[ICO] World's oldest ICOs 20+ and 20+ oldest cryptos without ICO [CROWDSALE]
My friends often ask me, if there are some great examples of old enough & successful companies, that held ICO. So I decided to write an article to list & discuss world's oldest cryptocurrencies ICOs, starting in 2013, and ending in 2015.
In another words, we'll search for ICOs, that are older than 645 days (it's approx two years back - end of december 2015). We take the date of crowdsale start as a basis.
Oldest ICOs Data (combined from multiple sources)
| Project Name | Date | State |
|---|---|---|
| Omni | 31.07.2013 | Metadata for bitcoin blockchain |
| NXT | 28.09.2013 | Blockchain application platform |
| Counterparty | 02.01.2014 | Bitcoin-based cryptoplatform |
| DigiByte | 10.01.2014 | Global blockchain cryptocurrency |
| NEM | 19.01.2014 | Distributed ledger technologies |
| MaidSafe | 22.04.2014 | Decentralized storage |
| SuperNET | 30.04.2014 | Bitcoin Wallets & APIs |
| BitShares | 01.01.2014 | Decentralized Exchange & More |
| Swarm Fund | 17.07.2014 | Cooperative ownership platform |
| Storj | 18.07.2014 | Decentralized storage |
| Ethereum | 22.07.2014 | Blockchain application platform |
| FoldingCoin | 29.09.2014 | Crypto in medicine |
| Muse (Peertracks) | 10.06.2014 | Music platform |
| GetGems | 12.01.2014 | Telegram-based messaging that pays |
| DacPlay | 05.01.2015 | Blockchain Based Game Platfrom |
| Synereo | 19.03.2015 | Blockchain ecosystem |
| Factom | 31.03.2015 | Digital assets platform |
| BitCrystals | 29.07.2015 | Game cryptocurrency |
| Augur | 01.08.2015 | Decentralized prediction market |
| Spells Of Genesis | 04.08.2015 | Computer game |
| Neo | 01.10.2015 | Chinese opensource blockchain |
| IOTA | 25.11.2015 | Crypto for internet-of-things |
| Safex | 21.11.2015 | A decentralized contract market platform |
| Obits | 01.12.2015 | Openledger token trading |
Didn't had an ICO, but still old projects
| Project Name | Date | State |
|---|---|---|
| Namecoin | 2011 | Decentalized domain names |
| Swiftcoin | 2011 | One of the first proprietary cryptocurrencies |
| Litecoin | 12.10.2011 | First bitcoin fork |
| Ripple | 2012 | Bank-to-bank transactions |
| Peercoin | 12.09.2012 | Hybrid PoW/PoS crypto |
| SexCoin | 28.05.2013 | Porn-related crypto |
| Primecoin | 07.07.2013 | Mathematical cryptocurrency |
| Gridcoin | 16.10.2013 | Crypto to reward grid computing |
| Dogecoin | 08.12.2013 | Dogecoin cryptocurrency |
| Emercoin | 07.12.2013 | Blockchain service platform |
| Auroracoin | 2014 | Icelandic P2P crypto |
| Vertcoin | 08.01.2014 | Crypto with additional features |
| DASH | 18.01.2014 | Dash cryptocurrency |
| PotCoin | 21.01.2014 | Legalized cannabis industry coin |
| TittieCoin | 29.01.2014 | Porn-related crypto |
| Blackcoin | 24.02.2014 | Original PoS crypto |
| Mazacoin | 10.03.2014 | Cryptocurrency Network Services for Sovereign Tribes Worldwide |
| Monero | 30.04.2014 | Private Digital Crypto, Cryptonote-based |
| FantomCoin | 07.05.2014 | First merged-mining cryptonote coin |
| Titcoin | 21.06.2014 | Porn-related crypto |
| Boolberry | 01.07.2014 | Cryptonote-based currency |
| CryptoNote | 10.07.2014 | Cryptocurrency development protocol |
| BurstCoin | 10.08.2014 | Proof-of-Capacity coin |
| Bytecoin | 12.09.2014 | Cryptonote-based currency |
| DarkNetCoin | 29.10.2014 | Cryptonote-based currency |
| Bytecent | 2015 | Peer-to-peer rewards crypto |
| SixEleven | 17.09.2015 | Namecoin fork |
As far as you can see, these projects are alive and active. There were several changes with some of them, others are totally okay.
Of course, there are hundred dead projects in 2013..2015 years, at least what we can find as a leftovers on bitcointalk. But does that mean that dead and scammed projects kill the ideas of great ICOs and you cannot gain momentum for your realworld, cool, extra-important project with ICO? I believe, ICOs are great tool to get your job done faster. So let's keep going & tracking, guys.
Please comment below if I forgot some old & important projects! Hear you next time.
This article uses data from ICOStats, Cyber.Fund, ICOBazaar and several others
As always, your old cryptocurrencies lover,
Den Ivanov aka @SXIII from Random City
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My full upvote for that great collection of data for fresh ideas! That raises the question in me "Where are they now?"
I heard once from Namecoin as scam. I see also many which are today in the Top50 on coinmarketcap.com. But i'm also curious what happened to odd names like Tit, Tittie, Sex* decentralized joy.. PotCoin a contender for the new Paragon?
Yep, @onetin84, the most interesting question is where are they now. It's nice to see that most of them continue to develop their projects.
Never heard and never thought about namecoin as a scam, because they have the working technology, why they'd be one?
Agree with your curiosity on the topic of porn crypto topic :D Not sure about Potcoin or Paragon future...
what a nice post!