Top Assets (A-Z) with brief summary

A list of short, and brief descriptions of the top assets by Market Cap. Mostly sorted A-Z, must run atop platforms, yet some are also free standing DAC, they run their own chain, like HUC or Factom.

ANT: Platform -China Ant Miners- gonna be Yuge!
Ardor: Platform, NXT 2.0, focus on trimming the block chain size
ARK: Platform -new-
Auroracoin: POW coin for Icelandic residents
Augur: Decentralized prediction markets built on Ethereum
BitShares: Platform
BiteBalls: DAG-blockchain, in App chat bot trade
Burst: Platform; mined using free hard drive space ("proof-of-capacity")
CROWN: Platform; mined using AuxPow
DigixDAO: Ethereum-based goldstorage INc.
EMc: POW chain, Name Systems, Blockchain-based record-keeping
Ethereum: Centralized application platform running 'smart contracts'[ it is the FORK]
Ethereum Classic: d-Centralized Ethereum where [the Code is the Law]no FORKs!
eXpanse: Ethereum-clone, smart contract, franko
Factom: Blockchain-based record-keeping system INc. (JoinStart)
Golem: Ethereum-based computation network buy/sell computing power
Gridcoin: Coins rewarded for contribution to BOINC network
HZ: backwater, platform, old tech
GAME
First Blood: Ethereum-based eSports INc. [gamers]
GameCredits: POW Coin for the gaming industry (in-app or in-game purchases)[gamers]
Huntercoin: Human-mineable coin where coins are harvested by playing a game
Round: Ethereum-based eSports INc. [gamers]

Iconomi: Ethereum-based VC platform
Lsk: Platform, Javascript application platform

MaidSafeCoin:Token to be exchanged 1:1 for Safecoin once the SAFE Network (a decentralized data storage and communication platform) goes live

music:Ethereum-clone, smart contract pay-per-play
NEM: NXT-clonewith modified PoS system ("proof-of-importance")
NAUT: NXT asset, Mr. Kelly goes to crypto, WAT? WTF, Brian?
Namecoin: Decentralized Domain Name System (dDNS)
NXT: Platform, First w/ assets pure proof-of-stake, forging, devs moving out the Ardor
Omni: Platform for creating custom assets/currencies on top of the Bitcoin blockchain
Primecoin: Coin rewarded for contribution to searches for prime numbers
Qora: Platform, open source hard core, no lead dev
RAD: Platform, ?
RISE: Platform, Lsk fork, dead
SexCoin: POW blockchain, focus on fornication stuff
SmartCoin: POW blockchain, focus on inteligent stuff
Stratis: dApps, blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform for businesses
SingularDTV: asset, Ethereum-based entertainment INc.
Steem: Reddit-esque social networking/blogging platform
Storjx: asset, buy/sell hard drive space THE CLOUD, OMNI
Sia: buy/sell hard drive space THE CLOUD, POW network
Tether: asset, US dollar backed by fiat reserves held in Asian banks
ubq: POW, Ethereum-clone, smart contract jyap
UNO: POW blockchain, null inflation, AuxPow-tech, BASEPAIRS, store-of-value commodity
Waves: Platform, russian devs
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description : Assets A-Z index
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tag: #smartmoney #platforms #assets #money #crypto
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ref: https://steemit.com/smartmoney/@bitcoinnational/top-assets
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