List of blockchains

This is a list of blockchains - decentralized, cryptographic databases - and other distributed ledgers.

List +NameDate createdCreated byNative cryptocurrencyConsensus algorithm Programmable?Private?Defined as per ISO 22739:2020 - Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies standard (see https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso:22739:ed-1:v1:en):Permissioned?FinalityLedger stateNotesRefs.BitcoinJan 3, 2009Satoshi NakamotoBTCPoW with Nakamoto ConsensusYes (scripts)NoNoProbabilisticUTXOFirst and most well-known blockchain.LitecoinOct 8, 2011Charlie LeeLTCPoWYes (scripts)YesPeercoinAug 19, 2012PPCPoWYes (scripts)NoPrimecoinJul 7, 2013Sunny KingXPMPoWWork is finding long Cunningham chains of prime numbersMazaCoin2014?Payu Harris, AnonymousPirateMAZAInitially created for the Oglala Lakota Tribe, but never quite used for that purposeNamecoinApr 18, 2011NMCAllows users to register names; precursor to NFTsEthereumJul 30, 2015Ethereum Foundation (founded by Vitalik Buterin and others)ETHETH 1.0 - PoW with Nakamoto consensus, ETH 2.0 - PoS with supermajorityYesNoNoETH 1.0 Probabilistic, ETH 2.0 EconomicAccount-balanceBaseJun 15, 2023CoinbaseETHOptimistic rollupYesEVM-compatible Layer-2 on EthereumStarkNetJun 2021StarkWareSTRKZK-rollupYesLayer-2 on EthereumEthereum ClassicJul 20, 2016ETCPoWYesNoNoSplit from Ethereum due to The DAO hack earlier that monthBitcoin CashAug 1, 2017BCHPoWsplit from BitcoinCardanoSep 27, 2017Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy WoodADADPoSYes NoNoProbabilisticUTXOTRONJun 24, 2018TRONDPoSYesNoTezosJun 30, 2018Arthur and Kathleen BreitmanXTZPoSYesNoBitcoin SVNov 2018BSVPoWYes (scripts)Nosplit from Bitcoin Cash, itself split from BitcoinLightning Network2018n/a?Layer-2 on BitcoinAlgorandJun 10, 2019Silvio Micali and othersALGOPoSYesNoNoImmediateSolanaMar 16, 2020Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj GokalSOLPoS with Proof of History (PoH)YesNoNoImmediateAccount-balancePolkadotMay 26, 2020Parity TechnologiesDOTStarted with PoA then moved to PoSYes (in parachains)NoNoAccount-balanceAvalancheSep 10, 2020Emin Gün Sirer, Maofan "Ted" Yin and Kevin SekniqiAVAXPoSYes (in C-Chain)NoNoImmediateUTXOMobileCoinDec 6, 2020MobileCoin Inc. (founded by Josh Goldbard and Shane Glynn)MOBDESOJan 18, 2021Nader al-Naji (aka diamondhands) and othersDESO (formerly BTCLT, CLOUT)social media; flagship app BitClout; name acquired in Sep 2021Terra ClassicApr 24, 2019Do Kwon and othersLUNC (formerly LUNA), USTFormerly Terra until May 2022; ecosystem collapsed in May 2022 (UST depegged to near-zero and LUNA also went to near-zero)StellarApr 6, 2016XLMBFT??Yes?EOS.IOJul 1, 2017?EOSDPoSYesNo??LBRY?LBCRippleJun 2012Ripple LabsXRPBFTNoNoNoImmediateAccount-balanceBlockchain is known as XRP Ledger. Smart contract capabilities are being added.Stacks2013STXVertcoinJan 8, 2014 VTCHedera HashgraphJul 2017HBARYesNoYesAccount-balanceUses a directed acyclic graph instead of a chain per seZcashOct 28, 2016ZECPoWYesuses zero-knowledge proofs for privacyMoneroApr 18, 2014XMRPoWNoYesBitcoin GoldNov 12, 2017BTGPoWYes (scripts)NoDogecoinDec 6, 2013DOGEPoWNoNoPolygonJun 1, 2020?MATICPoSYesNoNoImmediateAccount-balancenetwork anchored to EthereumBNB Smart Chain (formerly Binance Smart Chain)2017BinanceBNBPoS and PoAYesNoYesImmediate?BNB chain is a permissioned blockchain.IOTAJul 11, 2016IOTA FoundationMIOTAPoW/TaPoWNoNoYesImmediateUTXOSmart contract capabilities are being added.NanoOct 4, 2015Colin LeMahieuXNOOpen Representative VotingNoNoNoInstant (less than1 second) with deterministic finalityAccount-balanceNEARSep 24, 2020NEAR FoundationNEARStarted with PoA then moved to PoSYesNoNoFinalityAccount-balance

List of blockchains

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