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Comparison of cryptocurrencies

2013-12-11T11:30:15Z

Iamrickrock: Updated Netcoin Forum URL

This article aims to list relevant cryptocurrencies, even those too minor to have their own wiki entry. See also [[:Category:Alternative cryptocurrencies]]

It is based [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 on this thread].

= Currencies =

The order / grouping of these coins are still TBD.

[[User:Ripper234|Ripper234]] proposes a grouping of Major, Minor and New by an arbitrary market cap limit. This can be done once the market caps of the alts are known.
* Using market cap will make Tonal Bitcoin a "Major" despite de facto minor usage. Therefore, I suggest finding a different method of categorizing. --[[User:Luke-jr|Luke-jr]] ([[User talk:Luke-jr|talk]]) 05:06, 4 March 2013 (GMT)

== Major ==

=== Bitcoin (BTC) ===
* http://bitcoin.org/
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* coin supply* '''21 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment* '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''50 '''coins per block
* Market Cap: $144,000,000 (Jan 5th, 2013)
* Launch Date: January 3rd, 2009

=== Namecoin (NMC) ===
* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Namecoin
* (merged mined with BTC)
* https://github.com/vinced/namecoin
* http://namecoin.info/
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* coin supply* '''21 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''50 '''coins per block
* Market Cap: ???? BTC
* Launch Date: April 18, 2011

=== Litecoin (LTC) ===
* http://litecoin.org/
* blocks every '''2.5 min'''
* coin supply* '''84 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''scrypt '''
* Initial Reward '''50''' coins per block
* Market Cap: 150,000 BTC
* Launch Date: October 2011

=== PPCoin (PPC) ===
* http://ppcoin.org/
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101820.0
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''non-deterministic ''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''each block'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* Reward '''varies on difficulty''' coins per block
* EXTRA: Incorporates [[Proof Of Stake]] coin Generation, contains central checksums to kickstart the protocol
* Market Cap: ???? BTC
* Launch Date: approx August 19th, 2012 (date of its [http://ppcoin.org/static/ppcoin-paper.pdf whitepaper])
** The public design phase of this coin was very brief.

== New ==
New in on the scene.
Please put here any coins whose concept are new. If a coin is discussed for 6 months and launched yesterday, it is not new.

=== Betacoin (BET) ===
* http://betacoin.org/
* Blocks every '''4 min'''
* Coin supply* '''32 million''' coins will be mined in ~ first 6 years + '''0,39% annual'''
* Difficulty adjustment* '''6 blocks'''
* Hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''128 '''coins per block
* Block reward halfed every 126k blocks (~ 1 year)
* Launch Date: October, 2013

== Minor ==
=== AnonCoin (ANC) ===
* https://anoncoin.net/
* https://forum.anoncoin.net
* Block Target is 3.4 minutes
* Block reward halfed every 306k blocks
* 5 coins per block
* 4.2 million total coins
* Difficulty changes every block

Anoncoins goal is to make the user more Anonymous by having built-in support for I2P, Coincontrol, and more in the future.

=== PhenixCoin (PXC) ===
* http://www.phenixcoin.com/
* http://forum.phenixcoin.com
* Block Target is 1.5 minutes
* Block reward halfed every 840k blocks
* 50 coins per block
* 168 million total coins
* Difficulty changes every 600 blocks

Key elements of infrastructure and sites to use PXC on already in place.
More and more sites adopt PXC as a means of payment.

Strategic partnership with Feathercoin (FTC) and Worldcoin (WDC) created.

=== FeatherCoin (FTC) ===
* http://feathercoin.com/
* A fork of Litecoin
* 243 million total coins

=== CraftCoin (CRC) ===
* http://craftcoin.net/
* Based on Litecoin
* Portable in-game currency for Minecraft Servers
* 206,847 total coins

=== Tonal Bitcoin (TBC) ===
* [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
* (merged mined with BTC)
* (blockchain shared with BTC)
* (automatically converted to/from BTC)
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''7.8 tam''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* Initial Reward '''1,2905.2''' coins per block
* Market Cap: $144,000,000 (Jan 5th, 2013)
* Launch Date: January 2rd, 2011

=== IxCoin (IXC) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36701.0
* (merged mined with BTC)
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''21 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA1'''
* Reward '''96 '''coins per block

=== Devcoin (DEV) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34586.0
* (merged mined with BTC)
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* coin supply* '''constant generation''' coins will be available (???)
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Reward '''50,000''' coins per block
* '''EXTRA 90% block subsidy goes to foundation'''

=== Freicoin (FRC) ===
* http://freico.in/
* http://www.freicoin.org/
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89843.0
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3816.0
* blocks every '''10 minutes'''
* coin supply* '''100 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* [http://www.freicoin.org/freicoin-generation-graph-t41-20.html#p532 Arithmetically decreasing] reward
* EXTRA:
-- 4.89% annual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demurrage_currency demurrage]
-- 80% block subsidy [http://www.freicoin.org/application-developer-best-practices-t87.html#p919 goes to foundation for the first 3 years] (about 500 coins for each of first 161280 blocks, total 80m)
-- [u]In need of Dev work on daemon, client etc but network still running[/u]

=== I0coin (I0C) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36425.0 ; https://github.com/kr105rlz/i0coin
* Perhaps should be moved to Dead section?

=== Terracoin (TRC) ===
* http://terracoin.org/
* blocks every '''2 minutes'''
* coin supply* '''42 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''30 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* Reward '''20''' coins per block

=== Liquidcoin (LQC) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=60026.0
* blocks every '''10 minutes'''
* '''no cap''' as block subsidy has a minimum of 1 coin
* Constant difficulty of '''0.5'''
* Coin reward drops over time

=== BBQCoin (BQC) ===
* http://blog.bbqcoin.org http://www.bbqcoin.com
* blocks every '''1 minute'''
* coin supply* '''88 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''60 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''Scrypt'''
* Reward '''42''' coins per block

=== BitBar (BTB) ===
* http://bitbar.biz/home
* blocks every '''10 minutes'''
* hashing algorithm '''Scrypt'''
* Reward '''1''' coin per block
* Coin reward drops over time

=== Netcoin (NET) ===
* Main - http://netcoin.org.uk/
* Forums - http://forum.netcoinfoundation.org/
* blocks every '''1 min'''
* coin supply* '''320.6 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment* '''60 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''Scrypt'''
* Initial Reward '''1024 '''coins per block
* Reward Halves '''Every 3 months or 129,600 Blocks'''
* Market Cap: approx. $200,000 (Dec 4th, 2013)
* Launch Date: Sept 2nd, 2013

== dead / dying ==
===Qubic===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=112676.0
Qubic Forum: http://qubic.boards.net
===TimeKoin===
Still alive* http://timekoin.org/* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php topic=88467.0
===SC Solidcoin===
scam?* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/SolidCoin ; http://solidcoin.info/
===GG Geist Geld===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42417.0 ; https://github.com/Lolcust/GeistGeld
===TBX Tenebrix===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45667.0 ; https://github.com/Lolcust/Tenebrix
===FBX Fairbrix===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46528.0 ; https://github.com/coblee/Fairbrix
===CLC Coiledcoin===
killed in 51% attack ; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=56675.0
===RUC Rucoin===
https://www.rucoin.org/ ; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=48582.0
===MMM MMMcoin===
dead
===Weeds===
[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0]
===Beertoken===
[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0]

==See Also==

* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 List of all cryptocoins] curated list on BitcoinTalk forum.

[[Category:Alternative cryptocurrencies]]

Comparison of cryptocurrencies

2013-12-05T04:38:53Z

Iamrickrock: Added Netcoin (NET)

This article aims to list relevant cryptocurrencies, even those too minor to have their own wiki entry. See also [[:Category:Alternative cryptocurrencies]]

It is based [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 on this thread].

= Currencies =

The order / grouping of these coins are still TBD.

[[User:Ripper234|Ripper234]] proposes a grouping of Major, Minor and New by an arbitrary market cap limit. This can be done once the market caps of the alts are known.
* Using market cap will make Tonal Bitcoin a "Major" despite de facto minor usage. Therefore, I suggest finding a different method of categorizing. --[[User:Luke-jr|Luke-jr]] ([[User talk:Luke-jr|talk]]) 05:06, 4 March 2013 (GMT)

== Major ==

=== Bitcoin (BTC) ===
* http://bitcoin.org/
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* coin supply* '''21 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment* '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''50 '''coins per block
* Market Cap: $144,000,000 (Jan 5th, 2013)
* Launch Date: January 3rd, 2009

=== Namecoin (NMC) ===
* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Namecoin
* (merged mined with BTC)
* https://github.com/vinced/namecoin
* http://namecoin.info/
* blocks every '''???'''
* coin supply* '''????''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''????'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''50 '''coins per block
* Market Cap: ???? BTC
* Launch Date: April 18, 2011

=== Litecoin (LTC) ===
* http://litecoin.org/
* blocks every '''2.5 min'''
* coin supply* '''84 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''scrypt '''
* Initial Reward '''50''' coins per block
* Market Cap: 150,000 BTC
* Launch Date: October 2011

=== PPCoin (PPC) ===
* http://ppcoin.org/
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101820.0
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''non-deterministic ''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''each block'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* Reward '''varies on difficulty''' coins per block
* EXTRA: Incorporates [[Proof Of Stake]] coin Generation, contains central checksums to kickstart the protocol
* Market Cap: ???? BTC
* Launch Date: approx August 19th, 2012 (date of its [http://ppcoin.org/static/ppcoin-paper.pdf whitepaper])
** The public design phase of this coin was very brief.

== New ==
New in on the scene.
Please put here any coins whose concept are new. If a coin is discussed for 6 months and launched yesterday, it is not new.

=== Betacoin (BET) ===
* http://betacoin.org/
* Blocks every '''4 min'''
* Coin supply* '''32 million''' coins will be mined in ~ first 6 years + '''0,39% annual'''
* Difficulty adjustment* '''6 blocks'''
* Hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''128 '''coins per block
* Block reward halfed every 126k blocks (~ 1 year)
* Launch Date: October, 2013

== Minor ==
=== AnonCoin (ANC) ===
* https://anoncoin.net/
* https://forum.anoncoin.net
* Block Target is 3.4 minutes
* Block reward halfed every 306k blocks
* 5 coins per block
* 4.2 million total coins
* Difficulty changes every block

Anoncoins goal is to make the user more Anonymous by having built-in support for I2P, Coincontrol, and more in the future.

=== PhenixCoin (PXC) ===
* http://www.phenixcoin.com/
* http://forum.phenixcoin.com
* Block Target is 1.5 minutes
* Block reward halfed every 840k blocks
* 50 coins per block
* 168 million total coins
* Difficulty changes every 600 blocks

Key elements of infrastructure and sites to use PXC on already in place.
More and more sites adopt PXC as a means of payment.

Strategic partnership with Feathercoin (FTC) and Worldcoin (WDC) created.

=== FeatherCoin (FTC) ===
* http://feathercoin.com/
* A fork of Litecoin
* 24,3 million total coins

=== CraftCoin (CRC) ===
* http://craftcoin.net/
* Based on Litecoin
* Portable in-game currency for Minecraft Servers
* 206,847 total coins

=== Tonal Bitcoin (TBC) ===
* [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
* (merged mined with BTC)
* (blockchain shared with BTC)
* (automatically converted to/from BTC)
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''7.8 tam''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* Initial Reward '''1,2905.2''' coins per block
* Market Cap: $144,000,000 (Jan 5th, 2013)
* Launch Date: January 2rd, 2011

=== IxCoin (IXC) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36701.0
* (merged mined with BTC)
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''21 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA1'''
* Reward '''96 '''coins per block

=== Devcoin (DEV) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34586.0
* (merged mined with BTC)
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* coin supply* '''constant generation''' coins will be available (???)
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Reward '''50,000''' coins per block
* '''EXTRA 90% block subsidy goes to foundation'''

=== Freicoin (FRC) ===
* http://freico.in/
* http://www.freicoin.org/
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=89843.0
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3816.0
* blocks every '''10 minutes'''
* coin supply* '''100 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* [http://www.freicoin.org/freicoin-generation-graph-t41-20.html#p532 Arithmetically decreasing] reward
* EXTRA:
-- 4.89% annual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demurrage_currency demurrage]
-- 80% block subsidy [http://www.freicoin.org/application-developer-best-practices-t87.html#p919 goes to foundation for the first 3 years] (about 500 coins for each of first 161280 blocks, total 80m)
-- [u]In need of Dev work on daemon, client etc but network still running[/u]

=== I0coin (I0C) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=36425.0 ; https://github.com/kr105rlz/i0coin
* Perhaps should be moved to Dead section?

=== Terracoin (TRC) ===
* http://terracoin.org/
* blocks every '''2 minutes'''
* coin supply* '''42 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''30 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* Reward '''20''' coins per block

=== Liquidcoin (LQC) ===
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=60026.0
* blocks every '''10 minutes'''
* '''no cap''' as block subsidy has a minimum of 1 coin
* Constant difficulty of '''0.5'''
* Coin reward drops over time

=== BBQCoin (BQC) ===
* http://blog.bbqcoin.org http://www.bbqcoin.com
* blocks every '''1 minute'''
* coin supply* '''88 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''60 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''Scrypt'''
* Reward '''42''' coins per block

=== BitBar (BTB) ===
* http://bitbar.biz/home
* blocks every '''10 minutes'''
* hashing algorithm '''Scrypt'''
* Reward '''1''' coin per block
* Coin reward drops over time

=== Netcoin (NET) ===
* Main - http://netcoin.org.uk/
* Forums - http://net.cryptomunity.boards.net/
* blocks every '''1 min'''
* coin supply* '''320.6 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment* '''60 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''Scrypt'''
* Initial Reward '''1024 '''coins per block
* Reward Halves '''Every 3 months or 129,600 Blocks'''
* Market Cap: approx. $200,000 (Dec 4th, 2013)
* Launch Date: Sept 2nd, 2013

== dead / dying ==
===Qubic===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=112676.0
Qubic Forum: http://qubic.boards.net
===TimeKoin===
Still alive* http://timekoin.org/* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php topic=88467.0
===SC Solidcoin===
scam?* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/SolidCoin ; http://solidcoin.info/
===GG Geist Geld===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=42417.0 ; https://github.com/Lolcust/GeistGeld
===TBX Tenebrix===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45667.0 ; https://github.com/Lolcust/Tenebrix
===FBX Fairbrix===
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=46528.0 ; https://github.com/coblee/Fairbrix
===CLC Coiledcoin===
killed in 51% attack ; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=56675.0
===RUC Rucoin===
https://www.rucoin.org/ ; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=48582.0
===MMM MMMcoin===
dead
===Weeds===
[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0]
===Beertoken===
[https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=9493.0]

==See Also==

* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 List of all cryptocoins] curated list on BitcoinTalk forum.

[[Category:Alternative cryptocurrencies]]