History of cryptocurrency
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A chronological list of all cryptocurrencies released till 2013
| Name | Launch Date | Creator | Forked from | Hashing Algo | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 03.01.2009 | Satoshi Nakamoto | New | SHA-256 | Mail Archive | First peer-to-peer payment system |
| Namecoin | 18.04.2011 | vinced | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | First decentralised Domain Name System |
| Timecoin | 25.05.2011 | knightmb | New | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | PHP based cryptocurrency |
| Multicoin | 29.06.2011 | sacarlson | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | Supports mutiple blockchains |
| Devcoin | 05.08.2011 | Unthinkingbit | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | 90% of the mining reward goes to the developers |
| Ixcoin | 10.08.2011 | Nasakioto | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | Higher block reward, premined |
| I0coin | 16.08.2011 | kr105 | Ixcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | Ixcoin without premine |
| SolidCoin | 21.08.2011 | RealSolid | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | Faster block generation rate, fixed transaction fees |
| Geist Geld | 09.09.2011 | Lolcust | Multicoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | Extremely fast block generation rate, no supply limit, experimental |
| Tenebrix | 26.09.2011 | Lolcust & ArtForz | Bitcoin | scrypt | BitcoinTalk | First cryptocurrency using scrypt, premined |
| Fairbrix | 02.10.2011 | coblee | Tenebrix | scrypt | BitcoinTalk | Tenebrix without premine |
| Litecoin | 13.10.2011 | coblee | Bitcoin | scrypt | BitcoinTalk | First cryptocurrency to use scrypt and a faster block generation rate |
| RuCoin | 16.10.2011 | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | Developed in russian, closed source | |
| Coiledcoin | 02.10.2011 | makomk | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | No supply limit |
| Liquidcoin | 18.01.2012 | Nicksasa | Tenebrix | scrypt | BitcoinTalk | Fixed difficulty, no supply limit |
| BBQCoin | 15.07.2012 | Cubox | Litecoin | scrypt | BitcoinTalk | Fast block generation rate, no suppy limit |
| PPCoin | 19.08.2012 | Sunny King | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | BitcoinTalk | First cryptocurrency using Proof of Stake |
| Novacoin | 01.10.2012 | Balthazar | PPCoin | scrypt | BitcoinTalk | PoS combined with scrypt |
| Terracoin | 29.10.2012 | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | Terracoin.org | Faster blocks, different difficulty adjustment algorithm | |
| Freicoin | 21.12.2012 | jtimon & maaku | Bitcoin | SHA-256 | Bitcointalk | First and only demurrage cryptocurrency |
External Links
Map Of Coins - Visualized history of the cryptocurrency world
