THE ORIGINAL CRYPTOCOIN LIST [version 5th January, 2014]
TRUE CRYPTOCURRENCIES (Widely accepted, huge market cap) -BTC Bitcoin- First Succesful Crypto, The absolute number one.
-LTC Litecoin- second only to BTC , fast. Mined on GPU(Scrypt).
BIG and IMPORTANT CRYPTO'S(big market and important innovation) -PPC PEERCoin- Original Proof Of Stake hybrid coin [innovative, low energy]
-MSC mastercoin- Adds new functions to Bitcoin, operates on a bitcoin blockchain.
-NXT Nxt- Not a clone, 100% new code, 100% PoS .
-NMC Namecoin- Mined While mining BTC, used for alternative p2p domain system
MAJOR ALTERNATIVES(established, significant market) -QRK Quark- Mixed hashing, Mined on CPU's. Extremally instamined.
-PTS ProtoShares- Mined on CPU's, generates 10% premine on new relases.
-MEC Megacoin- Well developed clone with good diff algo. 0 starting diff. GPU mined.
-XPM PrimeCoin- mining PrimeCoin helps looking for prime numbers, instead of wasting energy. CPU-mined.
-NVC NovaCoin- scrypt hashing[like LTC], proof of stake [like PPC]
-WDC Worldcoin- LTC clone. 30s blocks. 0 starting diff.
-FTC FeatherCoin- LTC clone with 4x more coins. starting diff 0
-DVC Devcoin- merged mined with BTC, 90% of generation goes to foundation, 10% to miners
-ZET Zetacoin- BTC clone, ASIC-mined.
-IFC infinitecoin- LTC clone with huge reward of 524288 and extreme fast reward drop.
NOTICEABLE ALTERNATIVES(supported by community)-TRC Terracoin- Early BTC clone, multiple diff algo problems. seems ok now.
-DOGE Dogecoin- A joke turned into quite big market.
-ANC Anoncoin- a coin with I2P support
-DGC DigitalCoin- LTC clone. 20 sec blocks. 0 starting diff + progresive reward.
-FRC Freicoin- 4.89% anual demurrage. for the first 3 years 80% block subsidy goes to foundation, 20% to miners.
-IXC IxCoin- merged mined with BTC, BTC clone.
OTHER ALTERNATIVES(promising)-CL Copperlark- hashing SHA-3. CPU only. Massively premined
-CGB CryptogenicBullion- 0.94% Premined NVC Clone
-MNC Mincoin- LTC clone, started with no binaries and 25000% reward blocks. 0 starting diff
-BQC BBQCoin- forgotten , now revived and active. faster version of LTC.
-GLD Goldcoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff, 2000% superblocks at start [3.2% instamine]
-I0C I0coin- ixcoin without the premine. died 3 times.
After very long time revived again.-NET NetCoin- fast reward reduction clone.
-BTB BitBar- scarce, PoW + PoS. GPU mined.
-YAC YACoin- Your Alternative Currency. NovaCoin fork, with modified scrypt hashing
-BTE Bytecoin- the 1:1 bitcoin copy.
Relaunched. THE PURGATORY(many new clones)-FLO Florin coin- first coin with trasaction comments
-USC UnitedScryptCoin- first Merge-mined scrypt coin.
-BLC Blakecoin- Blake256 hashing - FPGA,CPU and GPU mining.
-TAG TagCoin- just a clone.
-Un Unobtanium- Scarce sha256 Clone.
-TIX Tickets- Instamined, Random reward.
-PXC PhenixCoin- LTC clone. 1'000'000 coins premine
-PyBC Coin- An example coin to show new "Python Blockchain" Library capabilities.
-FRK Franko- LTC clone. fast blocks. 0 starting diff. scarce.
-CAP Bottlecaps- NVC clone, with a 0.25 diff start and quick 9 years inflation
-NBL nibble- LTC clone. progresive starting reward.
-GME Gamecoin- unfinished FTC clone , killed on
launch. failed to revive once, and now finaly revived.
-CNC CHNCoin- LTC clone, announced on chinese forum first.0 starting diff
-HBN HoboNickels- Fast NVC clone. Extreme, over 100% ROI. 0 starting diff.
-JKC JKC- LTC clone. 0 starting diff with superblocks, random superblocks.
-FST Fastcoin- LTC clone. 12 sec blocks. 0 starting diff.
-KGC krugercoin- LTC clone. 15 sec blocks. 0 starting diff.
-BTG bitgem- NVC scarce clone. 0 starting diff
-ZCC ZcCoin- Yacoin clone.
-FEC FreeCoin- Yacoin clone.
-MemoryCoin- SHA512 + modified scrypt coin with grands.
-PHS Philosopherstone- NVC Clone with random blocks and in-blockchain messages.
-AMC Americancoin- premined LTC clone with 6.5k-14k blocks giving zero reward
-SPC supercoin- JunkCoin clone. 0 starting diff
-doubloons- LTC clone. 0 starting diff
-LKY LuckyCoin- superblocks at start, random superblocks [JunkCoin clone].
-SPT Spots- smallchange clone, 0 starting diff.
-MEM MEMEcoin- premined LTC clone. 10 sec blocks. 0 starting diff superblocks.
-EZC EzCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff and superblocks
-CMC CosmosCoin- NVC fork with no fees and transaction comments
-DMD Diamond- Scarce NVC clone with random reward.
-ARG Argentum- premined LTC clone
-StableCoin- 0 starting diff, died and revived.
-SIC Sifcoin- Uses new hashing, series of SHA-3 candidates, CPU only.
-Ybc Ybcoin- YAC Clone.
-GLX Galaxycoin- Fast NVC clone with constant reward for 8 years.
-NUG Nuggets - premined LTC clone with random superblocks and constant base reward.
-LBW Lebowskis- NVC clone.
-CSC CasinoCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff, superblocks at start.
-EGC EagleCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff.
-ZTC ZenithCoin-Freicoin based -demurrage +Scrypt. 50% tax for developer.
-ONC Onecoin- a coin that has total supply of 1, Scrypt-jane
-ELP ElephantCoin- LTC Clone with random blocks and in-blockchain messages.0.4% premined.
-GLC GlobalCoin- LTC clone
-CDC Cloudcoin- 1000000 premined NVC clone with random blocks.
-GDC Grand coin- JKC clone
-PYC Paycoin - CosmosCoin clone.
-ADT AndroidsTokens- just a clone.
-CPR Copper Bars- just a clone.
-SAU Sauron Rings- just a clone.
-PLT PlayToken- just a clone.
-BOC BountyCoin- just a clone.
-SRC SecureCoin just a clone.
-TEK TEKcoin- just a clone.
-EXC Extremecoin- just a clone.
-NBCOIN- just a clone.
-DPS DollarPounds- just a clone.
-CRC Craftcoin- just a clone.
-KING KingCoin- just a clone.
-KED + UFC StarTrek insipred coins- just a clone.
-CP2 CPU2coin- just a clone. premined
-ASC AsicCoin- just a clone.
-MAP Maples- just a clone.
-COL Colossuscoin- just a clone.
-ITC ItalyCoin- just a clone.
-MSC Mason Coin- 100% premined. "MSC" ticker is taken by mastercoin.
-LK7 Lucky7Coin- Random reward and 5% RoI.
-BEC BeaoCoin- just a clone.
-PPL PeopleCoin- just a clone.
-XJO Joulecoin- just a clone.
-MMM Mavro- Clone under the name of the worst coin in the history.
-SAV avingCoin- just a clone.
-SHT SHITcoin- Clone combining all bad things on purpose.
-NYM NaanaYaM- just a PPC clone.
-FZ Frozen--SEC Secondscoin- mixed hashing clone.
-GRA Grain- random reward clone.
-OSC OpenSourcecoin- premined PoW+PoS clone with messages.
-EAC Earthcoin- random reward clone.
-CENT Pennies- Hidden launch Yacoin clone.
-NEC Neocoin- NVC-like, with messages. Multiple failed relaunches until finaly ok.
-JPC Jupitercoin- Scarce LTC Clone. 0 starting difficulty, 0.27% premined.
-CRM Crimecoin- A little (0.03%) premined LTC clone.
-VLC ValueCoin- 0,75% premined LTC clone
-GRW Growthcoin- Super quickly mined NVC clone, halving every 3 months + 100% RoI! Exponential inflation.
-SYC Skycoin- premined LTC clone
-SXC Sexcoin- JunkCoin clone,
overtaken.-RYC RoyalCoin- starting superblocks LTC clone
-DNC Dragoncoin- smallchange clone, 0 starting diff.
-Emerald- LTC clone. progresive starting reward. scarce.
-NAN NanoTokens- premined LTC clone
-MST MasterCoin- premined LTC clone
-USC UScoin- premined LTC clone
-FEC FerretCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff.
-Noirbits- LTC clone
-GIL- premined LTC clone with random reward.
-CDC Cloudcoin- 1000000 premined NVC clone with random blocks.
-RCH RichCoin- premined LTC clone
-XNC XenCoin- premined LTC clone
-REC RealCoin- premined LTC clone
-ALF Alphacoin- LTC clone with 1000000 premined and starting superblocks.
-RED Redcoin- 1000000 premine, random reward, transaction messages.
-One last Coin- premined LTC clone
-ORB Orbitcoin- The most(66%) premined coin since MMMcoin . 0 starting diff.
-Quantumcoin- dead and relaunched clone
DEAD / DYING :-TDC TradeCoin- 100% premine LTC clone experiment. Dying.
-NUC NuCoin- premined LTC clone. officially dead.
-6CN 6coin- LTC clone. Never really picked up.
-PWC Powercoin-] LTC clone. 30 sec blocks. killed by 51%
-SRC sunrisecoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff. Dying because of no prime node from the start.
-Icecoin- DoA, relaunched by someone else and dead again..
-HYC Hypercoin-LTC clone + premine. dying of extremely low hashrate
-ELACoin- progtresive inlfation. tripple-failed launch - DOA
-LQC Liquidcoin made to be very fast at constant difficulty, dead [pool closed, exchange closed]
-SC Solidcoin - dying (10-20% fee), designed to improove IxCoin, hard to be neutral on this one, 1.0 was a premine scam, 2.0 says BTC is pyramid scheme.
-GG Geist Geld experiment on BTC algorithm, how fast can it go? just for sience.
-TBX Tenebrix interesting idea of cpu-friendly mining with scrypt, but premined with 7.7milion coins
-FBX Fairbrix- Tenebrix without the premine, bad launch, alive but little support.
-CLC Coiledcoin- some nice ideas, but killed in 51% attack
-RUC Rucoin- copy of bitcoin, only difference is that it was developed in russian not english. Dead, than reborn much different, not confirmed if it is the same blockchain, both scrypt[like LTC] and sha256d , nice client
!warning! not opensource ! dying again
https://www.rucoin.org/ -TimeKoin - PHP webbased coin, alive but not used or traded.
http://timekoin.org/-Beertokens-abitious [impossible?] try to stabilize price against commodity.
-MMM MMMcoin - Dead coin by notorious scamer SPMavrodi, named "yes we can" "my mozem mnogoye" 30s between blocks, retarget every 1440 blocks. 10T premined and 0.01 reward, fees "shredder" feature, 51% protection. Abandoned by developers
NOT BTC ALTERNATIVE / NEVER FULLY LAUNCHED:
(do not have bitcoin characteristics or never active )
- VSC Visacoin- msc mastercoin clone ? Not launched yet but crowdfunding started.
-HUC HunterCoin- Coin that You can aquire by playing simple game. not launched.
-JPU J-Coin- YAC clone? no source - not a true crypto!
-EMU Emunie- Not launched yet, closed source beta only. May be a big thing - coin based on trust, not hashpower. Thing to watch carefully!!!
eCash historical try for digital curency by David Chaum, operational but died.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash DigiCash was the company that made eCash . Possibly where Bitcoin came from.
Ripples XRP- , no mining - all coins available at start 80% foundation, and 20% develeopers. centralized. not designed to be a currency, but an IOU exchange. Innovative and usefull, but decided to be "not an altcoin" by altcoin community.
Amazon Coin - centralized private scrip launched by Amazon and pegged to USD, not cryptographic at all, just a name.
WEEDS never realy active and now dead
Groupcoin - still alive but never realy active
Opencoin - opensource version of digicash, opencoin.org , not launched yet
RealPay 100% coins at start, centralized, never realy launched ,site is dead
Qubic coins are produced at the rate determined by quorum of miners, not set by developers. Never launched.
Swiftcoin company operated, centralized and pegged, not opensource
http://www.firstnationalbnak.com/faqSMC smallchange functioning blockchain, but made just for research. might be a coin if reset.
-barcoin-functioning blockchain, but made just for research.
-------------------------------------end of list------------------------------------------------------Altcoin Exchanges:
https://www.cryptsy.com/https://btc-e.com/https://bter.com/https://www.crypto-trade.com/https://mcxnow.com/https://vircurex.com/https://www.coins-e.com/https://btcltc.com/https://coinex.pw/http://www.btc38.com/Mining profitability sites:
http://www.coinchoose.com/http://www.coinwarz.com/http://dustcoin.com/mininghttp://www.wheretomine.com/http://800996.com/btc/Usefull comparison:
http://www.cryptocoincharts.info/http://coinmarketcap.com/http://cryptometer.org/http://www.cryptmarketcap.com/Corrections / additions are welcome.
If You find any information or categorization here hurtfull, unjust or wrong for any coin, please correct me.
thx for input : FuzzyBear , Sunny King, Balthazar ,DannyM , ripper234 and others
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