Every one is unique, but they have one thing in common: investors think they’re worth billions.
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1. Bitcoin (BTC)
Launched: 2009 Market value: $163 billion
The strengths: The original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is the largest and most popular blockchain network—and the most battle-tested against attackers.
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2. Monero (XMR)
Launched: 2014
Market value: $4.3 billion
The strengths: Monero uses ring signatures, a type of digital signature that lets any member of a group perform a transaction without revealing which one of them it was. It’s a way to let users transact privately, and its mining process is designed to be “egalitarian.”
The downside: Monero’s features have made it a preferred coin among cybercriminals, and it has helped fuel the rise of “cryptojacking,” in which hackers use malware to make other people’s computers mine cryptocurrency for them.
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3. Decred
Launched: 2016
Market Value: US$93.93
Decred is an autonomous digital currency.
The strengths: Decred is built to last. Our development activity and quality are among the highest in the space. Features of the Decred software include:
An innovative hybrid proof-of-work (PoW) proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus voting system
A censorship-resistant blockchain-anchored public proposal platform
Smart contracts that work such as Lightning Network
Cross-chain atomic swaps between different digital currencies
Cross-platform wallets for ease of use
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4. Bytecoin
Launched: 2012Market Value: $0.006270
Bytecoin is the first cryptocurrency based on the CryptoNote technology with an open source code designed for anonymous cash settlement. BCN protects the user's privacy with impassive and anonymous transactions.
The strengths: The reliability of Bytecoin is defined by the total computational power of all the computers that take part in the processing of transactions. The greater the processing power, the more reliable the network.
In so doing all of the money stored in your wallet is already protected during the transaction process and its safety doesn’t depend on the network’s reliability. Your money is always safe.
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5. Ethereum (ETH)
Launched: 2015
Market value: $70 billion
The strengths: A built-in programming language lets developers write computer programs, called smart contracts, that run on the blockchain. Most initial coin offerings (ICOs) so far have been based on Ethereum smart contracts.
The downside: Ethereum also uses proof of work, making it relatively slow and energy-hungry. Many early smart contracts are vulnerable to hacking, and the field of smart-contract security is immature.
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6. Digibyte
Launched: 2014
Market Value: $0.0332
The strengths: Digibyte is a public, rapidly growing, decentralized blockchain. DigiBytes are digital units or "digital assets" that cannot be destroyed, counterfeited or hacked, making them ideal for digitally representing objects of value like currency, information, property or important digital data.
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