Name↕ | Year of introduction↕ | Currency↕ | Symbol↕ | Founder(s)↕ | Hash algorithm↕ | Programming language of implementation↕ | Consensus mechanism↕ | Notes↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bitcoin | 2009 | Bitcoin | BTC, XBT, ₿ | Satoshi Nakamoto | SHA-256d | C++ | PoW | The first and most widely used decentralized ledger currency, with the highest market capitalization as of 2018. |
Litecoin | 2011 | Litecoin | LTC, Ł | Charlie Lee | Scrypt | C++ | PoW | One of the first cryptocurrencies to use scrypt as a hashing algorithm. |
Namecoin | 2011 | Namecoin | NMC | Vincent Durham | SHA-256d | C++ | PoW | Also acts as an alternative, decentralized DNS. |
Peercoin | 2012 | Peercoin | PPC | Sunny King(pseudonym) | SHA-256d | C++ | PoW & PoS | The first cryptocurrency to use both PoW and PoS functions. |
Dogecoin | 2013 | Dogecoin | DOGE, XDG, Ð | Jackson Palmer& Billy Markus | Scrypt | C++ | PoW | Based on the Doge internet meme. |
Gridcoin | 2013 | Gridcoin | GRC | Rob Hälford | Scrypt | C++ | Decentralized PoS | Linked to citizen science through the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing |
Primecoin | 2013 | Primecoin | XPM | Sunny King(pseudonym) | 1CC/2CC/TWN | TypeScript, C++ | PoW | Uses the finding of prime chains composed of Cunningham chains and bi-twin chains for proof-of-work. |
Ripple | 2013 | Ripple | XRP | Chris Larsen &Jed McCaleb | ECDSA | C++ | "Consensus" | Designed for peer-to-peer debt transfer. Not based on bitcoin. |
Nxt | 2013 | Nxt | NXT | BCNext(pseudonym) | SHA-256d | Java | PoS | Specifically designed as a flexible platform to build applications and financial services around its protocol. |
Auroracoin | 2014 | Auroracoin | AUR | Baldur Odinsson(pseudonym) | Scrypt | C++ | PoW | Created as an alternative currency for Iceland, intended to replace the Icelandic króna. |
Dash | 2014 | Dash | DASH | Evan Duffield | X11 | C++ | PoW & Proof of Service | A bitcoin-based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. |
NEO | 2014 | NEO | NEO | Da Hongfei & Erik Zhang | SHA-256 & RIPEMD160 | C# | dBFT | China based cryptocurrency, formerly ANT Shares and ANT Coins. The names were changed in 2017 to NEO and GAS. |
MazaCoin | 2014 | MazaCoin | MZC | BTC Oyate Initiative | SHA-256d | C++ | PoW | The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin. |
Monero | 2014 | Monero | XMR | Monero Core Team | RandomX | C++ | PoW | Privacy-centric coin based on the CryptoNote protocol with improvements for scalability and decentralization. |
Titcoin | 2014 | Titcoin | TIT | Edward Mansfield & Richard Allen | SHA-256d | TypeScript, C++ | PoW | The first cryptocurrency to be nominated for a major adult industry award. |
Verge | 2014 | Verge | XVG | Sunerok | Scrypt, x17, groestl, blake2s, and lyra2rev2 | C, C++ | PoW | Features anonymous transactions using Tor. |
Stellar | 2014 | Stellar | XLM | Jed McCaleb | Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP) | C, C++ | Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP) | Open-source, decentralized global financial network. |
Vertcoin | 2014 | Vertcoin | VTC | David Muller | Verthash | C++ | PoW | Aims to be ASIC resistant. |
Ethereum | 2015 | Ethereum | ETH, Ξ | Vitalik Buterin | Ethash | C++, Go | PoW, PoS | Supports Turing-complete smart contracts. |
Ethereum Classic | 2015 | Ethereum Classic | ETC | EtcHash/Thanos | PoW | An alternative version of Ethereum whose blockchain does not include the DAO hard fork. Supports Turing-complete smart contracts. | ||
Nano | 2015 | Nano | XNO, Ӿ | Colin LeMahieu | Blake2 | C++ | Open Representative Voting | Decentralized, feeless, open-source, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency. First to use a Block Lattice structure. |
Tether | 2015 | Tether | USDT | Jan Ludovicus van der Velde | Omnicore | PoW | Tether claims to be backed by USD at a 1 to 1 ratio. The company has been unable to produce promised audits. | |
Firo | 2016 | Firo | FIRO | Poramin Insom | Merkle tree Proof | C++ | PoW | The first financial system employing Zero-knowledge proof to protect users' privacy. It conducted the world's first large-scale blockchain election for Thailand Democrat Party in 2018. |
Zcash | 2016 | Zcash | ZEC | Zooko Wilcox | Equihash | C++ | PoW | The first open, permissionless financial system employing zero-knowledge security. |
Bitcoin Cash | 2017 | Bitcoin Cash | BCH | SHA-256d | PoW | Hard fork from bitcoin, increased maximum block size from 1MB to 8MB (as of 2018, 32MB) | ||
EOS.IO | 2017 | EOS.IO | EOS | Dan Larimer | WebAssembly, Rust, C, C++ | delegated PoS | Feeless Smart contract platform for decentralized applications and decentralized autonomous corporations with a block time of 500 ms. | |
Cardano | 2017 | Cardano | ADA, ₳ | Charles Hoskinson | Ouroboros, PoS Algorithm | Haskell | PoS | Proof-of-stake blockchain platform: developed via evidence-based methods and peer-reviewed research. |
Tron | 2017 | Tron | TRX | Justin Sun | Java, Solidity | |||
AmbaCoin | 2018 | AmbaCoin | official cryptocurrency of the Cameroonian separatist entity of Ambazonia | |||||
Nervos Network | 2018 | Nervos Network | CKB | Kevin Wang, Daniel Lv, Terry Tai | Eaglesong | Rust, JavaScript, C | PoW | Multi-layered blockchain smart contract platform |
Algorand | 2019 | Algorand | ALGO | Silvio Micali | Go | PoS | Uses a verifiable random function to randomly select groups of users to certify blocks. | |
Avalanche | 2020 | Avalanche | AVAX | Emin Gün Sirer, Kevin Sekniqi, Maofan "Ted" Yin | PoS | |||
Shiba Inu | 2020 | Shiba Inu | SHIB | Ryoshi | PoS | |||
Polkadot | 2020 | Polkadot | DOT | Gavin Wood | Rust | PoS | ||
Solana | 2020 | Solana | SOL | Anatoly Yakovenko | Rust | PoS | ||
DeSo | 2021 | DeSo | DESO | Nader al-Naji (aka diamondhands) | Go | PoW | Also a social media platform, resembling Twitter. Known as BitClout until September 2021. | |
SafeMoon | 2021 | SafeMoon | SAFEMOON | SafeMoon LLC | Solidity | PoW | ||
Arkham Intel Exchange | 2023 | Arkham Intel Exchange | ARKM | Miguel Morel | Solidity | PoS |
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