# Awesome Cryptocurrencies [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)

A curated list of awesome cryptocurrencies

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| Name  | Symbol | Technical | Website | Hash algorithm |
| ----- | ------ | --------- | ------- | -------------- |
| **A** |
| ![](images/aeternity.png?raw=true) Æternity | AE | [Whitepaper](https://blockchain.aeternity.com/%C3%A6ternity-blockchain-whitepaper.pdf) | https://www.aeternity.com | Cuckoo Cycle |
| ![](images/aragon.png?raw=true) Aragon | ANT | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/aragon/whitepaper/blob/master/Aragon%20Whitepaper.pdf) | https://aragon.one | - |
| ![](images/ardor.png?raw=true) Ardor | ARDR | - | https://www.ardorplatform.org | - |
| ![](images/ark.png?raw=true) Ark | ARK | [Whitepaper](https://ark.io/Whitepaper-ARK.pdf) | https://ark.io | DPoS  |
| ![](images/asch.png?raw=true) Asch | XAS | [Whitepaper](https://www.asch.so/asch-whitepaper-en.pdf) | https://www.asch.so | - |
| ![](images/augur.png?raw=true) Augur | REP | [Whitepaper](https://bravenewcoin.com/assets/Whitepapers/Augur-A-Decentralized-Open-Source-Platform-for-Prediction-Markets.pdf) | https://bravenewcoin.com | - |
| **B** |
| ![](images/bancor.png?raw=true) Bancor | BNT | [Whitepaper](https://www.bancor.network/static/Bancor_Protocol_Whitepaper_en.pdf) | https://www.bancor.network | -  |
| ![](images/basic.png?raw=true) Basic Attention Token | BAT | [Whitepaper](https://www.basicattentiontoken.org/BasicAttentionTokenWhitePaper-4.pdf) | https://www.basicattentiontoken.org | - |
| ![](images/bitcoin.png?raw=true) Bitcoin | BTC | [Whitepaper](https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) | https://www.bitcoin.com | SHA-256d  |
| ![](images/bitshares.png?raw=true) BitShares | BTS | [Whitepaper](http://docs.bitshares.eu/_downloads/bitshares-financial-platform.pdf) | https://bitshares.org | SHA-512 |
| ![](images/blackcoin.png?raw=true) BlackCoin | BLK | [Whitepaper](http://blackcoin.co/blackcoin-pos-protocol-v2-whitepaper.pdf) | http://blackcoin.co | Scrypt |
| ![](images/byteball.png?raw=true) Byteball | GBYTE | [Whitepaper](https://byteball.org/Byteball.pdf) | https://byteball.org | - |
| ![](images/bytecoin.png?raw=true) Bytecoin | BCN | [Whitepaper](https://bytecoin.org/cryptonote/) | https://bytecoin.org | CryptoNight |
| **C** |
| ![](images/cloakcoin.png?raw=true) CloakCoin | CLOAK | [Whitepaper](https://www.cloakcoin.com/en/downloader.html?file=files/downloads/CloakCoin_ENIGMA_Whitepaper_v1.0.pdf) | https://www.cloakcoin.com | X13  |
| **D** |
| ![](images/dash.png?raw=true) Dash | DASH | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/dashpay/dash/wiki/Whitepaper) | https://www.dash.org | X11 |
| ![](images/dashcoin.png?raw=true) DashCoin | DSH | [Whitepaper](https://www.coindash.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CoinDashwhitepaper-v0.3-051317.pdf) | https://www.coindash.io | CryptoNight  |
| ![](images/decred.png?raw=true) Decred | DCR | - | https://www.decred.org | Blake 256 |
| ![](images/digixdao.png?raw=true) DigixDAO | DGD | [Whitepaper](https://dgx.io/whitepaper.pdf) | https://dgx.io | - |
| ![](images/dogecoin.png?raw=true) Dogecoin | DOGE | - | https://dogecoin.com | Scrypt |
| ![](images/dubaicoin.png?raw=true) DubaiCoin | DBIX | - | https://www.arabianchain.org | - |
| **E** |
| ![](images/edgeless.png?raw=true) Edgeless | EDG | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/EdgelessCasino/White_paper/blob/master/White_Paper.pdf) | https://edgeless.io | - |
| ![](images/emercoin.png?raw=true) Emercoin | EMC | [Whitepaper](https://emercoin.com/static/files/pdf/whitepaper.pdf) | https://emercoin.com | SHA-256 |
| ![](images/eos.png?raw=true) EOS | EOS | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/TechnicalWhitePaper.md) | https://eos.io | DPoS |
| ![](images/ethereum.png?raw=true) Ethereum | ETH | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper) | https://www.ethereum.org | Ethash  |
| ![](images/ethereum-classic.png?raw=true) Ethereum Classic | ETC | - | https://ethereumclassic.github.io | Ethash  |
| ![](images/etheroll.png?raw=true) Etheroll | DICE | [Whitepaper](http://crowdfund.etheroll.com/etheroll-whitepaper.pdf) | http://www.etheroll.com | -  |
| **F** |
| ![](images/factom.png?raw=true) Factom | FCT | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/FactomProject/FactomDocs/blob/master/Factom_Whitepaper.pdf) | https://www.factom.com | - |
| ![](images/firstblood.png?raw=true) FirstBlood | 1ST | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/Firstbloodio/white-paper/blob/master/FirstBlood_White_Paper_EN.pdf) | https://firstblood.io | -  |
| ![](images/funfair.png?raw=true) FunFair | FUN | [Whitepaper](http://www.funfair.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FunfairTechOverview.pdf) | https://funfair.io | - |
| **G** |
| ![](images/gnosis.png?raw=true) Gnosis | GNO | [Whitepaper](https://gnosis.pm/resources/default/pdf/gnosis_whitepaper.pdf) | https://gnosis.pm | - |
| ![](images/golem.png?raw=true) Golem | GNT | [Whitepaper](http://golemproject.net/doc/DraftGolemProjectWhitepaper.pdf) | http://golemproject.net | - |
| ![](images/gridcoin.png?raw=true) GridCoin | GRC | [Whitepaper](https://www.gridcoin.us/images/gridcoin-white-paper.pdf) | https://www.gridcoin.us | Scrypt |
| **H** |
| **I** |
| ![](images/iconomi.png?raw=true) Iconomi | ICN | - | https://www.iconomi.net | - |
| ![](images/iota.png?raw=true) IOTA | MIOTA | [Whitepaper](https://iota.org/IOTA_Whitepaper.pdf) | https://iota.org | Curl |
| **J** |
| **K** |
| ![](images/komodo.png?raw=true) Komodo | KMD | [Whitepaper](https://komodoplatform.com/downloads/Komodo_dPoW_Whitepaper_v1.pdf) | https://komodoplatform.com | Equihash |
| **L** |
| ![](images/lisk.png?raw=true) Lisk | LSK | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/slasheks/lisk-whitepaper/blob/development/LiskWhitepaper.md) | https://lisk.io | DPoS  |
| ![](images/litecoin.png?raw=true) Litecoin | LTC | [Video presentation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2KP8koYC3s) | https://litecoin.com | Scrypt |
| ![](images/lykke.png?raw=true) Lykke | LKK | [Whitepaper](https://www.lykke.com/Whitepaper_LykkeExchange.pdf) | https://www.lykke.com | - |
| **M** |
| ![](images/maidsafecoin.png?raw=true) MaidSafeCoin | MAID | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/maidsafe/Whitepapers/blob/master/Project-Safe.md) | https://maidsafe.net | - |
| ![](images/mcap.png?raw=true) MCAP | MCAP | [Whitepaper](https://bitcoingrowthfund.com/static/pdf/mcap-whitepaper.pdf) | https://bitcoingrowthfund.com/mcap | - |
| ![](images/melon.png?raw=true) Melon | MLN | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/melonproject/greenpaper) | https://melonport.com | - |
| ![](images/mobilego.png?raw=true) MobileGo | MGO | [Whitepaper](https://mobilego.io/pdf/MobileGo-Whitepaper.pdf) | https://mobilego.io | - |
| ![](images/monero.png?raw=true) Monero | XMR | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/blob/master/whitepaper/whitepaper.pdf) | https://getmonero.org | CryptoNight |
| **N** |
| ![](images/nem.png?raw=true) NEM | XEM | [Whitepaper](https://www.nem.io/NEM_techRef.pdf) | https://www.nem.io | SHA3-512 |
| ![](images/neo.png?raw=true) NEO | NEO | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/neo-project/neo/wiki/Whitepaper-1.1) | https://neo.org | SHA-256 |
| ![](images/nexus.png?raw=true) Nexus | NXS | [Whitepaper](http://nexusearth.com/downloads/nexus-peer-peer.pdf) | http://nexusearth.com | SHA3 |
| ![](images/nushares.png?raw=true) NuShares | NSR | [Whitepaper](https://www.nubits.com/assets/nu-whitepaper-23_sept_2014-en.pdf) | https://www.nubits.com | - |
| ![](images/nxt.png?raw=true) Nxt | NXT | [Whitepaper](https://nxtwiki.org/wiki/Whitepaper:Nxt) | https://nxt.org | SHA-256d |
| **O** |
| **P** |
| ![](images/peercoin.png?raw=true) Peercoin | PPC | [Whitepaper](https://peercoin.net/whitepaper) | https://peercoin.net | SHA-256d |
| ![](images/pivx.png?raw=true) PIVX | PIVX | [Whitepaper](https://pivx.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PIVX-purple-paper-Technincal-Notes.pdf) | https://pivx.org | Quark |
| ![](images/primecoin.png?raw=true) PrimeCoin | XPM | [Whitepaper](http://primecoin.io/bin/primecoin-paper.pdf) | http://primecoin.io | Multiple |
| **Q** |
| **R** |
| ![](images/reddcoin.png?raw=true) ReddCoin | RDD | [Whitepaper](https://www.reddcoin.com/papers/PoSV.pdf) | https://www.reddcoin.com | Scrypt  |
| ![](images/ripple.png?raw=true) Ripple | XRP | [Whitepaper](https://ripple.com/files/ripple_consensus_whitepaper.pdf) | https://ripple.com | ECDSA |
| ![](images/round.png?raw=true) Round | ROUND | [Whitepaper](http://roundcoin.org/storage/white_paper.pdf) | http://roundcoin.org | - |
| **S** |
| ![](images/siacoin.png?raw=true) Siacoin | SC | [Whitepaper](https://www.sia.tech/whitepaper.pdf) | https://www.sia.tech | Blake2b |
| ![](images/soarcoin.png?raw=true) Soarcoin | SOAR | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/neowenyuan27/SoarCoin/blob/master/whitepaper) | http://soarlabs.org | -  |
| ![](images/steem.png?raw=true) Steem | STEEM | [Whitepaper](https://steem.io/SteemWhitePaper.pdf) | https://steem.io | - |
| ![](images/stellar.png?raw=true) Stellar Lumens | XLM | [Whitepaper](https://medium.com/a-stellar-journey/on-worldwide-consensus-359e9eb3e949) | https://www.stellar.org | -  |
| ![](images/stratis.png?raw=true) Stratis | STRAT | [Whitepaper](https://stratisplatform.com/files/Stratis_Whitepaper.pdf) | https://stratisplatform.com | X13  |
| ![](images/synereo.png?raw=true) Synereo | AMP | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/synereo/synereo.github.io/blob/master/whitepapers/synereo.pdf) | https://www.synereo.com | - |
| ![](images/syscoin.png?raw=true) SysCoin | SYS | [Whitepaper](http://syscoin.org/whitepaper.pdf) | http://syscoin.org | Scrypt |
| **T** |
| ![](images/tenx.png?raw=true) TenX | PAY | [Whitepaper](http://www.tenx.tech/whitepaper/tenx_whitepaper.pdf) | http://www.tenx.tech | - |
| ![](images/tether.png?raw=true) Tether | USDT | [Whitepaper](https://tether.to/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Tether-White-Paper.pdf) | https://tether.to | - |
| **U** |
| **V** |
| ![](images/verge.png?raw=true) Verge | XVG | [Whitepaper](https://github.com/vergecurrency/Verge-Blackpaper/blob/master/Verge-Anonymity-Centric-CryptoCurrency.pdf) | https://vergecurrency.com | Multiple |
| ![](images/vericoin.png?raw=true) VeriCoin | VRC | [Whitepaper](https://www.vericoin.info/downloads/VeriCoinPoSTWhitePaper10May2015.pdf) | https://www.vericoin.info | Scrypt |
| ![](images/veritaseum.png?raw=true) Veritaseum | VERI | - | http://veritas.veritaseum.com | - |
| ![](images/vertcoin.png?raw=true) VertCoin | VTC | [Whitepaper](https://vertcoin.org/Vertcoin-DavidMuller.pdf) | https://vertcoin.org | Scrypt-n |
| **W** |
| ![](images/waves.png?raw=true) Waves | WAVES | [Whitepaper](https://blog.wavesplatform.com/waves-whitepaper-164dd6ca6a23) | https://www.wavesplatform.com | Leased POS  |
| **X** |
| **Y** |
| **Z** |
| ![](images/zcash.png?raw=true) Zcash | ZEC | [Whitepaper](http://zerocash-project.org/paper) | http://zerocash-project.org | Equihash |


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