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 Protocol Distribution Market cap Unit cap Status Notes
Bitcoin BTC 3 January 2009 SHA-256d Mined (fixed, halving) $6.34 billion 20,999,999.9769 Active First blockchain
Tonal Bitcoin TBC 2 January 2011 SHA-256d 7,750,54.00 Active First on-chain alternative
Ripple XRP 2011 Ripple Purchased $139 million 28,989,252,282 Active
Namecoin NMC 18 April 2011 SHA-256d Mined (fixed, halving) $9.83 million 20,999,999.9769 Malfunctioning First alternative chain, bitDNS
Tenebrix TBX 25 September 2011 Scrypt Mined (fixed, halving) None 10,499,999.9769 Dead First Scrypt coin
Litecoin LTC 7 October 2011 Scrypt Mined (fixed, halving) $154 million 83,999,949.9076 Active
Peercoin PPC 19 August 2012 SHA-256d Mined (difficulty factor) $15.5 million Unlimited Active
BitSharesX BTSX 29 September 2013 BitSharesX ? $66.5 million 1,999,992,536 Active
Nxt NXT 29 September 2013 Nxt Forged $29.0 million 999,997,096 Active
Dogecoin DOGE 6 December 2013 Scrypt Mined (random) $12.7 million Unlimited Active Was joke, became huge
Darkcoin DRK 19 January 2014 Combo11 Mined (fixed, curve) $12.5 million 18.4 million (estimate) Active
Monero XMR 18 April 2014 CryptoNight Mined (random, smooth) $6.27 million 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 Active
MaidSafeCoin MAID 22 April 2014 Mastercoin Purchased $8.54 million 452,552,412 Active

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