List of cryptocurrencies
This is a list of cryptocurrencies. The number of cryptocurrencies available over the internet as of 27 November 2017 is over 1324 and growing.[1] A new cryptocurrency can be created at any time. By market capitalization, Bitcoin is currently (2017-08-19) the largest blockchain network, followed by Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ripple and Litecoin.[2]
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[hide]Cryptocurrencies[edit]
| Release | Status | Currency | Symbol | Founder | Hash algorithm | Cryptocurrency blockchain (PoS, PoW, or other) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Active | Bitcoin | BTC,[3][4]XBT | Satoshi Nakamoto[nt 1] | SHA-256d[5][6] | PoW[6][7] | The first decentralized ledger currency. Cryptocurrency with the most famous, popular, notable and highest market capitalization. |
| 2011 | Active | Litecoin | LTC | Charles Lee | Scrypt | PoW | The first cryptocurrency to use Scrypt as a hashing algorithm. |
| 2011 | Active | Namecoin | NMC | Vincent Durham[8][9] | SHA-256d | PoW | Also acts as an alternative, decentralized DNS. |
| 2011 | Active | SwiftCoin | STC | Daniel Bruno[10] | SHA-256 | PoW | First digital coin with theoretical value based on the work required to produce electricity. First block chain to support currency creation by interest paid on debt. Solidus Bondproto smart-contract. One of the first digital coins patented in the US. First block chain to support encrypted mail with attachments. |
| 2012 | Active | Peercoin | PPC | Sunny King (pseudonym)[11] | SHA-256d[12] | PoW & PoS | The first cryptocurrency to use POW and POS functions. |
| 2013 | Active | Dogecoin | DOGE, XDG | Jackson Palmer & Billy Markus[13] | Scrypt[14] | PoW | Based on an internet meme. |
| 2013 | Active | Emercoin | EMC | EvgenijM86 & Yitshak Dorfman | SHA-256 | PoW & PoS | Trusted storage for any small data: acts as an alternative, decentralized DNS, PKI store, SSL infrastructure and other. |
| 2013[15][16] | Active | Gridcoin | GRC | Rob Hälford [17] | Scrypt | Decentralized PoS | The first cryptocurrency linked to citizen science through the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing[18][19] |
| 2013 | Active | Omni | MSC | J. R. Willett [20] | SHA-256d[21] | N/A | Omni is both digital currency and communications protocolbuilt on top of the existing bitcoin block chain. |
| 2013 | Active | Primecoin | XPM | Sunny King (pseudonym)[11] | 1CC/2CC/TWN[22] | POW[22] | Uses the finding of prime chains composed of Cunningham chains and bi-twin chains for proof-of-work, which can lead to useful byproducts. |
| 2013 | Active | Ripple[23][24][25] | XRP[25] | Chris Larsen & Jed McCaleb[26] | ECDSA[27] | "Consensus" | Designed for peer to peer debt transfer. Not based on bitcoin. |
| 2014 | Active | Auroracoin | AUR | Baldur Odinsson (pseudonym)[28] | Scrypt | PoW | Created as an alternative to fiat currency in Iceland. |
| 2014 | Active | BlackCoin | BC | Rat4 (pseudonym) | Scrypt | PoS | Secures its network through a process called minting. |
| 2014 | Active | Burstcoin | BURST | Burstcoin Community | SHA-256d | Proof of Capacity | First Proof of Capacity coin, First Smart Contract, First Atomic Cross Chain Transfer. |
| 2014 | Inactive | Coinye | KOI, COYE | Scrypt | PoW | Used American hip hop artist Kanye West as its mascot, abandoned after trademark lawsuit. | |
| 2014 | Active | Dash | DASH | Evan Duffield & Kyle Hagan[29] | X11 | PoW & Proof of Service[nt 2] | A bitcoin-based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. |
| 2014 | Active | DigitalNote | XDN | XDN-dev team, dNote | CryptoNight[30] | PoW | A private cryptocurrency with an instant untraceable crypto messages and first blockchain banking implementation, use CryptoNote protocol. |
| 2014 | Active | MazaCoin | MZC | BTC Oyate Initiative | SHA-256d | PoW | The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin. |
| 2014 | Active | Monero | XMR | Monero Core Team | CryptoNight[30] | PoW | Privacy-centric coin using the CryptoNote protocol with improvements for scalability and decentralization. |
| 2014 | Active | NEM | XEM | UtopianFuture (pseudonym) | SHA3-512 | POI | The first hybrid public/private blockchain solution built from scratch, and first to use the Proof of Importance algorithm using EigenTrust++ reputation system. |
| 2014 | Active | Nxt | NXT | BCNext (pseudonym) | SHA-256d[31] | PoS | Specifically designed as a flexible platform to build applications and financial services around its protocol. |
| 2014 | Inactive | PotCoin | POT | Scrypt | PoW | Developed to service the legalized cannabis industry | |
| 2014 | Active | Synereo AMP | AMP | Dor Konforty & Greg Meredith[32] | PoS | PoS | Trying to create a world computer, Synereo’s 2.0 tech stack incorporates all faculties needed to support decentralized computation without central servers.[33] |
| 2014 | Active | Titcoin | TIT | Edward Mansfield & Richard Allen[34] | SHA-256d | PoW | The first cryptocurrency to be nominated for a major adult industry award.[35] |
| 2014 | Active | Vertcoin | VTC | Bushido | Lyra2rev2 | PoW | Next-gen ASIC resistance and first to implement stealth adresses. |
| 2015 | Active | Ethereum | ETH | Vitalik Buterin[36] | Ethash[37] | PoW | Supports Turing-complete smart contracts. |
| 2015 | Active | Ethereum Classic | ETC | Ethash[37] | PoW | An alternative version of Ethereum[38] whose blockchain does not include the DAO Hard-fork.[39][40] Supports Turing-complete smart contracts. | |
| 2015 | Active | IOTA | IOT, MIOTA[41] | David Sønstebø, Sergey Ivancheglo, Dominik Schiener and Dr. Serguei Popov | SHA-3 | Directed acyclic graph | The first cryptocurrency using the Tangle, a next generation blockchain, as distributed ledger technology. |
| 2015 | Active | SixEleven | SIL | fflo (pseudonym)[42] | SHA-256d | PoW | Also acts as an alternative, decentralized DNS. |
| 2016 | Active | Decred | DCR | Blake-256 | PoW/PoS Hybrid | Built in governance and hybrid PoW/PoS. | |
| 2016 | Active | Waves Platform | WAVES | Sasha Ivanov | PoS | PoS | Open blockchain platform, featuring token creation, distributed exchange and fast high volume transactions designed for ease of use[43] and mass adoption. |
| 2016 | Active | Zcash | ZEC | Zooko Wilcox | Equihash | PoW | The first open, permissionless financial system employing zero-knowledge security. |
| 2016 | Active | Ark Ecosystem | ARK | The Ark Team | DPoS | DPoS | Ark Ecosystem is an open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart bridge and smart contract functionality. |
| 2017 | Active | Bitcoin Cash | BCH[44], BCC | SHA-256d | PoW | Hard fork from Bitcoin | |
| 2017 | Active | Ubiq | UBQ | Julian Yap[45] | Ethash[37] | PoW | Supports Turing-complete smart contracts; air-gapped fork of Ethereum |
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