Top payment coins

Chains built to move money. Small transfers, low fees, or both — the design brief is throughput and cost per transaction rather than smart contracts, storage, or novel finance primitives.

Chains counted
138
Combined market cap
$20.7B
Snapshot
10 November 2026
#AssetConsensusMarket cap
1 DogecoinDOGE Scrypt (merge-mined) $10.5B
2 Bitcoin CashBCH SHA-256 $4.6B
3 LitecoinLTC Scrypt $3.9B
4 KaspaKAS kHeavyHash (GHOSTDAG) $826M
5 DashDASH X11 $560M
6 eCashXEC SHA-256 (+ Avalanche finality) $112M
7 DigiByteDGB MultiAlgo (5 PoW algos: SHA256/Scrypt/Skein/Qubit/Odocrypt) $55M
8 XPR NetworkXPR DPoS (Antelope) $47M
9 Fractal BitcoinFB SHA-256 (merge-mined with BTC) $31M
10 QuantusQTC QPoW (Poseidon2) $20M
11 DiviDIVI PoS (masternodes) $11M
12 GroestlcoinGRS Groestl $8M
13 PeercoinPPC SHA-256 PoW + PoS $8M
14 Bitcoin GoldBTG Equihash-BTG $7M
15 NimiqNIM Nimiq Albatross (single-chain PoS) $4M
16 DucatusXDUCX Proof of Authority (Clique) $3M
17 ExchangeCoinEXCC Equihash (144,5) PoW + PoS tickets $2M
18 Electra ProtocolXEP Delta PoSV (X11) $2M
19 MochimoMCM Peach (memory-hard PoW, GPU) $1M
20 Bitcoin 2BTC2 SHA-256 (Bitcoin fork) $1M
21 RiecoinRIC Prime constellations (Riecoin PoW) $947,942
22 W CoinWCO IBFT 2.0 (Polygon Edge) $867,647
23 LuckycoinLKY Scrypt (AuxPoW merged mining since block 176000) $854,728
24 GarlicoinGRLC Allium $621,849
25 TTcoin NetworkTC Clique PoA (3 signers, geth fork) $506,063
26 BitcoinZBTCZ Equihash 144,5 (Zhash) $416,813
27 CannabisCoinCANN X11 $397,515
28 Deutsche eMarkDEM SHA-256 PoW + PoS $347,333
29 FIO ProtocolFIO DPoS $319,189
30 ShibacoinSHIC Scrypt $294,082
31 CrossFiXFI Tendermint (CometBFT) $280,538
32 FACTORFACT Integer factorization PoW (semiprime factoring, CPU) $202,644
33 BitcoinIIBC2 SHA-256 $197,510
34 FeathercoinFTC NeoScrypt $173,121
35 BitgesellBGL Keccak-256 (SHA-3) $170,924
36 Satoshi Cash NetworkSCASH RandomX (CPU) $168,301
37 JunkcoinJKC Scrypt (AuxPoW merged mining since block 173000) $160,411
38 KarlsenKLS KarlsenHashV2 (FishHash) $160,237
39 TalerTLR Lyra2Z PoW + PoS $92,000
40 FruitsFRTS Proof of Capacity $79,116
41 MotaCoinMOTA PoS $49,555
42 FreedomCoinFREED PoS (PIVX-derived; PoW launch phase ended at block 3,000) $10,016
43 GoldcoinGLC Scrypt $8,072
44 AcoinACOIN SHA-256 $4,898
45 AxeAXE X11 (Dash fork, masternodes) $4,462
46 Smart Energy PaySEP DPoS (geth + system contracts) $0
47 Electric CashELCASH SHA-256 $0
48 MimbleWimbleCoinMWC Cuckatoo C31 (MimbleWimble) $0
49 CPCoinCPC PoS (Nxt-style forging) $0
50 BTCMobickBMB SHA-256 $0
51 XBITXBT SHA-256 $0
52 PaladeumPLB PoS $0
53 MinoTari (Tari L1)XTM Multi-algo: RandomX (merge-mined + solo), SHA3x, Cuckaroo29 $0
54 ReddCoinRDD PoSV (Proof of Stake Velocity) $0
55 RubidiumRBD Proof of Authority (Clique, 7 signers) $0
56 SpacemeshSMH Proof of Space-Time (PoST) $0
57 GlobalBoostBSTY Yescrypt $0
58 TerracoinTRC SHA-256 $0
59 FreicoinFRC SHA-256 (merge-mined) $0
60 IxcoinIXC SHA-256 (merge-mined) $0
61 ZetacoinZET SHA-256 $0
62 UnobtaniumUNO SHA-256 (merge-mined) $0
63 HoboNickelsHBN PoS (Scrypt PoW only as 10-min fallback) $0
64 PotCoinPOT PoS $0
65 MAZAMAZA SHA-256 + MinotaurX PoW + Hive $0
66 BlackCoinBLK PoS v3 (BPoS) $0
67 e-GuldenEFL Scrypt $0
68 PLNcoinPLNC Scrypt $0
69 MotocoinMOTO Proof-of-Play (human-played motorbike game solves blocks) $0
70 StartcoinSTART X11 $0
71 ClamsCLAM PoS (initial distribution by dig; PoW ended at block 10,000) $0
72 ViacoinVIA Scrypt (AuxPoW) $0
73 CarboncoinCARBON Scrypt $0
74 Prime-XIPXI X11 $0
75 SpreadCoinSPR SpreadX11 $0
76 QuotientXQN PoS $0
77 PayCoinXPY PoS $0
78 Bean CashBITB Proof of Bean (PoS) $0
79 Wild Beast BlockWBB Scrypt $0
80 SongCoinSONG Scrypt $0
81 CaliforniumCF SHA-256 $0
82 Universal CurrencyUNIT SHA-256 PoW + PoS $0
83 ParkBytePKB PoS $0
84 BataBTA Multi-algo (SHA-256d/Scrypt/NIST5/Lyra2Z/X11/X16R) $0
85 AudioCoinADC PoS $0
86 SynergySNRG PoS $0
87 RatecoinXRA PoS $0
88 CrevaCoinCREVA X11 $0
89 BowsCoinBSC X11 $0
90 GuccioneCoinGCC Scrypt $0
91 EurocoinEUC SHA-256 $0
92 PakcoinPAK PoS $0
93 SIBCoinSIB X11GOST (Streebog) + masternodes (Dash fork) $0
94 SwingSWING SHA-256 PoW + PoS $0
95 ClubCoinCLUB PoS $0
96 AdzcoinADZ X11 $0
97 AvatarCoinAV PoS (SHA-256d PoW launch phase ended at block 12,000) $0
98 SaluSSLS PoS $0
99 FrancsFRN Scrypt $0
100 Evil CoinEVIL PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended) $0
101 Independent Money SystemIMS PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
102 MojoCoinMOJO PoS (X13 PoW launch phases ended at block 132,500) $0
103 EDRCoinEDRC PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended) $0
104 PostCoinPOST PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended at block 5,000) $0
105 BERNcashBERN X14 PoW + PoS $0
106 HiCoinXHI PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
107 Bitcoin 21XBTC21 SHA-256 PoW + PoS $0
108 2GIVE2GIVE Scrypt PoW + PoS $0
109 PlatinumBARXPTX Quark PoW + PoS $0
110 LanaCoinLANA PoS (SHA-256d PoW launch phase ended at block 750,000) $0
111 High VoltageHVCO PoS (SHA-256 PoW launch phase ended) $0
112 CometCMT Scrypt $0
113 TajCoinTAJ PoS (Blake2s PoW launch phase ended at block 900,000) $0
114 ZayedcoinZYD SHA-256 $0
115 DollarcoinDLC SHA-256 $0
116 MustangCoinMST PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended) $0
117 KurrentKURT X11 $0
118 EternityENT X11 $0
119 PoSW CoinPOSW PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
120 PureVidzVIDZ PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended at block 27,500) $0
121 ICOBIDICOB Scrypt PoW + PoS $0
122 iBankIBANK PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
123 IconicICON PoS (SHA-256d PoW launch phase ended at block 10,000) $0
124 NetkoNETKO PoS (Blake2s PoW launch phase ended at block 15,000) $0
125 BlazerCoinBLAZR Scrypt $0
126 ZenniesZENI PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
127 UnifyUNIFY PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
128 OnixONX X11 $0
129 SocialCoinSOCC Scrypt $0
130 GeyserCoinGSR Scrypt PoW + PoS (alternating 10,080-block phases) $0
131 Bitcoin GodGOD PoS $0
132 Litecoin CashLCC SHA-256 + MinotaurX (+ Hive) $0
133 OduwacoinOWC PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended at block 5,000) $0
134 SolarSXP DPoS (53 block producers) $0
135 MYCEYCE PoS (PIVX-derived, masternodes; Scrypt PoW launch phase ended at block 200,000) $0
136 OC ProtocolOCP SHA256T PoW + PoS $0
137 RaptoreumRTM GhostRider $0
138 Bitcoin Blake2BBTCB2 BLAKE2b $0

Methodology — the rules under which each chain's purpose was decided. Assets that don't fit one of the categories are left unclassified rather than filed under a guess.