Comparison of cryptocurrencies
The cryptocurrency market is explosive which currently serves 735 currencies.
This article aims to list only the most relevant cryptocurrencies. 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 US dollars.
- Medium or highly decentralized (anonymous).
- Been the first to introduce an innovative protocol.
| Cryptocurrency | Symbol | Launched | Market cap, rounded | Anonymity | Introduced an innovative protocol |
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 Bitcoin
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BTC | 2009-01-03 | $36 billion | Low | First blockchain |
 Bytecoin
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BCN | 2012-07-04 | $414 million | Low | Introduced CryptoNote. |
 Dash
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DASH | 2014-01-18 | $914 million | Medium | Introduced the X11 algorithm. |
 Ethereum
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ETH | 2015-08-07 | $21 billion | Low | |
 Ethereum Classic
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ETC | 2016-07-24 | $1.6 billion | Low | Fastest growing cryptocurrency on the market ever. |
 Komodo
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KMD | 2017-02-05 | $54 million | High | |
 Litecoin
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LTC | 2011-10-07 | $1.2 billion | Low | |
 Monero
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XMR | 2014-04-18 | $584 million | Medium | |
 Namecoin
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NMC | 2011-04-18 | $23 million | Low | First alternative chain, bitDNS. merged mined with Bitcoin. |
 NEM
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XEM | 2015-03-31 | $1.7 billion | Medium | Introduced the proof-of-importance (POI) algorithm. |
 PIVX
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PIVX | 2016-02-01 | $84 million | Medium | Introduced the Quark algorithm. |
 Primecoin
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XPM | 2013-07-07 | $7 million | Low | Implements a unique scientific computing proof-of-work system. |
 Ripple
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XRP | 2011-03-01 | $8.2 billion | Low | XRP is the native currency of the Ripple network that only exists within the Ripple system |
 Zcash
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ZEC | 2016-10-28 | $338 million | High | First cryptocurrency that implemented the zerocash protocol. |
 Zclassic
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ZCL | 2016-11-10 | $5 million | High | First Zcash-based currency without the 20% fee for miners made by Zcash. |
 Zcoin
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XZC | 2016-09-28 | $17 million | 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). |
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| Bitcoin
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| Dash
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| Ethereum
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| Zcash
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| Zcoin
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