Comparison of cryptocurrencies

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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 Market cap Blockrate (s) Unit cap Status Notes
Bitcoin.png Bitcoin BTC 3 January 2009 SHA-256d $6.34 billion 600 20,999,999.9769 Active First blockchain
Bitcoin.png Tonal Bitcoin TBC 2 January 2011 SHA-256d 600 7,750,54.00 Active First on-chain alternative
Namecoin.png Namecoin NMC 18 April 2011 SHA-256d $9.83 million 600 20,999,999.9769 Malfunctioning First alternative chain
Tenebrix TBX 25 September 2011 Scrypt $0 ? ? Dead First Scrypt coin
Litecoin.png Litecoin LTC 7 October 2011 Scrypt $154 million 150 83,999,949.9076 Active
Peercoin.png Peercoin PPC 19 August 2012 SHA-256d $15.5 million 600 Unlimited Active
Btsx.png BitSharesX BTSX 29 September 2013 BTSX $66.5 million N/A 1,999,992,536 Active
Nxt.png Nxt NXT 29 September 2013 NXT $29.0 million 60 999,997,096 Active
Dogecoin.png Dogecoin DOGE 6 December 2013 Scrypt $12.7 million 60 Unlimited Active
Darkcoin.png Darkcoin DRK 19 January 2014 Combo11 $12.5 million 150 ? Active
Monero.png Monero XMR 18 April 2014 CryptoNight $6.27 million 60 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 Active
Maid.png MaidSafeCoin MAID 22 April 2014 ? $8.54 million ? ? Active

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