List of cryptocurrencies
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List of cryptocurrencies
List of cryptocurrencies
This is a list of cryptocurrencies.
The number of cryptocurrencies available over the internet as of 10 April 2018 is over 1565 and growing.
A new cryptocurrency can be created at any time.
By market capitalization, Bitcoin is currently (April 10, 2018) the largest blockchain network, followed by Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and EOS.
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Cryptocurrencies
Below are some notable cryptocurrencies:
| Release | Status | Currency | Symbol | Founder(s) | Hash algorithm | Programming language of implementation | Cryptocurrency blockchain (PoS, PoW, or other) | Notes |
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| 2009 | Active | Bitcoin | BTC, XBT,₿ | Satoshi Nakamoto[nt 1] | SHA-256d | C++ | PoW | The first decentralized ledger currency.Cryptocurrency with the most famous, popular, notable and highest market capitalization. |
| 2011 | Active | Litecoin | LTC, Ł | Charlie Lee | Scrypt | C++ | PoW | The first cryptocurrency to use Scrypt as a hashing algorithm. |
| 2011 | Active | Namecoin | NMC | Vincent Durham[ | SHA-256d | C++ | PoW | Also acts as an alternative, decentralized DNS. |
| 2011 | Active | SwiftCoin | STC | Daniel Bruno | 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 Bond proto smart-contract.One of the first digital coins patented in the US.First block chain to support encrypted mail with attachments. | |
| 2012 | Active | Bytecoin | BCN | CryptoNote | C++ | PoW | First cryptocurrency based on the CryptoNote algorithm.Focused on user privacy through impassive and anonymous transactions | |
| 2012 | Active | Peercoin | PPC | Sunny King (pseudonym) | SHA-256d | C++ | PoW & PoS | The first cryptocurrency to use POW and POS functions. |
| 2013 | Active | Dogecoin | DOGE, XDG, Ð | Jackson Palmer & Billy Markus[18] | Scrypt | C++ | PoW | Based on an internet meme. |
| 2013[21] | Active | Feathercoin (cryptocurrency) | FTC,₣ | Peter Bushnell, Brasenose College of Oxford University | NeoScrypt | C++ | N/A | Approx. 60 seconds block time |
| 2013[23][24] | Active | GridCoin (cryptocurrency) | GRC | Rob Hälford | Scrypt | C++ | Decentralized PoS | The first cryptocurrency linked to citizen science through the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing[27][28] |
| 2013 | Active | Primecoin | XPM | Sunny King (pseudonym)[15] | 1CC/2CC/TWN | TypeScript, C++ | PoW | 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 | XRP | Chris Larsen & Jed McCaleb[34] | ECDSA | C++ | "Consensus" | Designed for peer to peer debt transfer.Not based on bitcoin. |
| 2013 | Active | Nxt | NXT | BCNext (pseudonym) | SHA-256d | Java | PoS | Specifically designed as a flexible platform to build applications and financial services around its protocol. |
| 2014 | Active | Auroracoin | AUR | Baldur Odinsson (pseudonym)[39] | Scrypt | C++[40] | PoW | Created as an alternative to fiat currency in Iceland. |
| 2014 | Inactive | Coinye | KOI, COYE | Scrypt | PoW | Used American hip hop artist Kanye West as its mascot, abandoned after trademark lawsuit. | ||
| 2014 | Active | DDash | DASH | Evan Duffield & Kyle Hagan | X11 | C++[42] | PoW & Proof of Service | A bitcoin-based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. |
| 2014 | Active | NEO | NEO | Da Hongfei & Erik Zhang | SHA-256 & RIPEMD160 | C#[43] | dBFT | Chinese based cryptocurrency (formerly ANT Shares which produce ANT Coins) name change August 2017 to NEO and GAs, these enable the development of digital assets and smart contracts. |
| 2014 | Active | MazaCoin | MZC | BTC Oyate Initiative | SHA-256d | C++[44] | PoW | The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin. |
| 2014 | Active | Monero | XMR | Monero Core Team | CryptoNight | C++ | PoW | Privacy-centric coin using the CryptoNote protocol with improvements for scalability and decentralization. |
| 2014 | Active | NEM | XEM | UtopianFuture (pseudonym) | SHA3-512 | Java | 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 | PotCoin | POT | Potcoin core dev team | Scrypt | C++ | PoS | Developed to service the legalized cannabis industry |
| 2014 | Active | Synereo AMP | AMP | Dor Konforty & Greg Meredith[49] | PoS | Scala, Java | PoS | Trying to create a world computer, Synereo’s 2.0 tech stack incorporates all faculties needed to support decentralized computation without central servers.[51] |
| 2014 | Active | Titcoin | TIT | Edward Mansfield & Richard Allen[52] | SHA-256d | TypeScript, C++[ | PoW | The first cryptocurrency to be nominated for a major adult industry award. |
| 2014 | Active | Verge | XVG | Sunerok | Scrypt, x17, groestl, blake2s, and lyra2rev2 | C, C++ | PoW | |
| 2014 | Active | Stellar | XLM | Jed McCaleb | Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP)[56] | C, C++ | Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP)[56] | Open-source, decentralized global financial network.The usage is for remittances, micropayments, services for the underbanked, mobile money/branches and professional setups. |
| 2014 | Active | Vertcoin | VTC | Bushido | Lyra2RE | C++ | PoW | Next-gen ASIC resistance and first to implement stealth addresses. |
| 2015 | Active | Ether or "Ethereum" | ETH | Vitalik Buterin] | Ethash | C++, Go | PoW | Supports Turing-complete smart contracts. |
| 2015 | Active | Ethereum Classic | ETC | Ethas | PoW | An alternative version of Ethereum[63]whose blockchain does not include the DAO Hard-fork.[64][65]Supports Turing-complete smart contracts. | ||
| 2015 | Active | Tether | USDT | Jan Ludovicus van der Velde | Omnicore | PoW | Tether is backed by the USD so that one tether is exactly equal to $1USD.It is commonly used to convert other cryptocurrencies to USD. | |
| 2016 | Active | Decred | DCR | Blake-256 | Go | PoW/PoS Hybrid | Built in governance and hybrid PoW/PoS. | |
| 2016 | Active | Waves platform | WAVES | Sasha Ivanov | PoS | Scala, JavaScript | PoS | Open blockchain platform, featuring token creation, distributed exchange and fast, high volume, transactions designed for ease of use and mass adoption. |
| 2016 | Active | Zcash | ZEC | Zooko Wilcox | Equihash | C++ | PoW | The first open, permissionless financial system employing zero-knowledge security. |
| 2017 | Active | BitConnect | BCC | BitConnect is an open source all in one bitcoin and crypto community platform designed to provide multiple investment opportunities with cryptocurrency education | ||||
| 2017 | Active | Bitcoin Cash | BCH | SHA-256d | PoW | Hard fork from Bitcoin, Increased Block size from 1mb to 8mb | ||
| 2017 | Active | EOS.IO | EOS | Dan Larimer | WebAssembly, Rust, C, C++ | delegated PoS | Feeless Smart contract platform for decentralized applications and decentralized autonomous corporations with a block time of 500 ms. | |
| 2018 | Active | Cardano | ADA | Charles Hoskinson & Jeremy Wood | Haskell | Ouroboros PoS | ||
| 2018 | Inactive | KodakCoin | Kodak and WENN Digital | Ethash | KodakCoin is a "photographer-centric" blockchain cryptocurrency used for payments for licensing photographs. | |||
| 2018 | Active | Petro | Venezuela Government | onixCoin | C++ | First cryptocurrency backed by Venezuela's reserves of oil. | ||
| 2018 | Proposed | Petro gold | Venezuela Government | Announced by President Nicolás Maduro February 21, 2018 | ||||
| 2018 | Active | Bitcoin Private | BTCP | Equihash | C++ | PoW | private, decentralized, fast, open source, community-driven coin implementing zkSNARK for privacy protection/anonymous payments.Hardfork (co-fork) of BTC and ZClassic | |
| 2018 | Active | Fishcoin | FISH | Alastair Douglas | Private |
Altcoins
References
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Citation Linknexusearth.comNexus' website - Using software and hardware, Nexus seeks to build the foundation for the most decentralized system to ever be developed: Nexus Earth.
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Citation Linkbyteball.orgByteBall - Risk-free conditional smart payments, where payments can be withdrawn if they do not complete their side of hte contract
Sep 12, 2017, 3:40 AM
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Citation Linksyscoin.orgSyscoin - global network, a distributed ledger, a decentralized database and a blockchain.It is also a cryptocurrency, an altcoin, a digital currency and a tradeable token.
Sep 12, 2017, 3:40 AM