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