Cryptocurrencies & Tokens summarised in 4 words

This list describes cryptocurrencies. Each gets four words. There are many.

Some are landmarks. Some are scams. Hopefully this provides orientation.

Name | Symbol | Description:

Bitcoin | BTC | Digital gold

Ethereum | ETH | Programmable contracts and money

Bitcoin Cash | BCH | Bitcoin clone

Ripple | XRP | Enterprise payment settlement network

Litecoin | LTC | Faster Bitcoin

Dash | DASH | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone

NEO | NEO | Chinese-market Ethereum

NEM | XEM | Batteries-included digital assets

Monero | XMR | Private digital cash

Ethereum Classic| ETC | Ethereum clone

IOTA | MIOTA | Internet-of-things payments

Qtum | QTUM | Ethereum contracts on Bitcoin

OmiseGO | OMG | Banking, remittance, and exchange

Zcash | ZEC | Private digital cash

BitConnect | BCC | Madoff-like investment fund

Lisk | LSK | Decentralized applications in JavaScript

Cardano | ADA | Layered currency and contracts

Tether | USDT | Price = 1 USD

Stellar Lumens | XLM | Digital IOUs

EOS | EOS | Decentralized applications on WebAssembly

Hshare | HSR | Blockchain switchboard

Waves | WAVES | Decentralized exchange and crowdfunding

Stratis | STRAT | Decentralized applications in C#

Komodo | KMD | Decentralized ICOs

Ark | ARK | Blockchain switchboard

Electroneum | ETN | Monero clone

Bytecoin | BCN | Privacy-focused cryptocurrency

Steem | STEEM | Reddit with money voting

Ardor | ARDR | Blockchain for spawning blockchains

Binance Coin | BNB | Pay Binance exchange fees

Augur | REP | Decentralized prediction market

Populous | PPT | Invoice trading futures

Decred | DCR | Bitcoin with alternative governance

TenX | PAY | Cryptocurrency credit card

MaidSafeCoin | MAID | Rent disk space

BitcoinDark | BTCD | Zcoin close

BitShares | BTS | Decentralized exchange

Golem | GNT | Rent other people's computers

PIVX | PIVX | Inflationary Dash clone

Gas | GAS | Pay fees on Neo

TRON | TRX | In-app-purchases

Vertcoin | VTC | Bitcoin clone

MonaCoin | MONA | Japanese Dogecoin

Factom | FCT | Decentralized record keeping

Basic Attention | BAT | Decentralized ad network

SALT | SALT | Cryptocurrency-backed loans

Kyber Network | KNC | Decentralized exchange

Dogecoin | DOGE | Serious meme bitcoin clone

DigixDAO | DGD | Organisation manages tokenized gold

Veritaseum | VERI | Vaporware

Walton | WTC | IoT Blockchain

SingularDTV | SNGLS | Decentralized Netflix

Bytom | BTM | Physical assets as tokens

Byteball Bytes | GBYTE | Decentralized database and currency

GameCredits | GAME | Video game currency

Metaverse ETP | ETP | Chinese Ethereum plus identity

GXShares | GXS | Decentralized Chinese Equifax

Syscoin | SYS | Decentralized marketplace

Siacoin | SC | Rent disk space

Status | SNT | Decentralized application browser

0x | ZRX | Decentralized exchange

Verge | XVG | Privacy Dogecoin

Lykke | LKK | Digital asset exchange

Civic | CVC | Identity and Authentication App

Blocknet | BLOCK | Decentralized exchange

Metal | MTL | Payments with rewards program

Iconomi | ICN | Digital asset investment funds

Aeternity | AE | Decentralized apps (prototype)

DigiByte | DGB | Faster Bitcoin

Bancor | BNT | Token Index Funds

Ripio Credit | RCN | Co-signed Cryptocurrency Loans

ATMChain | ATM | Advertising network

Gnosis | GNO | Decentralized prediction market

VeChain | VEN | Supply chain item IDs

Pura | PURA | Cryptocurrency

Particl | PART | Privacy marketplace and chat

KuCoin Shares | KCS | Profit-sharing exchange fees

Bitquence | BQX | Mint for cryptocurrency investments

FunFair | FUN | Decentralized casino

ChainLink | LINK | External data for contracts

Power Ledger | POWR | Airbnb for electricity

Nxt | NXT | Cryptocurrency and marketplace

Monaco | MCO | Cryptocurrency credit card

Cryptonex | CNX | Zerocoin clone

MCAP | MCAP | Mining investment fund

Storj | STORJ | Rent disk space

ZenCash | ZEN | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone

Nexus | NXS | Bitcoin clone

Neblio | NEBL | Decentralized application platform

Zeusshield | ZSC | Decentralized insurance

Streamr DATAcoin| DATA | Real-time data marketplace

ZCoin | XZC | Private digital cash

NAV Coin | NAV | Bitcoin with private transactions

AdEx | ADX | Advertising exchange

Open Trading | OTN | Decentralized exchange

SmartCash | SMART | Zcoin clone with rewards

Bitdeal | BDL | Bitcoin clone

Loopring | LRC | Decentralized exchange

Edgeless | EDG | Decentralized casino

FairCoin | FAIR | Bitcoin that rewards saver

Tags: #cryptocurrency #tokens #money #bitcoin #cryptos
Author: Marcos Oliveira

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This will take me a while to read. Thanks for the info.

@icom thanks for your message.