In my opinion, Bitcoin remains the undisputed victor of cryptocurrencies.

And I believe that this is the general consent, seeing as it accounts for the majority of the market cap in its industry. None the less this does not mean that Bitcoin is the only currency of its sort.

Despite the fact that they all work more or less on the same principles such as:

• They are recorded on a blockchain
• They allow for virtually free and instant transfers
• They enable peer-to-peer financial transactions

Here are 3 other cryptocurrencies worth looking into:

Ethereum (ETH)

Ethereum kicked off in 2015. It is a decentralized software platform, what makes Ethereum different is the fact that it allows smart contacts, it also allows DApps to be built and run without any interference from a third and all this can be done without any downtime. A winner amongst most developers.

Zcash (ZEC)

This is an even newer form of altcoin seeing that it was only established in 2016 but boy it remains an up and coming star. The wonderful thing here is that Zcash offers their users a protected or rather shielded option when it comes to transactions. The information remains logged on the blockchain, however certain details remain private.

Litecoin (LTC)

This is one of the more settled currencies as it was launched in 2011,the thing that makes Litecoin so special is the fact that its block generation rate is much faster than that of bitcoin and as such your confirmation of your transactions happen at a much faster rate.