
| 83,999,949.9076
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
|
 
|-
 
! {{rh}} | [[File:Monero.png|16px|link=]] Monero
 
 
| XMR
 
| XMR
| 18 Apr 2014
 
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
 
| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
 
| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
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|
 
|
 
|-
 
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! {{rh}} | [[File:Namecoin.png|16px|link=]] Namecoin
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! {{rh}} | 2015-03-31
| NMC
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| [[File:NEM-16x16.png|16px|link=]] NEM
| 18 Apr 2011
 
| SHA256d - [[Merged mining specification | merged mined with Bitcoin]]
 
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
| $23 million
 
| 20,999,999.9769 (like Bitcoin)
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
| First alternative chain, bitDNS
 
|-
 
! {{rh}} | [[File:NEM-16x16.png|16px|link=]] NEM
 
 
| XEM
 
| XEM
| 31 Mar 2015
 
 
| [[Proof-of-importance]]
 
| [[Proof-of-importance]]
 
| Peer-to-peer
 
| Peer-to-peer
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| Introduced the [[proof-of-importance]] (POI) algorithm.
 
| Introduced the [[proof-of-importance]] (POI) algorithm.
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Nxt.png|16px|link=]] Nxt
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! {{rh}} | 2015-08-07
| NXT
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| [[File:Ethereum.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum
| 29 Sep 2013
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| ETH
| Consensus through obscurity<ref>https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf</ref>
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| Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
| Proof-of-stake
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| {{?}}
| $52 million
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| {{yes|$21 billion}}
| 999,997,096
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| {{?}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Peercoin.png|16px|link=]] Peercoin
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! {{rh}} | 2016-02-01 under Darknet
| PPC
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| [[File:PIVX-16x16.png|16px|link=]] PIVX
| 19 Aug 2012
 
| 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
 
| $36 million
 
| Unlimited
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
|
 
|-
 
! {{rh}} | [[File:PIVX-16x16.png|16px|link=]] PIVX
 
 
| PIVX
 
| PIVX
| 1 Feb 2016 under Darknet
 
 
| [[Quark]]
 
| [[Quark]]
 
| [[proof-of-stake]] 3.0
 
| [[proof-of-stake]] 3.0
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| Introduced the Quark algorithm.
 
| Introduced the Quark algorithm.
 
|-
 
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! {{rh}} | [[File:Primecoin.png|16px|link=]] Primecoin
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! {{rh}} | 2016-07-24
| XPM
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| [[File:Ethereum_Classic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum Classic
| 7 Jul 2013
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| ETC
| [[Cunningham]]
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| Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
| Proof-of-work
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| {{?}}
| $7 million
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| {{yes|$1.6 billion}}
| Unlimited
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| {{?}}
| {{Yes|Active}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
| Implements a unique scientific computing proof-of-work system.
 
|-
 
! {{rh}} | [[File:Ripple.png|16px|link=]] Ripple
 
| XRP
 
| 1 Mar 2011
 
| [[Ripple (payment protocol)|Ripple]]
 
| Central
 
| {{yes|$8.2 billion}}
 
| 28,989,252,282
 
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
 
| {{no|Low}}
| XRP is the native currency of the Ripple network that only exists within the Ripple system
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
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! {{rh}} | 2016-09-28
| TBC
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| [[File:Zcoin-800x800.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcoin]]
| 2 Jan 2011
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| XZC
| ''See Bitcoin''
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| Zerocoin ([[Zero-knowledge proofs]]), Merkle Tree Proof of Work ([[Proof of work | Proof-of-work]])
| ''See Bitcoin''
+
|  
| ''See Bitcoin''
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| $17 million
| 7,750,54.00
+
| 21,000,000 (like Bitcoin)
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
| {{no|Low}}
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| {{yes|High}}
| First on-chain alternative
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| First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocoin protocol which also makes it the first useful Zero-knowledge proof based anonymous cryptocurrency. First that implements Merkle Tree Proof of Work (MTP).
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zcash-16x16.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcash]]
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! {{rh}} | 2016-10-28
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| [[File:Zcash-16x16.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcash]]
 
| ZEC
 
| ZEC
| 28 Oct 2016
 
 
| Zerocash
 
| Zerocash
 
| [[Zero-knowledge proofs]], Proof-of-work ([https://z.cash/blog/why-equihash.html Equihash]), with a portion of each block subsidy distributed to founders for the first four years.
 
| [[Zero-knowledge proofs]], Proof-of-work ([https://z.cash/blog/why-equihash.html Equihash]), with a portion of each block subsidy distributed to founders for the first four years.
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| First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol.
 
| First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol.
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zclassic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] [[Zclassic]]
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! {{rh}} | 2016-11-10
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| [[File:Zclassic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] [[Zclassic]]
 
| ZCL
 
| ZCL
| 10 Nov 2016
 
 
| Zerocash
 
| Zerocash
 
| ''See Zcash''
 
| ''See Zcash''
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| First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash.
 
| First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash.
 
|-
 
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zcoin-800x800.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcoin]]
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! {{rh}} | 2017-02-05
| XZC
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| [[File:Komodo.png|16px|link=]] [[Komodo]]
| 28 Sep 2016
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| KMD
| Zerocoin ([[Zero-knowledge proofs]]), Merkle Tree Proof of Work ([[Proof of work | Proof-of-work]])
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| Zerocash
|  
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| {{?}}
| $17 million
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| $54 million
| 21,000,000 (like Bitcoin)
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| {{?}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|Active}}
 
| {{yes|High}}
 
| {{yes|High}}
| First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocoin protocol which also makes it the first useful Zero-knowledge proof based anonymous cryptocurrency. First that implements Merkle Tree Proof of Work (MTP).
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|  
 
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Revision as of 15:44, 6 June 2017

The cryptocurrency market is explosive which currently serves 735 currencies.

This article aims to list only the most relevant cryptocurrencies. To be listed here, a currency must have one of the following qualities:

  • At one point had significant notoriety.
  • A market cap of 1 billion US dollars.
  • Highly decentralized (anonymous).
  • First to introduce an innovative protocol.
  • Been an infamous fraud.
Launched Coin Symbol Consensus tool Distribution Market cap, rounded Unit cap Status Anonymity Significant notoriety
2009-01-03 Bitcoin.png Bitcoin BTC SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $36 billion 20,999,999.9769 Active Low First blockchain
2010-10-21 Bitcoin.png Bitcoin Testnet 1 TNBTC SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) None 20,999,999.9769 Abandoned Low First altcoin[1]
2011-01-02 Bitcoin.png Tonal Bitcoin TBC See Bitcoin See Bitcoin See Bitcoin 7,750,54.00 Active Low First on-chain alternative
2011-03-01 Ripple.png Ripple XRP Ripple Central $8.2 billion 28,989,252,282 Active Low XRP is the native currency of the Ripple network that only exists within the Ripple system
2011-04-18 Namecoin.png Namecoin NMC SHA256d - merged mined with Bitcoin Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $23 million 20,999,999.9769 (like Bitcoin) Active Low First alternative chain, bitDNS
2011-10-07 Litecoin.png Litecoin LTC scrypt Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $1.2 billion 83,999,949.9076 Active Low
2012-04-12 Bitcoin.png Bitcoin Testnet 3 TNBTC SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) None 20,999,999.9769 Active Low Current Bitcoin testnet
2012-07-04 Bytecoin-16x16.png Bytecoin BCN CryptoNight Proof-of-work (random, smooth) $414 million 184.46 billion Active Low Introduced CryptoNote.
2012-08-19 Peercoin.png Peercoin PPC Central authoriy[2] Proof-of-work/stake $36 million Unlimited Active Low
2013-07-07 Primecoin.png Primecoin XPM Cunningham Proof-of-work $7 million Unlimited Active Low Implements a unique scientific computing proof-of-work system.
2013-12-06 Dogecoin.png Dogecoin DOGE scrypt Proof-of-work (random) $278 million Unlimited Active Low Was joke, became huge
2013-09-29 Nxt.png Nxt NXT Consensus through obscurity[3] Proof-of-stake $52 million 999,997,096 Active Low
2014-01-18 under Darkcoin Dash.png Dash DASH X11 Proof-of-work (fixed, curve) $914 million 19 million (estimate) Active Medium Introduced the X11 algorithm.
2014-04-18 Monero.png Monero XMR CryptoNight Proof-of-work (random, smooth) $584 million ~18,400,000 then <1% inflation Active Medium
2015-03-31 NEM-16x16.png NEM XEM Proof-of-importance Peer-to-peer $1.7 billion 9 billion Active Medium Introduced the proof-of-importance (POI) algorithm.
2015-08-07 Ethereum.png Ethereum ETH Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ? $21 billion ? Active Low
2016-02-01 under Darknet PIVX-16x16.png PIVX PIVX Quark proof-of-stake 3.0 $84 million Unlimited Active Medium Introduced the Quark algorithm.
2016-07-24 Ethereum Classic-32x32.png Ethereum Classic ETC Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ? $1.6 billion ? Active Low
2016-09-28 Zcoin-800x800.png Zcoin XZC Zerocoin (Zero-knowledge proofs), Merkle Tree Proof of Work ( Proof-of-work) $17 million 21,000,000 (like Bitcoin) Active High First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocoin protocol which also makes it the first useful Zero-knowledge proof based anonymous cryptocurrency. First that implements Merkle Tree Proof of Work (MTP).
2016-10-28 Zcash-16x16.png Zcash ZEC 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 (like Bitcoin) Active High First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol.
2016-11-10 Zclassic-32x32.png Zclassic ZCL Zerocash See Zcash $5 million See Zcash Active High First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash.
2017-02-05 Komodo.png Komodo KMD Zerocash ? $54 million ? Active High

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