100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less

100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less

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 savers

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