Bitcoin is the world's first peer-to-peer cryptocurrency. It was invented by a mysterious inventor Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 and is regarded as the first digital currency to fix the double spend problem.


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Ethereum is a cryptocurrency that allows smart contracts and Dapps to operate on its network. It was created by Vitalik Buterin, a Russian/Canadian software developer and is regarded as an evolution of Bitcoin.


XRP is a type of cryptocurrency designed to help banks move money more quickly, and cheaply than existing methods. It is largely spearheaded by Ripple, a for-profit company based in San Francisco.


Bitcoin Cash was a hard fork of Bitcoin. The split took place in 2017 and since then, Bitcoin Cash has become one of the largest cryptocurrencies to emerge from Bitcoin.


The Binance exchange's own coin, used to reduce fees when converting and buying currencies.


Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency that's designed to be quicker at processing transactions than Bitcoin. It was created by a former Google employee called Charlie Lee and uses a different consensus algorithm to process transactions that allow more people to become miners.

 

Bitcoin SV stands for Satoshi Vision.

Stemming from Bitcoin Cash and claiming to be the "original Bitcoin," BSV is a hard fork from BCH after the network upgrade scheduled for November 15th, 2018 resulted in a hash war determining the chains would be split. According to their website, the Bitcoin SV project is primarily backed by CoinGeek Mining with development work by nChain.


EOS is a cryptocurrency that wants to be a direct competitor to Ethereum. It raised more than $4 billion in a year-long ICO, and was designed to run Dapps on a blockchain without having to worry about speed or expending vast amounts of electricity. But as yet it's untested as a network and has run into a number of problems.


Tron is a decentralized blockchain designed for entertainment and content creation.


Tezos is a cryptocurrency and network that allows users to create smart contracts and Dapps, like Ethereum.


Monero is a cryptocurrency designed to keep transactions hidden from prying eyes. It uses a number of sophisticated techniques to prevent people from tracking how money is spent.


Stellar is a cryptocurrency designed to help the world’s unbanked have access to financial services.


Zcash is one of the world's largest privacy coins.


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