In the beginning there was just one. But now the abundance of coins have made it difficult to keep track of all the Blockchain projects out there. Many project landing pages do a poor job of explaning what they are, often opting to use buzzwords and catchy phrases over clear, concise information. Whitepapers take a long time to read through, and can also sometimes fail to give a proper abstract.
This project aims to provide quick summaries of what projects are, in order to give newcomers and veterans a convenient resource to get a high level overview of what a project does.
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Protocol for decentralized exchanges for ERC20 tokens.
Protocol used to purchase items within mobile apps using blockchain.
A decentralized company or organization management. Aims to tackle problems like managing payroll and company administration.
Utility token for a prediction market platform.
Stablecoin using inflation and deflation to stabilize the basecoin token.
Token for Brave Browser to provide an alternate monetization method to ads.
Coin for the Binance exchange which pays for trading fees at a discount.
First digital currency.
Fork of Bitcoin after community disagreement.
Ponzi scheme scam.
Utility token for bounty platform.
Coin for the Blockport Social Trading Exchange.
The first currency based on the CryptoNote technology.
Blockchain platform, with an academic approach. Still in development.
Identity verification system.
Coin for the feeless crypto exchange, Cobinhood.
Privacy-focused coin with an environmentally-friendly slant.
Coin for the crypto exchange, Coss. Holding COSS allows you to participate in the split fee program. 50% of the fees are distributed to the holders
Digital cash with tech innovations (masternodes) that allow instant and optionally anonymous sending. Dash sets aside funds for projects which support the Dash ecosystem like marketing.
Bitcoin like.
Older Bitcoin competitor with 5 mining alternatives, 15 sec block interval with halving every year.
Gold backed tokens
A meme coin which was a joke but also a low-risk and friendly gateway into the world of cryptocurrencies.
Blockchain platform with onchain governance and plans to scale massively. Still in development.
Blockchain platform for smart contracts.
Fork of Ethereum after community disagreement over funds stolen through security bug.
Gas for NEO
Prediction market
Utility token ecentralized supercomputing platform.
An open source ecosystem on the blockchain that allows organizations like government departments, universities, hospitals, and financial institutions to interact without third-party networks that charge transaction fees or delay the process.
Crypto index funds
Digital currency which uses a DAG (Tangle) instead of a blockchain. There are no transaction fees.
Coin for the Kucoin exchange which pays for trading fees at a discount.
Smart contracts with Javascript.
Digital currency almost identical to Bitcoin but with minor improvements.
Stablecoin using collateral to back the value of the Dai token.
MediBloc decentralized healthcare information ecosystem for patients, healthcare providers, and researchers.
Digital currency with anonymized transaction and balances.
Blockchain platform aimed at enterprise.
Similar to Ethereum but based in China and with partnerships with Chinese organizations.
Decentralized network for P2P payments with any currency, both fiat and crypto.
Websites make money without ads by letting website visitors support an Oyster-backed storage solution. Storage users pay the websites indirectly.
fork of Dash with POS protocol
A shared, universal ledger designed to track ownership and attribution for digital creative assets.
Digital currency with zero fees and instant transactions. One of the most scalable solutions in production.
Social Coin, being able to contribute content getting paid by people who watch it and tip you in these. Advertisement also pays in RDD.
A layer on top of Ethereum that allows anyone to request a payment, with regulations like taxes built-in.
Peer to peer debt transfer.
Decentralized storage.
A crowdfunding coin building a feeless crowdfunding platform, with projects funded by the Sigil coin.
Utility token for decentralized social networks like Steemit.
Peer to peer debt transfer, initially a fork of Ripple.
Stellar is a platform that connects banks, payments systems, and people. It facilitates currency exchange.
Distributed file storage
Facilitates spending cryptocurrencies in real life.
Digital currency that's supposedly collaterized 1:1 with USD and audited on a regular basis. There are doubts that this claim is true
A coin to enhance businesses' supply chains. Helps to stop counterfeit products.
Privacy coin with IP obsfucation built-in.
A blockchain platform that organizes ICOs.
Digital currency with anonymized transaction and balances.