Comparison of cryptocurrencies

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This article aims to list relevant cryptocurrencies, and is the only article allowed to discuss altcoins specifically. These coins are ordered according to market cap.

Coin Ticker Launched Algorithm Market cap Blockrate
(seconds)
Initial subsidy
Difficulty period
(blocks)
Halving period
(blocks)
Halving rate Coin supply Status
Bitcoin BTC 3 January 2009 SHA-256d $6.34 billion 600 50 2016 210,000 0.5 20,999,999.9769 Healthy
Litecoin LTC 7 October 2011 Scrypt $154 million 150 50 2016 840,000 0.5 83,999,999.9076 Healthy
BitSharesX BTSX 29 September 2013 BTSX $66.5 million N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,999,992,536 Healthy
Nxt NXT 29 September 2013 NXT $29.0 million 60 N/A ? N/A N/A 999,997,096 Healthy
Peercoin PPC 19 August 2012 SHA-256d $15.5 million 600 0-2,500 1 1 Varies Unlimited Healthy
Dogecoin DOGE 6 December 2013 Scrypt $12.7 million 60 0-1,000,000 ? 1 0.5 Unlimited Healthy
Darkcoin DRK ? ? $12.5 million ? ? ? ? ? ? Healthy
Namecoin NMC 18 April 2011 SHA-256d $9.83 million 600 50 2016 210,000 0.5 20,999,999.9769 Healthy
MaidSafeCoin MAID ? ? $8.54 million ? ? ? ? ? ? Healthy
Monero XMR ? ? $6.27 million ? ? ? ? ? ? Healthy

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