Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies is a structured technology dataset with 38 entries. Its fields include Name, Year of introduction, Currency. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 38 rows
- Fields
- 8 columns
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Data updated
- Feb 22, 2026
Included fields: Name, Year of introduction, Currency, Symbol, Founder(s), and 4 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year of introduction span
- 2009 to 2023
- Across 38 preview rows
- Consensus mechanism groups
- 11 distinct values
- Across 36 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Year of introduction, and Currency across technology entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 38 downloadable records
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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Frequently asked questions
How is Cryptocurrencies organized?
The table starts in the source data's order. Community voting is enabled as a separate approval signal beside eligible rows; votes do not replace the source values.
How much data is available on this page?
This dataset contains 38 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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Yes. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 38 rows. Before republishing the data, review the source and any usage terms listed on this page; dtbse does not replace the original source's licensing terms.
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