Top 100 Cryptocurrencies in Four Words

Top 100 Cryptocurrencies described in 4 words or less by @genjigoy Updated November 7th, 2017 1 - 33 1 Bitcoin BTC Digital gold 2 Ethereum ETH Programmable contracts and money 3 Bitcoin Cash BCH Bitcoin clone 4 Ripple XRP Enterprise payment settlement network 5 Litecoin LTC Faster Bitcoin 6 Dash DASH Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone 7 NEO NEO Chinese-market Ethereum 8 NEM XEM Batteries-included digital assets 9 Monero XMR Private digital cash 10 Ethereum Classic ETC Ethereum clone 11 IOTA MIOTA Internet-of-things payments 12 Qtum QTUM Ethereum contracts on Bitcoin 13 OmiseGo OMG Banking, remittance, and exchange 14 Zcash ZEC Private digital cash 15 BitConnect BCC Madoff-like investment fund 16 Lisk LSK Decentralized applications in JavaScript 17 Cardano ADA Layered currency and contracts 18 Tether USDT Price = 1 USD 19 Stellar Lumens XLM Digital IOUs 20 EOS EOS Decentralized apps with WebAssembly 21 Ishare WSR Brazilian switchboard 22 Waves WAVES Decentralized exchange and crowdfunding 23 Stratis STRAT Decentralized applications in C# 24 Komodo KMD Blockchain ICOs 25 Ark ARK Public blockchain 26 Electroneum ETN Monero clone 27 Bytecoin BCN Privacy-focused cryptocurrency 28 Steem STEEM Reddit with money voting 29 Ardor ARDR Blockchain for spanning blockchains 30 Binance Coin BNB Pay Binance exchange fees 31 Augur REP Prediction market 32 Populous PPT Invoice trading platform 33 Decred DCR Bitcoin with alternate governance 34 - 66 34 TenX PAY Cryptocurrency credit card 35 MaidSafeCoin MAID Rent disk space 36 BitcoinDark BTCD Zcoin clone 37 BitShares BTS Decentralized exchange 38 Golem GNT Rent other people's computers 39 PIVX PIVX Inflationary Dash clone 40 Gas GAS Pay fees on Neo 41 TRON TRX In-app purchases 42 Vertcoin VTC Bitcoin clone 43 MonaCoin MONA Japanese Dogecoin 44 Factom FCT Decentralized record keeping 45 Basis BAT Decentralized ad network 46 SALT SALT Cryptocurrency-backed loans 47 Kyber Network KNC Decentralized exchange 48 Dogecoin DOGE Serious meme bitcoin clone 49 DigeDAO DGD Organisation manages tokenized gold 50 Veritaseum VERI Vaporware 51 Walton WTC IoT Blockchain 52 SingularDTV SNGLS Decentralized Netflix 53 Bytom BTM Physical assets as tokens 54 Byteball GBYTE Decentralized database and currency 55 GameCredits GAME Video game currency 56 Metaverse ETP ETP Chinese Ethereum plus identity 57 GXShares GXS Decentralized Chinese Equifax 58 Siacoin SC Decentralized marketplace 59 Siacoin SC Rent disk space 60 Status SNT Decentralized application browser 61 OX OX Decentralized exchange 62 Verge XVG Privacy Dogecoin 63 Lykke LKK Digital asset exchange 64 Civic CVC Identity and Authentication App 65 Blocknet BLOCK Decentralized exchange 66 Metal MTL Payments with rewards program 67 - 100 67 Iconomi ICN Digital asset investment funds 68 Aeternity AE Decentralized apps (prototype) 69 DigiByte DGB Faster Bitcoin 70 Bancor BNT Token Index Funds 71 Ripio Credit Net RCN Co-signed Cryptocurrency Loans 72 ATMChain ATMC Advertising network 73 Gnosis GNO Decentralized prediction market 74 VeChain VEN Supply chain item IDs 75 Pura PURA Cryptocurrency 76 Particl PART Privacy marketplace and chat 77 KuCoin Shares KCS Profit-sharing exchange fees 78 Bitcore BTX Mint for cryptocurrency investments 79 FunFair FUN Decentralized casino 80 ChainLink LINK External data for contracts 81 Power Ledger POWR Airbnb for electricity 82 Nxt NXT Cryptocurrency and marketplace 83 Monaco MCO Cryptocurrency credit card 84 Cryptonex CNX Zerocoin clone 85 MCAP MCAP Mining investment fund 86 Storj STORJ Rent disk space 87 ZenCash ZEN Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone 88 Nexus NXS Bitcoin clone 89 Neblio NEBL Decentralized application platform 90 Zeusshield SSS Real-time data insurance 91 Streamr DATA Real-time data marketplace 92 ZCoin XZC Private digital cash 93 NAV Coin NAV Bitcoin with private transactions 94 AEX AEX Advertising exchange 95 Open Trading NCEN Decentralized exchange 96 SmartCash SMART Coin clone with rewards 97 Bitdeal BDL Bitcoin clone 98 Loopring LRC Decentralized exchange 99 Edgeless EDG Decentralized casino 100 FairCoin FAIR Bitcoin that rewards savers Learn to program smart contracts and cryptocurrency https://newline.co Ranked according to market cap on coinmarketcap.com as of November 7th, 2017. Caution: market cap is not an indicator of maturity or legitimacy. newline

An infographic titled “Top 100 Cryptocurrencies described in 4 words or less” lists cryptocurrencies in ranked columns with short humorous or reductive descriptions. The joke comes from compressing each project’s purpose, reputation, or criticism into a few words, often using comparisons such as “Bitcoin clone,” “Decentralized exchange,” or “Serious meme bitcoin clone.” It is shared as a reaction to cryptocurrency culture, market hype, and the many overlapping blockchain projects of the late 2010s.

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