| Currently there are dozens, possibly hundreds of altcoins
Altcoins are real cryptocurrency alternatives to Bitcoin. Many of them differ in some way or form from the Bitcoin and are interesting in their own right however some of them are plain copies. Listed on this page are their basic characteristics.
List of SHA256 based Alt-coins
There are many SHA256 based altcoins. The following list is not exhaustive and only serves to give an impression about other coins available.
| Abbreviation | Name | Algorithm | Total Coins | Retarget | Reward | | NMC | Namecoin | SHA256 | 21,000,000 | 2,016 | 50 NMC / Block | | PPC | Peercoin | SHA256 | No Limit | 1 | 103.10 PPC / Block | | DVC | Devcoin | SHA256 | No Limit | 2,016 | 5000 DVC / Block | | TRC | Terracoin | SHA256 | 42.000.000 | 540 Blocks | 20 TRC / Block |
List of Scrypt based Alt-coins
There are many Scrypt based altcoins. The following list is not exhaustive and only serves to give an impression about other coins available.
| Abbreviation | Name | Algorithm | Total Coins | Retarget | Reward | | LTC | Litecoin | Scrypt | 82,000,000 | 2,016 | 50 LTC / Block | | DOGE | Dogecoin | Scrypt | 100,000,000,000 | 240 | 250,000 DOGE / Block | | WDC | Worldcoin | Scrypt | 265,420,800 | 120 | 50.79 WDC / Block | | FTC | Feathercoin | Scrypt | 336,000,000 | 504 | 200 FTC / Block |
List of Hybrid/Other Alt-coins
There are many altcoins not based on SHA256 or Scrypt. The following list is not exhaustive and only serves to give an impression about other coins available.
| Abbreviation | Name | Algorithm | Total Coins | Retarget | Reward | | XPM | Primecoin | Other | | | | | QRK | Quarkcoin | Ohter | | 20 | 2 QRK / Block | | NXT | Nextcoin | Ohter | | | |
currated by Glen Brink of InvestmentMarketingTips.com
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