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! style="width: 1;" | Symbol
 
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| BTC
 
| BTC
 
| SHA256d
 
| SHA256d
−
| [[Proof of work | Proof-of-work]] (fixed, halving)
 
 
| {{yes|$36 billion}}
 
| {{yes|$36 billion}}
 
| 20,999,999.9769
 
| 20,999,999.9769
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| TNBTC
 
| TNBTC
 
| SHA256d
 
| SHA256d
−
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
 
| ''None''
 
| ''None''
 
| 20,999,999.9769
 
| 20,999,999.9769
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| [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
 
| [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
 
| TBC
 
| TBC
−
| ''See Bitcoin''
 
 
| ''See Bitcoin''
 
| ''See Bitcoin''
 
| ''See Bitcoin''
 
| ''See Bitcoin''
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| XRP
 
| XRP
 
| [[Ripple (payment protocol)|Ripple]]
 
| [[Ripple (payment protocol)|Ripple]]
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| Central
 
 
| {{yes|$8.2 billion}}
 
| {{yes|$8.2 billion}}
 
| 28,989,252,282
 
| 28,989,252,282
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| NMC
 
| NMC
 
| SHA256d - [[Merged mining specification | merged mined with Bitcoin]]
 
| SHA256d - [[Merged mining specification | merged mined with Bitcoin]]
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| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
 
| $23 million
 
| $23 million
 
| 20,999,999.9769 (like Bitcoin)
 
| 20,999,999.9769 (like Bitcoin)
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| LTC
 
| LTC
 
| scrypt
 
| scrypt
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| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
 
| {{yes|$1.2 billion}}
 
| {{yes|$1.2 billion}}
 
| 83,999,949.9076
 
| 83,999,949.9076
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| TNBTC
 
| TNBTC
 
| SHA256d
 
| SHA256d
−
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
 
 
| ''None''
 
| ''None''
 
| 20,999,999.9769
 
| 20,999,999.9769
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| BCN
 
| BCN
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
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| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
 
 
| $414 million
 
| $414 million
 
| 184.46 billion
 
| 184.46 billion
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| PPC
 
| PPC
 
| 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>
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| Proof-of-work/stake
 
 
| $36 million
 
| $36 million
 
| Unlimited
 
| Unlimited
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| XPM
 
| XPM
 
| [[Cunningham]]
 
| [[Cunningham]]
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| Proof-of-work
 
 
| $7 million
 
| $7 million
 
| Unlimited
 
| Unlimited
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| NXT
 
| NXT
 
| Consensus through obscurity<ref>https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf</ref>
 
| Consensus through obscurity<ref>https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf</ref>
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| Proof-of-stake
 
 
| $52 million
 
| $52 million
 
| 999,997,096
 
| 999,997,096
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| DOGE
 
| DOGE
 
| [[scrypt]]
 
| [[scrypt]]
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| Proof-of-work (random)
 
 
| $278 million
 
| $278 million
 
| Unlimited
 
| Unlimited
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| DASH
 
| DASH
 
| [[X11]]
 
| [[X11]]
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| Proof-of-work (fixed, curve)
 
 
| $914 million
 
| $914 million
 
| 19 million (estimate)
 
| 19 million (estimate)
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| XMR
 
| XMR
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
 
| [[CryptoNight]]
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| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
 
 
| $584 million
 
| $584 million
 
| ~18,400,000 then <1% inflation
 
| ~18,400,000 then <1% inflation
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| XEM
 
| XEM
 
| [[Proof-of-importance]]
 
| [[Proof-of-importance]]
−
| Peer-to-peer
 
 
| {{yes|$1.7 billion}}
 
| {{yes|$1.7 billion}}
 
| 9 billion
 
| 9 billion
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| [[File:Ethereum.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum
 
| [[File:Ethereum.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum
 
| ETH
 
| ETH
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| Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
 
 
| {{?}}
 
| {{?}}
 
| {{yes|$21 billion}}
 
| {{yes|$21 billion}}
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| PIVX
 
| PIVX
 
| [[Quark]]
 
| [[Quark]]
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| [[proof-of-stake]] 3.0
 
 
| $84 million
 
| $84 million
 
| Unlimited
 
| Unlimited
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| [[File:Ethereum_Classic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum Classic
 
| [[File:Ethereum_Classic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] Ethereum Classic
 
| ETC
 
| ETC
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| Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)
 
 
| {{?}}
 
| {{?}}
 
| {{yes|$1.6 billion}}
 
| {{yes|$1.6 billion}}
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| [[File:Zcoin-800x800.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcoin]]
 
| [[File:Zcoin-800x800.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcoin]]
 
| XZC
 
| XZC
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| Zerocoin ([[Zero-knowledge proofs]]), Merkle Tree Proof of Work ([[Proof of work | Proof-of-work]])
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
| $17 million
 
| $17 million
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| ZEC
 
| ZEC
 
| Zerocash
 
| Zerocash
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| [[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.
 
 
| [https://explorer.zcha.in/ $338 million]
 
| [https://explorer.zcha.in/ $338 million]
 
| 21,000,000 (like Bitcoin)
 
| 21,000,000 (like Bitcoin)
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| ZCL
 
| ZCL
 
| Zerocash
 
| Zerocash
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| ''See Zcash''
 
 
| $5 million
 
| $5 million
 
| ''See Zcash''
 
| ''See Zcash''
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| KMD
 
| KMD
 
| Zerocash
 
| Zerocash
−
| {{?}}
 
 
| $54 million
 
| $54 million
 
| {{?}}
 
| {{?}}
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Revision as of 16:09, 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.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2jw5pm/im_gavin_andresen_chief_scientist_at_the_bitcoin/
  2. ↑ Peercoin Source | Centralized Checkpointing Public Key
  3. ↑ https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf
Launched Cryptocurrency Symbol Distribution Market cap, rounded Unit cap Status Anonymity Significant notoriety
2009-01-03 Bitcoin.png Bitcoin BTC SHA256d $36 billion 20,999,999.9769 Active Low First blockchain
2010-10-21 Bitcoin.png Bitcoin Testnet 1 TNBTC SHA256d None 20,999,999.9769 Abandoned Low First altcoin[1]
2011-01-02 Bitcoin.png Tonal Bitcoin TBC See Bitcoin See Bitcoin 7,750,54.00 Active Low First on-chain alternative
2011-03-01 Ripple.png Ripple XRP Ripple $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 $23 million 20,999,999.9769 (like Bitcoin) Active Low First alternative chain, bitDNS
2011-10-07 Litecoin.png Litecoin LTC scrypt $1.2 billion 83,999,949.9076 Active Low
2012-04-12 Bitcoin.png Bitcoin Testnet 3 TNBTC SHA256d None 20,999,999.9769 Active Low Current Bitcoin testnet
2012-07-04 Bytecoin-16x16.png Bytecoin BCN CryptoNight $414 million 184.46 billion Active Low Introduced CryptoNote.
2012-08-19 Peercoin.png Peercoin PPC Central authoriy[2] $36 million Unlimited Active Low
2013-07-07 Primecoin.png Primecoin XPM Cunningham $7 million Unlimited Active Low Implements a unique scientific computing proof-of-work system.
2013-09-29 Nxt.png Nxt NXT Consensus through obscurity[3] $52 million 999,997,096 Active Low
2013-12-06 Dogecoin.png Dogecoin DOGE scrypt $278 million Unlimited Active Low Was joke, became huge
2014-01-18 Dash.png Dash DASH X11 $914 million 19 million (estimate) Active Medium Introduced the X11 algorithm.
2014-04-18 Monero.png Monero XMR CryptoNight $584 million ~18,400,000 then <1% inflation Active Medium
2015-03-31 NEM-16x16.png NEM XEM Proof-of-importance $1.7 billion 9 billion Active Medium Introduced the proof-of-importance (POI) algorithm.
2015-08-07 Ethereum.png Ethereum ETH ? $21 billion ? Active Low
2016-02-01 PIVX-16x16.png PIVX PIVX Quark $84 million Unlimited Active Medium Introduced the Quark algorithm.
2016-07-24 Ethereum Classic-32x32.png Ethereum Classic ETC ? $1.6 billion ? Active Low
2016-09-28 Zcoin-800x800.png Zcoin XZC $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 $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 $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
Launched Cryptocurrency Symbol Distribution Market cap, rounded Unit cap Status Anonymity Significant notoriety
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