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==Top 100==


=== Bytecoin (BCN) ===
* '''BCN''' https://bytecoin.org
* '''CryptoNote''' technology https://cryptonote.org/
* Algorithm: '''CryptoNight'''
* Started on July 4, 2012
* Block time: '''120 seconds (2 minutes)'''
* Difficulty retargets each block
* Block reward decreases each block according to the formula: BaseReward = (MSupply - A)/2^18,  where MSupply = (2^64 - 1) atomic units and 'A' is amount of already generated coins
* Total 184.46 billion BCN
* '''Forum''' https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=512747.0
* '''Forum''' https://cryptocointalk.com/forum/1362-bytecoin-bcn/
* '''Twitter''' https://twitter.com/Bytecoin_BCN
* '''Block chain''' https://chainradar.com/
* '''Coin features:'''
**Difficult to trace payments by use of ring signature
**Only CPU-mining & ASIC-resistant
**POW mechanism is a voting system for users
=== 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'''
=== FeatherCoin (FTC) ===
* http://feathercoin.com/
* A fork of Litecoin
* 243 million total coins
=== Freicoin (FRC) ===
* http://freico.in/
* http://www.freicoin.org/
* 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)
=== GoldCoin (GLD) ===
* http://gldcoin.com/
* https://www.gldtalk.org/
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=317568.0
* blocks every '''2 minutes'''
* coin supply* '''123 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment* '''60 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''Scrypt'''
* reward '''45''' coins per block
=== 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
=== Mastercoin (MSC) ===
* http://www.mastercoin.org
* Coin supply:  619478.59338440 MSC
* Launch Date: September 1, 2013
* Blockchain: Uses Bitcoin for transport, storage and security, inherits Bitcoin Protocol properties
* Extended Properties: Distributed Exchange, Savings & Guardian Addresses, Contracts for Difference, Smart Properties, User Currencies
* Protocol: Master Protocol
* Spec Github Repo: https://github.com/mastercoin-MSC/spec
=== Megacoin (MΣC) ===
* http://www.megacoin.co.nz/
* https://forum.megacoin.co.nz
* Block Target is 2.5 minutes
* Block reward halved every every 420,000 blocks
* 25 coins per block
* 42 Million total coins
* Difficulty changes every block
The implentation of the Kimoto Gravity well retargets difficulty every block. This keeps mining fair and secure for all miners and users of the coin, and prevents the rampant multipool abuse that was (and still is) common with most all other altcoins out on the market today.
=== 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
=== 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
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==See Also==
==See Also==
* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 List of alternative chains]
* [http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=134179.0 List of alternative chains]

Revision as of 12:05, 31 May 2017

This article aims to list relevant cryptocurrencies.

To be listed here, a currency must have one of the following qualities:

  • The currency must have a market cap of one million US dollars.
  • The currency must be the first to introduce an innovative protocol.
  • The currency must have at one point had significant notoriety.
  • The currency must have been an infamous fraud.
Coin Symbol Launched Consensus tool Distribution Market cap Unit cap Status Anonymous Notes
Anoncoin ANC 2 Jun 2013 Zerocoin Zero-knowledge proofs $0.8 million 4,200,000 Developed Yes First built in support of I2P and Tor. Zerocoin will be implemented in an upcoming release
Bitcoin BTC 3 Jan 2009 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $36 billion 20,999,999.9769 Active No First blockchain
Bitcoin Testnet 1 TNBTC 21 Oct 2010 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) None 20,999,999.9769 Abandoned No First altcoin[1]
Bitcoin Testnet 3 TNBTC 12 Apr 2012 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) None 20,999,999.9769 Active No Current Bitcoin testnet
BitSharesX BTSX 29 Sep 2013 Consensus through obscurity ? $66.5 million 1,999,992,536 Active No
Bytecoin BCN 4 Jul 2012 CryptoNight Proof-of-work (random, smooth) $2.73 million 184.46 billion Active Yes First CryptoNote coin
Cloakcoin CLOAK ? ? ? $4,7 million ? Active Yes
Dash DASH 18 Jan 2014 X11 Proof-of-work (fixed, curve) $12.5 million 19 million (estimate) Active Yes
Dogecoin DOGE 6 Dec 2013 scrypt Proof-of-work (random) $12.7 million Unlimited Active No Was joke, became huge
Feathercoin FTC 16 Apr 2013 scrypt Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $1.15 million ? Active No LTC hardfork
Freicoin FRC 21 Dec 2012 SHA256d Proof-of-work $0.084 million ? Active No First demurrage cryptocurrency
HunterCoin HUC 1 Feb 2014 SHA256d and/or scrypt Game rewards, Proof-of-work $1.9 million 42,000,000 Active No First blockchain-based game
Litecoin LTC 7 Oct 2011 scrypt Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $154 million 83,999,949.9076 Active No TBX clone
MaidSafeCoin MAID 22 Apr 2014 Bitcoin Central $8.54 million 452,552,412 Active No
Monero XMR 18 Apr 2014 CryptoNight Proof-of-work (random, smooth) $6.27 million ~18,400,000 then <1% inflation Active Yes
Namecoin NMC 18 Apr 2011 SHA256d - merged mined with Bitcoin Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $11.14 million 20,999,999.9769 Active No First alternative chain, bitDNS
NEM XEM 31 Mar 2015 ? ? $1.7 billion 9 billion Active Yes
Nxt NXT 29 Sep 2013 Consensus through obscurity[2] Central $29.0 million 999,997,096 Active No
Peercoin PPC 19 Aug 2012 Central authoriy[3] Proof-of-work/stake $15.5 million Unlimited Active No
PIVX PIVX 1 Feb 2016 ? ? $83.9 million ? Active Yes It was first launched under the name of Darknet (DNET) on February 1st 2016.
Primecoin XPM 7 Jul 2013 Cunningham Proof-of-work $1.2 million Unlimited Active No First "useful proof-of-work" altcoin
Ripple XRP 1 Mar 2011 Ripple Central $139 million 28,989,252,282 Active No
Tonal Bitcoin TBC 2 Jan 2011 See Bitcoin See Bitcoin See Bitcoin 7,750,54.00 Active No First on-chain alternative
Zcash ZEC 28 Oct 2016 Zerocash Zero-knowledge proofs, Proof-of-work (Equihash), with a portion of each block subsidy distributed to founders for the first four years. $66.63 million 21,000,000 Active Yes
Zclassic ZCL ? See Zcash See Zcash See Zcash ? Active Yes First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash.
Zcoin XZC 28 Sep 2016 Zerocoin Zero-knowledge proofs $16.9 million ? Active Yes The first Zero-knowledge proof based anonymous cryptocurrency still alive.

See Also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2jw5pm/im_gavin_andresen_chief_scientist_at_the_bitcoin/
  2. ↑ https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/pos.pdf
  3. ↑ Peercoin Source | Centralized Checkpointing Public Key
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