[UPDATE 2/20/2015] Map of coins - the history of ALL altcoins www.mapofcoins.com

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Hi there!

I offer you to try the cryptocoins time machine!

Last news from mapofcoins.com:

View the updated version!

Watch video about Map of Coins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SQM2VOQ2GE

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=449824.msg10488664#msg10488664
That is why I want to present you new altcoins project - visualized history of cryptocurrencies.

Everything has started in November. One crazy girl - Alice Chittenden, may be you know her - has send me a PM.
She thought I'm altcoin expert ( because of my twitter, I guess) and asked me to help her with her master thesis research on altcoins. And I agreed.

At first we decided to bring all existing information about cryptocurrencies together and rework it somehow. Yes, it was rather hard and took more then a month, but we successfully did it!
It was partly useless for diploma work, but looked so wonderful... that we use it in another way.

So, we are glad to present you....

http://mapofcoins.com/

It is visualized history of the cryptocurrency world from the first bitcoin whitepaper to present days.
Only there you can see the cryptocash ecosystem evolution!
Over 200 altcoins on the final pick! Names, logos, specifications and HISTORY!!!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfohaFJCQAE3oMU.png

Do you like it? Please, give us your opinion about our work!
Have some ideas of further Map of coins development? You are really welcome to express it!
Advises, thoughts, questions and so on - it's extremely important, because we want to make our site better for you!

Ada, Alice & Mapofcoins

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[testz]

I like it! 

[bitbar]

Spectacular... Good job   Congratulations!!

Would be possible to add chococoin CCC to the map? http://www.chococoin.org/

thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=353864.0

Thanks

[brianbbad]

Love this!
*bump*

[vgo]

Good job. Thanks.

[wesh]

good work 

[Ada_and_Alternative]

I'm altcoin expert ( because of my twitter, I guess)

What twitter?

https://twitter.com/Alternative_Ada, tweets about 3-4 random altcoins daily.

[batesresearch]

Excellent Work

[zackclark70]

sorry but a few things are wrong  it went starcoin > ADT > COL   

there were a few coins that were cloned from star coin

a lot of coins are cones of clones 

[Antana]

Where is NXT?

[Conqueror]

Wow, this looks very nice!

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Where is NXT?

NXT is not originated from BTC. So there will be special place such things as NXT, ripple and so on, but latter (by the end of week, I hope).

sorry but a few things are wrong  it went starcoin > ADT > COL  

there were a few coins that were cloned from star coin

a lot of coins are cones of clones  

Yes, I'm sorry for a little mistakes on site.  But we'll fix it with your help. Thanks for marks!  
What coins are cloned from starcoin?

[zackclark70]

Where is NXT?

NXT is not originated from BTC. So there will be special place such things as NXT, ripple and so on, but latter (by the end of week, I hope).

sorry but a few things are wrong  it went starcoin > ADT > COL  

there were a few coins that were cloned from star coin

a lot of coins are cones of clones  

Yes, I'm sorry for a little mistakes on site.  But we'll fix it with your help. Thanks for marks!  
What coins are cloned from starcoin?

there are a few but not 100% sure what ones ( I only know because I was talking to a coder a while back )

I know ADT is because I am one of the devs and I know COL was cloned from ADT               

there will be a new blockchain for ADT and that will be cloned from CGB so you might want to put ADT v2.0 as a clone of CGB 

Caps is cloned from CGB as well

as I see things that are missing or wrong I will let you know


 

[refer_2_me]

I would be nice to put a bit on some of the coins why they are interesting (first to use scrypt etc.)

[BitCoinPokerBro]

wow so many coins started from may 2013 onward.

[BitCoinPokerBro]

I would be nice to put a bit on some of the coins why they are interesting (first to use scrypt etc.)

Agreed. Some sort of informational popup/bubble would be great.

[El Dude]

make LTC bigger I can't see it.

[vingaard]

very very impresive 

[SlyWax]

Nice work.

But with a browser zoom level of 120% (my default in firefox) you can't see the top of the circle (we should be able to scroll up to see it) maybe some awkward svg positioning ?

You shouldn't use the "Halfing reward cycle, blocks:" for every coin, since this doesn’t apply to all.
For example MMC (MemoryCoin 2.0) have a 5% reduction in block reward every week.

[dedicatedpoolcom]

WOW!  That's awesome.. Good job from dedicatedpool.com

[shakezula]

Cool! GEO is not related to CENT though, GEO is scrypt and was forked from SMC and then had tx messaging (FLO) added to it.

[songwutk]

MTC ?

[daserpent1]

Wow this is very cool. But, what about the coins that were started but died later on? like valuecoin etc

[rumlazy]

Cool site!  One thing I noticed though is megacoin is under ltc.  Is it because it uses scrypt?  It actually doesn't use any litecoin code and Kimoto converted a newer beta version of bitcoin to scrypt himself before creating gravity well.

[Titan]

Very nice chart!

The Dogecoin DOGE was a clone of the Luckycoin LKY to set some history right.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Thanks for all notes and compliments!

We will try to consider  all the wishes and remarks ^_^

[Jeremiah2911]

Great idea.

[ianspain]

great work ;-)

[mrmork666]

addicting to read all the infos

[pr9me]

This is neat! Good job, but I do see some discrepancies on some family trees that some would argue with you on.

[toknormal]

Wow, that is one of the coolest and most informative cryptocurrency...."things"... I've ever seen !

Really fantastic. I never knew half of those coins existed.

Try clicking on the dateline month by month and watching them all appear. Amazing. How is this all going to develop ?

[Apostle4444]

Wow very well done... Grats..

[philolaus]

This is really useful, great job.

Looking forward to the XRP, NXT, MSC types on board.

Would also be good to be able to type in a coin and it gets highlighted so you dont have to go looking for it.

[achillez]

very good - also agree a search function would be invaluble

[eddilicious]

+1000

btw, pls tell me how many 3 letter combinations we have left. thx

[Ada_and_Alternative]

This is really useful, great job.

Looking forward to the XRP, NXT, MSC types on board.

Would also be good to be able to type in a coin and it gets highlighted so you dont have to go looking for it.

It's in nearest development plans! May be will be done after the weekends.

[GreenWins]

Very cool, but lots of wrong information about coins on there.

You should probably proof read over the top 10 major coins to fix any wrong info.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Good news! There is an UPDATE:

• a little bit more user-friendly design;
• some mistakes fixed;
• new possibility to download pictures for every month and year you like most ^_^
• specially created GitHub for you to be able to correct things that is not right and add new coins: https://github.com/Ada-Alternative/Mapofcoins

And gif:
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/61/0c/6b/610c6bc744efd91192eac8167b9610d8.jpg

[davidpbrown]

It's very good and useful detail on each coin when those are clicked.. though perhaps some users will miss that detail is avaliable.

I wonder you could also throw the same data into a d3:cluster dendrogram http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4063570 as an alternate way for the user to choose to display this detail.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

It's very good and useful detail on each coin when those are clicked.. though perhaps some users will miss that detail is avaliable.

I wonder you could also throw the same data into a d3:cluster dendrogram http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4063570 as an alternate way for the user to choose to display this detail.

We have thought about it. And it was something like this at first warning! may cause brain damage

I understand, that mapofcoins is not perfect and as informative as it could be. But we try to do our best. There is a plan to implement filters and search option to help it to become better.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Hooray! Mapofcoins was updated!

1. Yes, we've added a search option: you may easily  find out all coins you want to.
2. Number of cryptocurrencies on the top of the screen - now you don't need to count coins manually, if you want to know how many of them exist! 
3. All  coins launched in February were added to the site
4. "Donate!" button ^_^

www.mapofcoins.com

[freedomno1]

Dear world fear me!
Seriously that is a lot of altcoins

[gimmezeit]

Hey there. Nice visualization. Thanks

You might want to include zeitcoin https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=487814.0

[blueface]

WOW!  That's awesome.

[droptable]

hi there,
i really like your approach!


i can imagine to keeping all the alts up2date is pretty time intensive,
so here my 2 cents:

DRK  ( sadly also named like DARK: darkcoin)
hash: x11 POW
site: http://darkcoin.io/
ann: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.0

btw, i  m not sure if DARK is still going...

[YarkoL]

Now that's seriously awesome!

How long did it take you to dig up all that coin data? 

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Hi, everyone!

Mapofcoins was updated today!
Now there are even MORE coins! And not-bitcoin based coins were also included to the history of cryptocurrencies 

Enjoy!
https://i.imgur.com/7Saires.png

[freedomno1]

Hi, everyone!

Mapofcoins was updated today!
Now there are even MORE coins! And not-bitcoin based coins were also included to the history of cryptocurrencies  

Enjoy!

Nice to know haven't checked this in a few days but neat stuff
He-He love when Not Bitcoin Forks are listed it goes down dramatically
Thanks for the update

Ps: Maybe I missed them but where would maidcoin or mastercoin variants go under

[droptable]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=563075.msg6139074#msg6139074

[freedomno1]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=563075.msg6139074#msg6139074

Looks like a reasonable list of coins based on successors (Although not very familiar with that area myself)
Thread links to a list of the the coins that are using Darkcoin innovations.

[MicroGuy]

Nice website!

I just wanted to make one correction that Goldcoin (GLD) launched in May 2013 not July 2013.

[MessyCoin]

Amazing site, hope it is kept updated. Thank you.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Hello!

We've planned a big update for http://mapofcoins.com/on this week! We're going to release its extended and upgraded version.

We’ve made significant changes to the website design and structure.

Till that moment mapofcoins.com was just an electronic library for exploring Bitcoin and its forks’ specifications, while very soon you will find two more sections: “Technologies” and “Contribution”.

The first one will include all cryptocurrency technologies that famous currencies are based on.

“Contribution” section is created to enhance our communication. You will be able to take part in enrichment of the cryptocurrency library as well as inform us about defunct coins and new coins / technologies.

Please don’t hesitate and write here all issues about cryptocurrencies’ specifications you’ve noticed on the old website.  We’ll be glad to take them into account before rolling out the new version.

http://i58.tinypic.com/2rm1o9k.jpg

[cosmoo]

This is really cool! I've been interested in a project like this, making a genesis tree of Bitcoin and all its forks. Are you planning to include ALL altcoins ever made? Or only those that maintain an active network? I really like the idea, but looks like the map is very cluttered.

Also, if you don't mind the specs for Digitalcoin(DGC) are off, it was updated to use 3 PoW algorithms, you can find all the details here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=785601.0

I know some coins were forked from DGC and they aren't on the map; likely many of them have died off.. this is an ambitious project! I'm keeping this website bookmarked and will reference it to others. Good luck mapping this mess out!

[Ada_and_Alternative]

This is really cool! I've been interested in a project like this, making a genesis tree of Bitcoin and all its forks. Are you planning to include ALL altcoins ever made? Or only those that maintain an active network? I really like the idea, but looks like the map is very cluttered.

Also, if you don't mind the specs for Digitalcoin(DGC) are off, it was updated to use 3 PoW algorithms, you can find all the details here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=785601.0

I know some coins were forked from DGC and they aren't on the map; likely many of them have died off.. this is an ambitious project! I'm keeping this website bookmarked and will reference it to others. Good luck mapping this mess out!

Thank you for your contribution! We will add 3 PoW algorithms to the Digital Coin’s specifications!

Please point out the exact specifications of this coin that we need to change.

Concerning the project, we are not planning to get rid of altcoins that become dead afterwards. It is like a tribute of cryptocurrencies’ history. Also there are lots of people who want to investigate the past of cryptocurrency world.  

Another case is when the launched coins become dead immediately after their market entrance. Such coins usually have no source code or binaries available for users. If these coins are mistakenly included in the tree we would like to be the first who know about it.

I agree with you about the cluttered map. I am confident we will find another way of visualizing it. If someone has ideas we are welcome to consider them.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Hello everybody!
Want to have a deeper insight into the cryptocurrency world? Then explore the visualized history of cryptocurrencies on mapofcoins.com!
 We are happy to present you the extended and more user-friendly version of Map of Coins.

https://i.imgur.com/xkfNyra.png?1

The first thing that could draw your attention is the new website design. Hope it will help you navigate easily through the website sections.

Another new feature that you may find useful is a new website section: ‘Technologies’. Here you can expand your knowledge about the cryptocurrency technologies. What is more, with your help we’re planning to enrich our electronic library.

Also, there are small changes in the website structure. Now you’ll find maps of coins based on platforms other than Bitcoin on individual pages:

Bytecoin Map
NXT Map
Ripple Map

Another thing worth mentioning with the latest update you’re able to take a closer look on the map of each cryptocurrency!
And the last, but not least, from now on you can make a contribution to the cryptocurrency world. If you want to submit a new coin or report about a defunct one you do it through the Contribution section on the website.  

There is always a room for perfection. So, dear friends, we are expecting an active cooperation on your part.

Look at my video about updated version that I've made for you, my friends!  About mapofcoins.com

[galbros]

This is really impressive.  Following the list of altcoins had become impossible, but your representation does a great job of conveying the extent of the alt coin universe.

I wonder if there is some way to include the viability or value of the coins?  But that would probably be a major effort, and this is already really nice.

Thanks and good luck!

[Ada_and_Alternative]

This is really impressive.  Following the list of altcoins had become impossible, but your representation does a great job of conveying the extent of the alt coin universe.

I wonder if there is some way to include the viability or value of the coins?  But that would probably be a major effort, and this is already really nice.

Thanks and good luck!

Thank you for the feedback! I want to include the data on viability of the coins in one of the next updates.

[freedomno1]

Thanks for updating that database
It's quite a lot of altcoins always reminds me of how the madness of the altcoin system grows

[cosmoo]

This is really cool! I've been interested in a project like this, making a genesis tree of Bitcoin and all its forks. Are you planning to include ALL altcoins ever made? Or only those that maintain an active network? I really like the idea, but looks like the map is very cluttered.

Also, if you don't mind the specs for Digitalcoin(DGC) are off, it was updated to use 3 PoW algorithms, you can find all the details here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=785601.0

I know some coins were forked from DGC and they aren't on the map; likely many of them have died off.. this is an ambitious project! I'm keeping this website bookmarked and will reference it to others. Good luck mapping this mess out!

Thank you for your contribution! We will add 3 PoW algorithms to the Digital Coin’s specifications!

Please point out the exact specifications of this coin that we need to change.

Concerning the project, we are not planning to get rid of altcoins that become dead afterwards. It is like a tribute of cryptocurrencies’ history. Also there are lots of people who want to investigate the past of cryptocurrency world.  

Another case is when the launched coins become dead immediately after their market entrance. Such coins usually have no source code or binaries available for users. If these coins are mistakenly included in the tree we would like to be the first who know about it.

I agree with you about the cluttered map. I am confident we will find another way of visualizing it. If someone has ideas we are welcome to consider them.

Excellent, thanks! Certainly hard to map so many coins. Could you make the circle larger, and add some space between the coin names? It would be cool to color code them, maybe based on # of transactions being made on each network? Any kind of indicator to show how much activity there is in the coin.

Here are the updated specifications for Digitalcoin. Also note the ANN thread and Source Code links have changed. Thanks for your work

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Info:

Digitalcoin is an open-source cryptocurrency focused on transparency and reliability. It is an attempt at an "ideal" cryptocurrency environment for everyday people; there was no premine or instamine, and faithful PoW block rewards scaled over the next decade give it an honest economy. Digitalcoin has a dedicated development team that provides client maintenance to ensure future relevance.

Digitalcoin is not owned by any central authority, as such its parameters can be changed should there be enough public interest to do so. The most active of our community can be found in the #digitalcoin channel on freenode IRC servers. We are glad to hear any and all concerns or ideas. Anyone interested in investing their time to the digitalcoin network are more than welcome to join.

Specifications:

    Scrypt, X11, SHA256
    Proof of work only
    Block Time, sec: 40
    Reward, coins per block: 5
    Reward Info: Rewards grew from 0 to 20, then later reduced to 5
    Halfing reward cycle, blocks: Reward halves every three years
    Total coins: 48,166,000
    Difficulty cycle, blocks: Changes every 108 blocks, no more than %25 up/down
    Difficulty Info: Difficulty started at 0.00024414.

Announce: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=785601
Code: https://github.com/DGCFoundation/digitalcoin/releases

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Thanks for updating that database
It's quite a lot of altcoins always reminds me of how the madness of the altcoin system grows

Thanks for the feedback!

[Ada_and_Alternative]

This is really cool! I've been interested in a project like this, making a genesis tree of Bitcoin and all its forks. Are you planning to include ALL altcoins ever made? Or only those that maintain an active network? I really like the idea, but looks like the map is very cluttered.

Also, if you don't mind the specs for Digitalcoin(DGC) are off, it was updated to use 3 PoW algorithms, you can find all the details here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=785601.0

I know some coins were forked from DGC and they aren't on the map; likely many of them have died off.. this is an ambitious project! I'm keeping this website bookmarked and will reference it to others. Good luck mapping this mess out!

Thank you for your contribution! We will add 3 PoW algorithms to the Digital Coin’s specifications!

Please point out the exact specifications of this coin that we need to change.

Concerning the project, we are not planning to get rid of altcoins that become dead afterwards. It is like a tribute of cryptocurrencies’ history. Also there are lots of people who want to investigate the past of cryptocurrency world.  

Another case is when the launched coins become dead immediately after their market entrance. Such coins usually have no source code or binaries available for users. If these coins are mistakenly included in the tree we would like to be the first who know about it.

I agree with you about the cluttered map. I am confident we will find another way of visualizing it. If someone has ideas we are welcome to consider them.

Excellent, thanks! Certainly hard to map so many coins. Could you make the circle larger, and add some space between the coin names? It would be cool to color code them, maybe based on # of transactions being made on each network? Any kind of indicator to show how much activity there is in the coin.

Here are the updated specifications for Digitalcoin. Also note the ANN thread and Source Code links have changed. Thanks for your work

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Info:

Digitalcoin is an open-source cryptocurrency focused on transparency and reliability. It is an attempt at an "ideal" cryptocurrency environment for everyday people; there was no premine or instamine, and faithful PoW block rewards scaled over the next decade give it an honest economy. Digitalcoin has a dedicated development team that provides client maintenance to ensure future relevance.

Digitalcoin is not owned by any central authority, as such its parameters can be changed should there be enough public interest to do so. The most active of our community can be found in the #digitalcoin channel on freenode IRC servers. We are glad to hear any and all concerns or ideas. Anyone interested in investing their time to the digitalcoin network are more than welcome to join.

Specifications:

    Scrypt, X11, SHA256
    Proof of work only
    Block Time, sec: 40
    Reward, coins per block: 5
    Reward Info: Rewards grew from 0 to 20, then later reduced to 5
    Halfing reward cycle, blocks: Reward halves every three years
    Total coins: 48,166,000
    Difficulty cycle, blocks: Changes every 108 blocks, no more than %25 up/down
    Difficulty Info: Difficulty started at 0.00024414.

Announce: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=785601
Code: https://github.com/DGCFoundation/digitalcoin/releases

I'm now thinking on the user-friendly map design where you could see all the coins.

Perfectly! The next update will be this week.

[cosmoo]

I'm now thinking on the user-friendly map design where you could see all the coins.

Perfectly! The next update will be this week.

Looking forward to it I have the site bookmarked and will check it periodically. There is potential here as a 'go-to' resource for cryptocurrency history. Listing them by date created would be interesting to see.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

I'm now thinking on the user-friendly map design where you could see all the coins.

Perfectly! The next update will be this week.

Looking forward to it I have the site bookmarked and will check it periodically. There is potential here as a 'go-to' resource for cryptocurrency history. Listing them by date created would be interesting to see.

Oh! I will think about adding the filter for exact dates! It is a good idea!

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Guys, a million apologies for such incident!

Starting Saturday there have been some technical bugs with the contribution form. In order not to loose the specs of your cryptocurrencies please fill them in the second time http://mapofcoins.com/contribution.

[MicroGuy]

Goldcoin (GLD) was launched in May 2013 not July 2013. 

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Goldcoin (GLD) was launched in May 2013 not July 2013. 

Thank you! I'll add this change with the next update.

[Ada_and_Alternative]

http://i59.tinypic.com/qodndh.png

Guys! I am extremely happy to announce the New update of mapofcoins.com .
We’ve made a significant progress on the cryptocurrency library.  Mostly we’ve paid attention to the functional part.
Probably you remember a giant amount of coins which was put together in a chaotic way. From now on you can perform analysis of all cryptocurrency data.

With a brand new function you can now choose the Specific Algorithm like:

SHA-2
Scrypt
Quark
X11
Boulderhash
CryptoNight
Wild Keccak
Multi-Algo
Others

and see the highlighted cryptocurrencies by the chosen Algo!


Another new feature is the division of cryptocurrencies into two groups: defunct & running. With the help of “Condition” Filter you can see which coins are developing and which are gone. If some cryptocurrencies become alive, I hope to receive a message from you.

And the other thing that cannot go unnoticed is the Visualization Part.

https://i.imgur.com/2PfbAcF.png?1

To help you navigate with more convenience we've made big changes to the BTC coin tree. Now you can look at the map more thoroughly and find out which cryptocurrencies have been released on any particular month.

I hope that mapofcoins.com now could be a good place not only for looking through different cryptocurrencies within the time but also a great instrument for making marketing and business analysis.

P.S. Develop and stay tuned with the cryptocurrency world!

[Ada_and_Alternative]

Check out cryptocurrencies for May, June, July on http://mapofcoins.com/bitcoin.
We're sill processing our users' requests! So don't postpone contributions! If you want to add a new coin, technology, fill out the Contribution Form http://mapofcoins.com/contribution!

We are waiting!

[freedomno1]

Man this is still a long list of coins
Nice to see a September update it's always impressive to see the sheer number of new additions to the list and someone that keeps track of them.

[Roquene]

Yep, that's evolution.

[Vlad2Vlad]

iXCoin is the second oldest alt-coin in the world, launched less than 2 weeks after Namecoin, with the latter being the first alt in the world.

People need to stop spewing garbage about Litecoin being the first alt when it wasn't even the first script alt.

Let's get this straight and clear before iXCoin commences its Brutal Global Domination.

[Vlad2Vlad]

Nuggets (NUGs) was launched in May 2013, in the first 25 coins to ever be born.

And ShitCoin (SHT) was in the first top 50, born soon after Nuggets.

These two coins will prove to be two of the most important developments in the history of Crypto.  

[Vlad2Vlad]

Here is HARD proof that iXCoin is the second oldest alt-coin in the world.