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Revision as of 15:23, 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:
- A market cap of 1 billion (not million) US dollars.
- Moderate anonymity (significant better than Bitcoin) or better.
- 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 | Low | 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 | High | 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 | High | First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol. | z.cash |
 Zclassic
|
ZCL | 2016-11-10 | $5,000,000 | High | First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash. | zclassic.org |
 Zcoin
|
XZC | 2016-09-28 | $26,000,000 | High | 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 |
| Zclassic
|
21,000,000.0 | Equihash | PoW |
| Zcoin
|
21,000,000.0 | Lyra2RE | PoW |