List of cryptocurrencies

The list of cryptocurrencies gives an overview of the 100 cryptocurrencies with the largest market capitalization and their characteristics.

list

As of August 4, 2020, the website coinmarketcap.com lists around 6000 cryptocurrencies with a total market capitalization of around 345 billion US dollars.

rank	currency	symbol	begin	Market capitalization	proportion of	Emission (p. A.)	size	Mining	properties
1	Bitcoin	BTC / XBT	2009	$ 208,081 million	60.4%	1.7%	340 GB	SHA-256	Max. Block size: 1 MB, uses "off-chain" scaling via the Lightning network , block time: 10 min.
2	Ether	ETH	2015	$ 44,005 million	12.8%	4.4%	389 GB	Ethash	Advanced features like smart contracts ; Smart Contract Language: Solidity ( JavaScript- like)
3	XRP (Ripple)	XRP	2012	$ 13,916 million	4.0%	34%	-	No	Payment system without blockchain
4th	Tether	USDT	2015	$ 10,014 million	2.9%	211%		No	If it is traded 1: 1 against the US dollar, it is a stablecoin .
5	Bitcoin Cash	BCH	2009/2017	$ 5,432 million	1.6%	1.8%	177 GB	SHA-256	Bitcoin fork , max. Block size: 8 MB, relies on "on-chain" scaling, block time: 10 min.
6th	Bitcoin SV	BSV	2009/2018	$ 4,223 million	1.2%	1.8%	272 GB	SHA-256	Bitcoin Cash fork
7th	Litecoin	LTC	2011	$ 3,788 million	1.1%	3.9%	32 GB	Scrypt	Alternative and faster further development of Bitcoin, Blocktime: 2.5 min.
8th	Cardano	ADA	2017	$ 3,565 million	1.0%	<0.1%		No	Third generation scalable platform for contracts and values. Without mining, there is consensus through proof-of-stake. Smart contract language: Plutus ( Haskell-like ), currently (April 2018) in the alpha stage.
9	Chainlink	LINK		$ 3,359 million	1.0%	<0.1%		No
10	Binance Coin	BNB	2017	$ 3,201 million	0.9%	<0.1%		No
11	Crypto.com Coin	CRO		$ 2,967 million	0.9%	43%		No
12	EOS	EOS	2017	$ 2,849 million	0.8%	1.1%		No	Third generation scalable platform for high-speed dApps (decentralized apps) and smart contracts . No transaction fees and no mining, as consensus through delegated proof of stake. Smart contract language: WebAssembly ( Rust , C and C ++ ), Blocktime: 500 ms.
13	Tezos	XTZ		$ 2,413 million	0.7%	5.6%		No
14th	Stellar	XLM	2016	$ 2,209 million	0.6%	1.8%		No
15th	Monero	XMR	2014	$ 1,559 million	0.5%	2.3%	64 GB	RandomX	Focus on privacy and fungibility through ring signatures, adjustable mixing of cash flows on the blockchain, blocktime: 2 min.
16	Tronix	TRX	2017	$ 1,472 million	0.4%	181%		No
17th	UNUS SED LEO	LEO		$ 1,273 million	0.4%	<0.1%		No
18th	USD Coin	USDC		$ 1,076 million	0.3%	137%		No
19th	Huobi token	HT		$ 1,044 million	0.3%	<0.1%		No
20th	VeChain	VEN	2017	$ 960 million	0.3%	<0.1%		No
21st	Neo	NEO		$ 889 million	0.3%	<0.1%		No	Proof of Stake compatible (5%)
22nd	IOTA	MIOTA	2016	$ 854 million	0.2%	<0.1%	-	No	Internet of Things payments system without blockchain
23	Dash	DASH	2014	$ 846 million	0.2%	6.0%	25 GB	X11	The network consists of so-called masternodes. For the operation of a masternode 1000 Dash are necessary and one receives part of the network fee for the operation. Dash also puts a focus on privacy, in that transactions are not entirely public.
24	Ether Classic	ETC	2015/2016	$ 838 million	0.2%	<0.1%	0.0 GB	Ethash	Ethereum - Fork due to the DAO hack.
25th	Zcash	ZEC	2016	$ 806 million	0.2%	27%	27 GB	Equihash	Focus on privacy through non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs).
26th	Cosmos	ATOM		$ 755 million	0.2%	<0.1%		No
27	HedgeTrade	HEDG		$ 631 million	0.2%	<0.1%		No
28	Maker	MKR		$ 606 million	0.2%	<0.1%		No
29	NEM	XEM	2015	$ 504 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
30th	Ontology	ONT	2018	$ 491 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
31	Dogecoin	DOGE	2013	$ 437 million	0.1%	3.9%	45 GB	Scrypt
32	Aave	LEND		$ 416 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
33	Synthetix Network Token	SNX		$ 396 million	0.1%	70%		No
34	Dai	DAI		$ 383 million	0.1%	800%		No
35	Basic attention token	BAT		$ 381 million	0.1%	11%		No
36	OKB	OKB		$ 362 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
37	DigiByte	DGB		$ 353 million	0.1%	9.1%		Groestl, Skein, Scrypt, SHA-256 , Qubit
38	Compound	COMP		$ 335 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
39	FTX token	FTT		$ 331 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
40	Ampleforth	AMPL		$ 287 million	0.1%	2,187%		No
41	Elrond	EARTH		$ 284 million	0.1%	29%		No
42	0x	ZRX	2017	$ 278 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
43	Kyber Network	KNC		$ 276 million	0.1%	168%		No
44	THETA	THETA		$ 276 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
45	Qtum	QTUM	2016	$ 272 million	0.1%	1.0%		No	Proof of Stake compatible (1%)
46	Bit torrent	BTT		$ 258 million	0.1%	1,769%		No
47	Algorand	ALGO		$ 251 million	0.1%	<0.1%
48	Paxos standard	PAX		$ 245 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
49	Hyperion	HYN		$ 243 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
50	augur	REP	2015	$ 233 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
51	OMG Network	OMG		$ 223 million	0.1%	<0.1%		No
52	Hedera hash graph	HBAR		$ 219 million	0.1%	99%		No
53	ICON	ICX	2017	$ 215 million	0.1%	50%		No
54	TrueUSD	TUSD		$ 204 million	0.1%	1,024%		No
55	Ren	REN		$ 195 million	0.1%	5.2%		No
56	Decred	DCR	2015	$ 193 million	0.1%	13%		Blake256	Proof of Stake compatible (30%)
57	Zilliqa	ZIL	2018	$ 185 million	0.1%	8.9%
58	Bitcoin gold	BTG	2009/2017	$ 181 million	0.1%	<0.1%	167 GB	Equihash	Bitcoin fork , modified mining algorithm; from 16 to 18 May 2018 under the control of criminal attackers through a 51 percent attack
59	Waves	WAVES	2016	$ 168 million	0.0%	3.1%		No
60	Binance USD	BUSD		$ 160 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
61	Bitcoin Diamond	BCD	2009/2017	$ 159 million	0.0%	<0.1%
62	Lisk	LSK	2016	$ 158 million	0.0%	5.0%		No	dApp platform for JavaScript
63	Enjin Coin	ENJ		$ 153 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
64	Loop ring	LRC		$ 150 million	0.0%	2.4%		No
65	Flexacoin	FXC		$ 147 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
66	The Midas Touch Gold	TMTG		$ 146 million	0.0%	213%		No
67	Ravencoin	RVN		$ 142 million	0.0%	39%
68	Nano	XRB	2017	$ 139 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
69	Bancor	BNT		$ 137 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
70	Swipe	SXP		$ 134 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
71	Siacoin	SC	2015	$ 130 million	0.0%	<0.1%
72	Holo	HOT		$ 129 million	0.0%	3.5%		No
73	HUSD	HUSD		$ 128 million	0.0%	177%		No
74	MonaCoin	MONA		$ 127 million	0.0%	<0.1%
75	DxChain token	DX		$ 126 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
76	Terra	LUNA		$ 126 million	0.0%	2.1%		No
77	Nexo	NEXO		$ 123 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No	Proof of Stake compatible (4.8%)
78	Bytom	BTM	2017	$ 117 million	0.0%	413%
79	E.g. tokens	E.g.		$ 116 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
80	Nervos Network	CKB		$ 114 million	0.0%	22%		No
81	Divi	DIVI		$ 112 million	0.0%	36%
82	Block stack	STX		$ 101 million	0.0%	32%		No
83	Verge	XVG	2016	$ 100 million	0.0%	1.1%		Yes
84	Celsius	CEL		$ 100 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
85	Band Protocol	TAPE		$ 99 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
86	iExec RLC	RLC		$ 93 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
87	status	SNT		$ 91 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
88	Horizons	ZEN		$ 88 million	0.0%	27%
89	Kava.io	KAVA		$ 88 million	0.0%			No
90	Quant	QNT		$ 88 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
91	Ocean Protocol	OCEAN		$ 87 million	0.0%	37%		No
92	Aurora	AOA		$ 86 million	0.0%			No
93	IOST	IOST		$ 84 million	0.0%	10%		No
94	Reserve Rights	RSR		$ 84 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
95	MCO	MCO		$ 82 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
96	Aragon	ANT		$ 80 million	0.0%	40%		No
97	Energy Web Token	EWT		$ 80 million	0.0%			No
98	Unibright	PRACTICES		$ 80 million	0.0%	<0.1%		No
99	SwissBorg	CHSB		$ 79 million	0.0%	3.9%		No
100	Komodo	KMD	2016	$ 78 million	0.0%	3.4%		Equihash

Others: Steem , Nxt , Petro and Petro Gold

Legend

no mining

Market capitalization

Value of all existing units, converted using the current exchange rate

proportion of

Share of market capitalization in the market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies

emission

Currently newly generated units in relation to the existing units in percent per year

size

Current file size of the blockchain

Web links

• Website coinmarketcap.com
• Website livecoinwatch.com
• Website bitinfocharts.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bitcoin - Open Source P2P Money. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ https://www.bitstamp.net. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . 
3. ↑ XBT-Cboe Bitcoin Futures. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . 
4. ↑ proposed ISO 4217 standard currency code for Bitcoin (XBT). In: kraken.com. Retrieved December 13, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Bitcoin gaining market-based legitimacy as XBT - CoinDesk . In: CoinDesk . September 17, 2013 ( coindesk.com [accessed December 13, 2017]).
6. ^ Lightning Network. Retrieved February 7, 2018 . 
7. ^ The Strange Story of Tether, the Digital Money That Claims it Isn't Money. In: cointelegraph.com. August 17, 2017, accessed January 13, 2018 . 
8. ↑ MakerDAO and More: The Quest for a Stable Stablecoin Continues - CoinDesk . January 24, 2018.
9. ↑ Bitcoin Cash - Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Bitcoin Cash - Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved February 26, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Litecoin - Open source, digital P2P currency. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
12. ↑ Introduction .
13. ↑ Code: Documentation / TechnicalWhitePaper.md at master EOSIO / Documentation GitHub. In: github.com. November 24, 2017, accessed January 13, 2018 . 
14. ↑ dantheman: Web Assembly on EOS - 50,000 Transfers Per Second. In: steemit.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Monero: FAQ .
16. ↑ DASH's official website | DASH cryptocurrency - Dash. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
17. ↑ - Dash. Accessed June 18, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Zcash - All coins are created equal. | Zcash. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
19. ^ Dogecoin. Retrieved November 30, 2017 . 
20. ↑ Mirko Dölle: Chain Reaction - As 51 percent attacks Bitcoin & Co. threaten . In: c't - magazine for computer technology . No. 14/2018 . Heise Medien GmbH, ISSN  0724-8679 , p. 26th f .