Chains where transaction amounts and participants are hidden by default — via zero-knowledge proofs, ring signatures, or Mimblewimble-style aggregation. Payment as the primary use, privacy as the property that distinguishes them.
| # | Asset | Consensus | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | ZcashZEC | Equihash (200,9) | $25.8B |
| 10 | MoneroXMR | RandomX (CPU) | $10.4B |
| 61 | ZanoZANO | ProgPoWZ PoW + PoS | $118M |
| 78 | Pirate ChainARRR | Equihash (privacy) | $53M |
| 85 | VergeXVG | MultiAlgo (5 PoW algos: Scrypt/X17/Lyra2REv2/Myr-Groestl/Blake2s) | $47M |
| 123 | AbelianABEL | Chameleon Hash PoW (post-quantum) | $8M |
| 126 | ZClassicZCL | Equihash (200,9) — Zcash fork | $8M |
| 130 | Epic Private Internet CashEPIC | ProgPoW + RandomX + Cuckoo Cycle (MimbleWimble) | $7M |
| 141 | PlatONLAT | CBFT (Concurrent BFT with PPoS) | $5M |
| 150 | ParticlPART | PoSv3 (Peercoin lineage) | $4M |
| 153 | BytecoinBCN | CryptoNight | $4M |
| 156 | GrinGRIN | Cuckatoo32 (MimbleWimble) | $4M |
| 160 | CloakCoinCLOAK | PoSA (Enigma privacy) | $3M |
| 170 | XELISXEL | XelisHash-v2 (BlockDAG) | $3M |
| 178 | PIVXPIVX | Time Protocol v2 (PoS) | $2M |
| 195 | CryptonCRP | CryptoNight (Utopia) | $1M |
| 374 | SALVIUMSAL | RandomX (Monero fork) | $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.