SHA-256 cryptocurrencies

Double SHA-256 has been Bitcoin's proof of work since the first block in 2009, and every chain here mines the same function. It is mined almost entirely on dedicated ASICs, so all of these chains draw on one pool of machines: hashrate moves between them as price and difficulty shift, and the smaller ones can be outmined by a sliver of Bitcoin's miners.

Chains counted
22
Combined market cap
$1.64T
Paid to miners / day
$37.1M
Largest share
99.6%
Bitcoin
Mined on
ASIC
Snapshot
16 October 2026

4 of the 22 chains have a hashrate a source publishes. Bitcoin receives 99.6% of the SHA-256 work measured here. The smallest, eCash, holds <0.1%: anyone running more than that fraction of the algorithm's machines could outmine it.

#AssetHashrateShare of algoBlock timePaid to miners / dayIssuance / yrDifficulty 24hMarket cap
1 BitcoinBTC 1.05 ZH/s 99.6% 10 min $36.9M 0.8% +3.8% $1.64T
14 Bitcoin CashBCH 3.94 EH/s 0.4% 10 min $123K 0.8% +3.9% $5.5B
44 Bitcoin SVBSV 237 PH/s <0.1% 10 min $8,339 0.8% — $373M
57 eCashXEC 44 PH/s <0.1% 10 min $1,702 0.5% +2.2% $131M
87 Fractal BitcoinFB — — 30 s $6,853 6.0% +11.9% $42M
125 BDTCOINBDTC — — 2 min — — — $9M
220 Bitcoin 2BTC2 — — 10 min — — — $1M
255 BitcoinIIBC2 — — 10 min — — — $356,822
305 AcoinACOIN — — 40 s — — — $3,808
317 Electric CashELCASH — — 10 min — — — $0
324 XBITXBT — — 1 min — — — $0
329 BTCMobickBMB — — — — — — $0
351 Bitcoin Cash IIBCH2 — — 10 min — — — $0
356 TerracoinTRC — — 2 min — — — $0
357 FreicoinFRC — — 10 min — — — $0
358 IxcoinIXC — — 10 min — — — $0
359 ZetacoinZET — — 30 s — — — $0
360 UnobtaniumUNO — — 1 min — — — $0
388 CaliforniumCF — — 1.5 min — — — $0
400 EurocoinEUC — — 2 min — — — $0
433 ZayedcoinZYD — — 1.5 min — — — $0
434 DollarcoinDLC — — 4 min — — — $0

Hashrate is each chain's own work, comparable only within one algorithm. Paid to miners / day is block reward × blocks per day at the protocol's target block time × price — what the network spends on its own security. Block rewards come from WhatToMine, which averages transaction fees in for some chains; where it does not list a chain, the reward is derived from the halving schedule. Blank means no source publishes it.

Questions

Which cryptocurrencies use SHA-256?

22 in the CoinSpectrum ranking as of 16 October 2026: Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin SV (BSV), eCash (XEC), Fractal Bitcoin (FB), BDTCOIN (BDTC), Bitcoin 2 (BTC2), BitcoinII (BC2), Acoin (ACOIN), Electric Cash (ELCASH), XBIT (XBT), BTCMobick (BMB) and 10 more. Tokens never count — only chains with their own blockchain and consensus.

Can one machine mine every SHA-256 coin?

Yes. A SHA-256 ASIC mines any chain on this page; only the pool and the payout address change. That shared hardware is why hashrate migrates between these chains when profitability moves, and why a small SHA-256 chain is exposed to anyone holding a small fraction of Bitcoin's hashrate.

How much are SHA-256 miners paid?

About $37.1M a day across the chains listed, counting block reward × blocks per day × price on 16 October 2026. Bitcoin accounts for 99.6% of it.

What does a chain's share of the SHA-256 hashrate mean?

It is the fraction of all the SHA-256 work listed here that the chain receives. Machines can switch between these chains freely, so a chain holding a small share can be outmined by anyone who controls more than that share of the algorithm's machines. A large share is the security; a small one is an exposure.

Other proof-of-work algorithms

ScryptX11EquihashRandomXKAWPOWEvery proof-of-work chain

Methodology — how each chain's consensus was decided. Wrapped, staked and pegged claims are listed separately and never counted.