Comparison of cryptocurrencies
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 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.
These coins are currently ordered according to launch date.
| Coin | Ticker | Launched | Algorithm | Distribution | Market cap | Unit cap | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bitcoin
|
BTC | 3 January 2009 | SHA-256d | Mined (fixed, halving) | $6.34 billion | 20,999,999.9769 | Active | First blockchain |
| Tonal Bitcoin
|
TBC | 2 January 2011 | SHA-256d | Pegged to BTC | 7,750,54.00 | Active | First on-chain alternative | |
 Namecoin
|
NMC | 18 April 2011 | SHA-256d | Mined (fixed, halving) | $9.83 million | 20,999,999.9769 | Malfunctioning | First alternative chain, bitDNS |
| Tenebrix | TBX | 25 September 2011 | Scrypt | Mined (fixed, halving) | None | 10,499,999.9769 | Dead | First Scrypt coin |
 Litecoin
|
LTC | 7 October 2011 | Scrypt | Mined (fixed, halving) | $154 million | 83,999,949.9076 | Active | |
 Peercoin
|
PPC | 19 August 2012 | SHA-256d | Mined (difficulty factor) | $15.5 million | Unlimited | Active | |
 BitSharesX
|
BTSX | 29 September 2013 | ? | ? | $66.5 million | 1,999,992,536 | Active | |
 Nxt
|
NXT | 29 September 2013 | ? | Forged | $29.0 million | 999,997,096 | Active | |
 Dogecoin
|
DOGE | 6 December 2013 | Scrypt | Mined (random, halving) | $12.7 million | Unlimited | Active | Was joke, became huge |
 Darkcoin
|
DRK | 19 January 2014 | Combo11 | ? | $12.5 million | ? | Active | Improved anonymity |
 Monero
|
XMR | 18 April 2014 | CryptoNight | ? | $6.27 million | 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 | Active | |
 MaidSafeCoin
|
MAID | 22 April 2014 | ? | ? | $8.54 million | ? | Active |