10 Best Alternative to Bitcoin 2017

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  1. Dash

Dash - Alternative To Bitcoin
Dash is the most popular alternative to Bitcoin. It is a complete digital cash management platform where you can store and spend your digital money to make instant payments online on many websites.

Your Dash wallet comes with the following features

It allows you to make private payments and transactions.
Lower fee than Bitcoin and many other digital wallets
InstantX feature allows fast and instant payments
It uses a decentralized network with no common third party to trust.
Advanced encryption and security
Money transfer anywhere in the world.
  1. Litecoin

Litecoin - Alternative To Bitcoin
When Litecoin was introduced in October 2011, it was termed as the silver alternative to Bitcoin’s gold. Litecoin follows the same protocol as of Bitcoin, but the mining is much cheaper with this coin.

Other features are briefed as follows

Less costly than Bitcoin
Easier and cheaper to mine
It can handle high transaction volume
Built for consumer-grade GPUs (processors)
More democratic than Bitcoin
Secure and private wallet encryption
  1. Safecoin

Safecoin - Alternative To Bitcoin
Safecoin is a digital token introduced by the SA FE network, mainly with the aim of compensating its users for their contribution to the network. Here are some of the most notable features of this coin.

There are exact 4.3 billion Safecoins in circulation at a time, and each coin has a unique identity.
Users can exchange their coins to buy any of SAFE network’s services.
Direct computer interaction with no middle person involved
Self-encrypting data for enhanced security
Built-in redundancy and data availability
Opportunistic data caching
  1. Peercoin

Peercoin - Alternative To Bitcoin
Peercoin is another Bitcoin based digital currency, which has its own method for verification of mined coins. In addition to the proof-of-work (POW), Peercoin also implements a proof-of-stake (POS) system. Other features are given below.

It is an inflationary currency with no fixed upper coin limit.
First-ever proof-of-stake coin
No instant mining or insider pre-sale to ensure a fair distribution
Mining allowed on any device compatible with Bitcoin
Stable and secure digital currency
  1. Steem

Steem - Alternative To Bitcoin
Steem, inspired by the word esteem, is a reward based social media currency system. This blockchain-based cryptocurrency system requires users to reward others for their contributions. The process of rewarding is similar to liking or voting a post on Facebook. Following are the features of Steem coin.

Blockchain-based reward distribution system.
Mining is as simple as voting for a post
Users get 50% Steem Dollars for voting and 50% Steem Power.
Rewards occur 24 hours after content submission

Mobile Application Development

  1. Namecoin

Namecoin - Alternative To Bitcoin

Introduced in April 2011, Namecoin currently has a supply of over 7.5 million coins in the market. The coin was originally designed as an alternative DNS for the .bit (Bitcoin) domain. Namecoin features are as follows.

Merged mining
Decentralized DNS
Resistant to censorship
Support for the top-level .bit domain
TLS certificate validation
  1. Primecoin

Primecoin - Alternative To Bitcoin
Termed as a “Innovative cryptocurrency,â€ Primecoin is a proof-of-work digital currency based on prime number search. Its features are briefed below.

Cryptography security
Decentralized mining and distribution
Useful for mathematical research
Involves search for special prime number chains, namely bi-twin chains and Cunningham chains
  1. Novacoin

Novacoin - Alternative To Bitcoin
Novacoin is a division of Peercoin and therefore is based on the same POW/POS system. The difference between the two is that Novacoin uses scrypt hashing in its POW system. Other features are described below.

It utilizes both POW and POS but with separate target limits.
It is based on the newer version of Bitcoin
It follows the floating reward per coin-year emission model.
It has no POW block signatures.
  1. Feathercoin

Feathercoin - Alternative To BitcoinFeathercoin is an open-source digital currency that uses peer-to-peer technology to bypass the old banking solution. It allows global payments which can be processed by anyone with compatible hardware and free software. The coin is based on NeoScrypt and has many features not found in most other crypto coins.

Here are some of the unique features of Feathercoin

80 Coin reward for every block
Protected by Neoscrypt algorithm
eHRC (enhanced Hash Rate Compensation)
Current Generation ASIC resistance
ACP (Advanced Checkpointing)
  1. Ethereum Classic

Ethereum Classic - Alternative To Bitcoin
Dubbed as the second biggest digital currency, Ethereum Classic is one of the most profitable digital coins to mine today. With zero switching cost, it is attracting substantial user-interest and hash power.

Since Ethereum Foundation is planning to switch to POS model, it is the most beneficial for miners to keep supporting ETC which will continue to employ the best POW security model. Miners are likely to get good benefits and rewards for their support.

Main features of ETC are as follows

Multi-platform and/or hardware wallet
No downtime, fraud, censorship
No third-party interference
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May be good to include XRP here as well coz it is becoming a popular altcoin.

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