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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Bitcoin]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Bitcoin]]
| BTC
| BTC
| 3 January 2009
| 3 Jan 2009
| SHA256d
| SHA256d
| rowspan=2 | Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| rowspan=2 | Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Bitcoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Tonal Bitcoin]]
| TBC
| TBC
| 2 January 2011
| 2 Jan 2011
| SHA256d
| SHA256d
| 7,750,54.00
| 7,750,54.00
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Namecoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Namecoin]]
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Namecoin.png|16px|link=]] [[Namecoin]]
| NMC
| NMC
| 18 April 2011
| 18 Apr 2011
| SHA256d
| SHA256d
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
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| style="text-align: left;" | Tenebrix
| style="text-align: left;" | Tenebrix
| TBX
| TBX
| 25 September 2011
| 25 Sep 2011
| [[scrypt]]
| [[scrypt]]
| Centralised + Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| Centralised + Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Litecoin.png|16px|link=]] Litecoin
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Litecoin.png|16px|link=]] Litecoin
| LTC
| LTC
| 7 October 2011
| 7 Oct 2011
| [[scrypt]]
| [[scrypt]]
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
| Proof-of-work (fixed, halving)
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Peercoin.png|16px|link=]] Peercoin
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Peercoin.png|16px|link=]] Peercoin
| PPC
| PPC
| 19 August 2012
| 19 Aug 2012
| SHA256d
| SHA256d
| Proof-of-work + proof-of-stake (difficulty factor)
| Proof-of-work + proof-of-stake (difficulty factor)
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Btsx.png|16px|link=]] BitSharesX
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Btsx.png|16px|link=]] BitSharesX
| BTSX
| BTSX
| 29 September 2013
| 29 Sep 2013
| BitSharesX
| BitSharesX
|?
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Nxt.png|16px|link=]] Nxt
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Nxt.png|16px|link=]] Nxt
| NXT
| NXT
| 29 September 2013
| 29 Sep 2013
| Nxt
| Nxt
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| Centralised
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Dogecoin.png|16px|link=]] Dogecoin
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Dogecoin.png|16px|link=]] Dogecoin
| DOGE
| DOGE
| 6 December 2013
| 6 Dec 2013
| [[scrypt]]
| [[scrypt]]
| Proof-of-work (random)
| Proof-of-work (random)
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Darkcoin.png|16px|link=]] Darkcoin
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Darkcoin.png|16px|link=]] Darkcoin
| DRK
| DRK
| 19 January 2014
| 19 Jan 2014
| [[Combo11]]
| [[Combo11]]
| Proof-of-work (fixed, curve)
| Proof-of-work (fixed, curve)
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Monero.png|16px|link=]] Monero
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Monero.png|16px|link=]] Monero
| XMR
| XMR
| 18 April 2014
| 18 Apr 2014
| [[CryptoNight]]
| [[CryptoNight]]
| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
| Proof-of-work (random, smooth)
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| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Maid.png|16px|link=]] MaidSafeCoin
| style="text-align: left;" | [[File:Maid.png|16px|link=]] MaidSafeCoin
| MAID
| MAID
| 22 April 2014
| 22 Apr 2014
| Mastercoin
| Mastercoin
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=== Bitcoin (BTC) ===
* http://bitcoin.org/
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* coin supply* '''21 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment* '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''50 '''coins per block
* Launch Date: January 3rd, 2009
=== [[Tonal Bitcoin]] (TBC) ===
* (merged mined with BTC)
* (blockchain shared with BTC)
* (automatically converted to/from BTC)
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''7.8 tam''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''1,2905.2''' coins per block
* Launch Date: January 2rd, 2011
=== Litecoin (LTC) ===
* http://litecoin.org/
* blocks every '''2.5 min'''
* coin supply* '''84 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''scrypt '''
* Initial Reward '''50''' coins per block
* Launch Date: October 2011
=== Peercoin (PPC) ===
* http://ppcoin.org/
* https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=101820.0
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* Coin supply* '''non-deterministic ''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''each block'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA-256'''
* Reward '''varies on difficulty''' coins per block
* Mining: Incorporates [[Proof of Stake]] coin Generation, contains central checksums to kickstart the protocol
* Launch Date: approx August 19th, 2012  (date of its [http://ppcoin.org/static/ppcoin-paper.pdf whitepaper])
** The public design phase of this coin was very brief.
=== Nxt (NXT) ===
* http://nextcoin.org
* Pronounced as "Next"
* Blocks every '''1 min'''
* Designed as 100% PoS ([[Proof of Stake|Proof-of-Stake]]) system
* Coin supply* '''1 billion''' coins exist from the start distributed by 74 founding stake holders
* Launch Date: September, 29, 2013
=== Dogecoin (Doge) ===
* http://www.Dogecoin.com/
* blocks every '''1 min'''
* coin supply* '''99 Billion''' coins will be available and 5 Billion added every year.
* hashing algorithm '''scrypt '''
* Initial Reward '''1,000,000 - 0 (Random)''' coins per block
* Launch Date: December 2013
=== Namecoin (NMC) ===
* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Namecoin
* (merged mined with BTC)
* https://github.com/vinced/namecoin
* http://namecoin.info/
* blocks every '''10 min'''
* coin supply* '''21 million''' coins will be available
* difficulty adjustment '''2016 blocks'''
* hashing algorithm '''SHA256d'''
* Initial Reward '''50 '''coins per block
* Launch Date: April 18, 2011
==Top 100==
==Top 100==


Revision as of 22:11, 4 September 2014

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 Protocol Distribution Market cap Unit cap Status Notes
Bitcoin BTC 3 Jan 2009 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $6.34 billion 20,999,999.9769 Active First blockchain
Tonal Bitcoin TBC 2 Jan 2011 SHA256d 7,750,54.00 Active First on-chain alternative
Ripple XRP 2011 Ripple Centralised $139 million 28,989,252,282 Active
Namecoin NMC 18 Apr 2011 SHA256d Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $9.83 million 20,999,999.9769 Malfunctioning First alternative chain, bitDNS
Tenebrix TBX 25 Sep 2011 scrypt Centralised + Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) None 10,499,999.9769 Dead First scrypt coin
Litecoin LTC 7 Oct 2011 scrypt Proof-of-work (fixed, halving) $154 million 83,999,949.9076 Active
Peercoin PPC 19 Aug 2012 SHA256d Proof-of-work + proof-of-stake (difficulty factor) $15.5 million Unlimited Active
BitSharesX BTSX 29 Sep 2013 BitSharesX ? $66.5 million 1,999,992,536 Active
Nxt NXT 29 Sep 2013 Nxt Centralised $29.0 million 999,997,096 Active
Dogecoin DOGE 6 Dec 2013 scrypt Proof-of-work (random) $12.7 million Unlimited Active Was joke, became huge
Darkcoin DRK 19 Jan 2014 Combo11 Proof-of-work (fixed, curve) $12.5 million 18.4 million (estimate) Active
Monero XMR 18 Apr 2014 CryptoNight Proof-of-work (random, smooth) $6.27 million 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 Active
MaidSafeCoin MAID 22 Apr 2014 Mastercoin Centralised $8.54 million 452,552,412 Active

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References

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