100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less
This list describes cryptocurrencies.Each gets four words. There are many.Some are landmarks. Some are scams.Hopefully this provides orientation.
Name | Sym. | Description
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/strong> Bitcoin | BTC | Digital gold /strong>
Ethereum | ETH | Programmable contracts and money
Bitcoin Cash
Ripple | XRP | Enterprise payment settlement network Litecoin sp; | LTC | Faster Bitcoin &n/strong>
sp;/strong> | DASH | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone &n/strong> NEO | NEO | Chinese-market Ethereum /strong>NEO <sp; | XEM | Batteries-included digital assets &n/strong>NEM <sp; | XMR | Private digital cash &n/strong> sp;/strong> Ether
Ethereum Classic| ETC | Ethereum clone IOTA | MIOTA | Internet-of-things payments /strong>
Ethereum Classic | QTUM | Ethereum contracts on Bitcoin &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> OmiseGO | OMG | Banking, remittance, and exchange /strong>
Zcash | ZEC | Private digital cash &n/strong>
BitConnect | BCC | Madoff-like investment fund &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Lisk | LSK | Decentralized applications in JavaScript &n/strong> sp;&n/strong> Tether | USDT | Price = 1 USD &n/strong>
Stellar Lumens | XLM | Digital IOUs /strong>
Stellar Lumens
EOSEOS | EOS | Decentralized applications on WebAssembly Hshare | HSR | Blockchain switchboard /strong>
Waves | WAVES | Decentralized exchange and crowdfunding Stratis/strong>
Stellar Lumens | STRAT | Decentralized applications in C# /strong>
Komodo | KMD | Decentralized ICOs &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Ark | ARK | Blockchain switchboard &n/strong>
Electroneum | ETN | Monero clone /strong>
Bytecoin | BCN | Privacy-focused cryptocurrency &n/s/strong>
Steem | STEEM | Reddit with money vo /strong>
Ardor | ARDR | Blockchain for spawning blockchains &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> Binance | BNB | Pay Binance exchange fees &n/strong>
sp;Augur | REP | Decentralized prediction market //strong> Binance Coin
Populous | PPT | Invoice trading futures /strong>
Decred | DCR | Bitcoin with alternative governance Binance CoinTenX | PAY | Cryptocurrency credit card &n/strong>
sp;/strong> MaidSafeCoin | MAID | Rent disk space &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> BitcoinDark | BTCD | Zcoin close &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> BitShares | BTS | Decentralized exchange &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Golem | GNT | Rent other people's computers &n/strong>
sp;/strong> | PIVX | Inflationary Dash clone /strong> sp;/strong>Gas | TRX | In-app-purchases /strong> Vertcoin | VTC | Bitcoin clone &nbMonaCoin | MONA | Japanese Dogecoin /strong>
Factom | FCT | Decentralized record keeping /strong>
Basic Attention | BAT | Decentralized ad network &n/strong>
sp;/strong> | SALT | Cryptocurrency-backed loans /strong> Kyber Network | KNC | Decentralized exchange &n/strong>
Dogecoin | DOGE | Serious meme bitcoin clone /strong>
Basic AttentionDigixDAO | DGD | Organisation manages tokenized gold Kyber Network
Basic AttentionVeritaseum | VERI | Vaporware &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Kyber Network | WTC | IoT Blockchain /strong>
SingularDTV | SNGLS | Decentralized Netflix &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Bytom | BTM | Physical assets as tokens &n/strong>
Byteball Bytes | GBYTE | Decentralized database and currency &nbGameCredits | GAME | Video game currency /strong>
Metaverse ETP | ETP | Chinese Ethereum plus identity &n/strong>
GXShares | GXS | Decentralized Chinese Equifax &n/strong>
Syscoin | SYS | Decentralized marketplace /strong>
Byteball BytesSiacoin/strong><l Bytes | SC | Rent disk space &n/strong>
Sta | SNT | Decentralized application browser /strong>
&n | ZRX | Decentralized exchange &n/strong> sp;/strong> Verge | XVG | Privacy Dogecoin &n/strong>
0xLykke | LKK | Digital asset exchange &n/strong>
Civic | CVC | Identity and Authentication App /strong>
Blocknet | BLOCK | Decentralized exchange &n/strong>
0x | MTL | Payments with rewards program /strong>
Iconomi | ICN | Digital asset investment funds &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> Aeternity | AE | Decentralized apps (prototype) /strong>
DigiByte | DGB | Faster Bitcoin &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Ba | BNT | Token Index Funds &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> Ripio Credit | RCN | Co-signed Cryptocurrency Loans &n/s/strong>
ATMChain | ATM | Advertising network &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> Gnosis | GNO | Decentralized prediction market &n/strong>
VeChain | VEN | Supply chain item IDs /strong>
Pura | PURA | Cryptocurrency /strong>
Particl | PART | Privacy marketplace and chat &n/strong>
KuCoin
Ripio Credit | KCS | Profit-sharing exchange fees &nbBitquence | BQX | Mint for cryptocurrency in /strong>
FunFair | FUN | Decentralized casino &n/strong>
sp;&n/s/strong> Cha | LINK | External data for contracts &n/strong>
Power Ledger | POWR | Airbnb for electricity /strong>
KuCoin Shares
| NXT | Cryptocurrency and marketplace < | MCO | Cryptocurrency credit card &n/strong> Cryptonex | CNX | Zerocoin clone &n/strong>
MCAP KuCoin Shares | MCAP | Mining investment fund &n/strong>
Storj | STORJ | Rent disk space NxtPower LedgerZenCash | ZEN | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Nexus | NXS | Bitcoin clone /strong>
Nxt
Power Ledger | NEBL | Decentralized application platform /strong>
Zeusshield | ZSC | Decentralized insurance &n/s/strong>
Streamr DATAcoin| DATA | Real-time data marketplace &n/s/strong>
ZC | XZC | Private digital cash &n/strong>
sp;&n/strong> NAV | NAV | Bitcoin with private transactions /strong> AdEx | ADX /strong>
tising exchange &n/strong> Open Trading | OTN | Decentralized exchange &nb | SMART | Zcoin clone with rewards &n/strong>
sp;/strong> Streamr DATAcoin
Bi | BDL | Bitcoin clone /strong>
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NAV Coin | LRC | Decentralized exchange  >
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Streamr DATAcoin | EDG | Decentralized casino  > | FAIR | Bitcoin that rewards savers Coin ranking from coinmarketcap.com. Inspired by Greg Wilson.
Cardano | ADA | Layered currency and contracts /strong>
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