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Downgraded Zcoin, Zcash and Komodo to Medium since they got privacy issues as of July 2017 and privacy is not default, upgraded Bytecoin to Medium. Removed Zclassic completly since it's an irrelevant Zcash fork.
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| style="text-align: right" | $40,000,000,000
| style="text-align: right" | $40,000,000,000
| {{no|Low}}
| {{no|Low}}
| First blockchain
| First blockchain.
| [https://bitcoin.org/ bitcoin.org]
| [https://bitcoin.org/ bitcoin.org]
|-
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| 2012-07-04
| 2012-07-04
| style="text-align: right" | $414,000,000
| style="text-align: right" | $414,000,000
| {{no|Low}}
| style="background: lightyellow;" | Medium
| Introduced [[CryptoNote]].
| Introduced [[CryptoNote]].
| [https://bytecoin.org/ bytecoin.org]
| [https://bytecoin.org/ bytecoin.org]
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| 2017-02-05
| 2017-02-05
| style="text-align: right" | $140,000,000
| style="text-align: right" | $140,000,000
| {{yes|High}}
| style="background: lightyellow;" | Medium
|  
|  
| [https://komodoplatform.com/ komodoplatform.com]
| [https://komodoplatform.com/ komodoplatform.com]
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| style="text-align: right" | $670,000,000
| style="text-align: right" | $670,000,000
| {{yes|High}}
| {{yes|High}}
| Introduced [https://www.ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger/article/view/34 Ring Confidential Transactions]
| Introduced [https://www.ledgerjournal.org/ojs/index.php/ledger/article/view/34 Ring Confidential Transactions].
| [https://getmonero.org/ getmonero.org]
| [https://getmonero.org/ getmonero.org]
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| 2016-10-28
| 2016-10-28
| style="text-align: right" | $590,000,000
| style="text-align: right" | $590,000,000
| {{yes|High}}
| style="background: lightyellow;" | Medium
| First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol.
| First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol.
| [https://z.cash/ z.cash]
| [https://z.cash/ z.cash]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zclassic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] [[Zclassic]]
| ZCL
| 2016-11-10
| style="text-align: right" | $5,000,000
| {{yes|High}}
| First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash.
| [https://zclassic.org/ zclassic.org]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zcoin-800x800.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcoin]]
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zcoin-800x800.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcoin]]
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| 2016-09-28
| 2016-09-28
| style="text-align: right" | $26,000,000
| style="text-align: right" | $26,000,000
| {{yes|High}}
| style="background: lightyellow;" | Medium
| 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).
| 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).
| [https://zcoin.io/ zcoin.io]
| [https://zcoin.io/ zcoin.io]
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|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zcash-16x16.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcash]]
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zcash-16x16.png|16px|link=]] [[Zcash]]
| style="text-align: right" | 21,000,000.0
| Equihash
| PoW
|-
! {{rh}} | [[File:Zclassic-32x32.png|16px|link=]] [[Zclassic]]
| style="text-align: right" | 21,000,000.0
| style="text-align: right" | 21,000,000.0
| Equihash
| Equihash

Revision as of 22:45, 28 June 2017

The cryptocurrency market is explosive which currently serves 735 currencies. This article aims to list only the most relevant cryptocurrencies. Some data in this article are gathered from cryptocompare.com.

To be listed here, a currency must

  • currently be sold on cryptocurrency exchanges in general

and meet one of the following qualities:

  1. A market cap of 1 billion (not million) US dollars.
  2. Moderate anonymity (significant better than Bitcoin) or better.
  3. Been the first to introduce an innovative technology.
Cryptocurrency Exchange symbol Launched Market cap (M) Anonymity Innovative introduction Website
Bitcoin BTC 2009-01-03 $40,000,000,000 Low First blockchain. bitcoin.org
Bytecoin BCN 2012-07-04 $414,000,000 Medium Introduced CryptoNote. bytecoin.org
Dash DASH 2014-01-18 $1,200,000,000 Medium Introduced the X11 algorithm. bytecoin.org
Ethereum ETH 2015-08-07 $32,000,000,000 Low ethereum.org
Ethereum Classic ETC 2016-07-24 $1,800,000,000 Low ethereumclassic.org
IOTA IOT 2017-06-13 $1,500,000,000 ? The main innovation behind IOTA is the Tangle algorithm. iota.org
Komodo KMD 2017-02-05 $140,000,000 Medium komodoplatform.com
Litecoin LTC 2011-10-07 $1,500,000,000 Low litecoin.org
Monero XMR 2014-04-18 $670,000,000 High Introduced Ring Confidential Transactions. getmonero.org
NEM XEM 2015-03-31 $1,800,000,000 Medium Introduced the proof-of-importance (POI) algorithm. nem.io
PIVX PIVX 2016-02-01 $84,000,000 Medium pivx.org
Ripple XRP 2011-03-01 $10,000,000,000 Low XRP is the native currency of the Ripple network that only exists within the Ripple system ripple.com
Zcash ZEC 2016-10-28 $590,000,000 Medium First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol. z.cash
Zcoin XZC 2016-09-28 $26,000,000 Medium 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). zcoin.io
Cryptocurrency Max supply Algorithm Proof Type
Bitcoin 21,000,000.0 SHA256 PoW
Bytecoin 184,467,440,735.0 CryptoNight PoW
Dash ? ? ?
Ethereum Not Applicable Ethash PoW
Ethereum Classic - Ethash PoW
IOTA 2,780,000,000 Tangle
Komodo 200,000,000.0 Equihash dPoW/PoW
Litecoin 84,000,000.0 Scrypt PoW
Monero Not Applicable CryptoNight PoW
NEM 8,999,999,999.0 ? PoI
PIVX - Quark PoW/PoS
Ripple 38,305,873,865.0 -
Zcash 21,000,000.0 Equihash PoW
Zcoin 21,000,000.0 Lyra2RE PoW
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