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
144
Combined market cap
$24.9B
Snapshot
28 October 2026
#AssetConsensusMarket cap
9 DogecoinDOGE Scrypt (merge-mined) $12.4B
14 Bitcoin CashBCH SHA-256 $5.8B
15 LitecoinLTC Scrypt $4.6B
27 KaspaKAS kHeavyHash (GHOSTDAG) $988M
33 DashDASH X11 $684M
59 eCashXEC SHA-256 (+ Avalanche finality) $134M
74 DigiByteDGB MultiAlgo (5 PoW algos: SHA256/Scrypt/Skein/Qubit/Odocrypt) $64M
79 XPR NetworkXPR DPoS (Antelope) $55M
90 Fractal BitcoinFB SHA-256 (merge-mined with BTC) $40M
119 QuantusQTC QPoW (Poseidon2) $24M
142 PeercoinPPC SHA-256 PoW + PoS $11M
148 DiviDIVI PoS (masternodes) $9M
151 GroestlcoinGRS Groestl $8M
154 Bitcoin GoldBTG Equihash-BTG $7M
183 NimiqNIM Nimiq Albatross (single-chain PoS) $4M
193 MochimoMCM Peach (memory-hard PoW, GPU) $3M
198 DucatusXDUCX Proof of Authority (Clique) $3M
199 ExchangeCoinEXCC Equihash (144,5) PoW + PoS tickets $3M
202 Electra ProtocolXEP Delta PoSV (X11) $2M
238 Bitcoin 2BTC2 SHA-256 (Bitcoin fork) $1M
241 RiecoinRIC Prime constellations (Riecoin PoW) $1M
244 LuckycoinLKY Scrypt (AuxPoW merged mining since block 176000) $946,704
245 W CoinWCO IBFT 2.0 (Polygon Edge) $927,856
248 GarlicoinGRLC Allium $775,837
251 PirateCashPIRATE PoS (masternodes) $594,062
254 TTcoin NetworkTC Clique PoA (3 signers, geth fork) $545,208
264 CannabisCoinCANN X11 $397,515
265 ShibacoinSHIC Scrypt $378,338
272 KarlsenKLS KarlsenHashV2 (FishHash) $309,119
273 BitcoinZBTCZ Equihash 144,5 (Zhash) $307,807
276 FIO ProtocolFIO DPoS $298,829
279 StakeCubeCoinSCC SCCPow (FiroPow/ProgPoW variant) + masternodes (ChainLocks) $279,149
281 CrossFiXFI Tendermint (CometBFT) $262,783
282 BitcoinIIBC2 SHA-256 $262,563
284 FACTORFACT Integer factorization PoW (semiprime factoring, CPU) $255,833
285 Deutsche eMarkDEM SHA-256 PoW + PoS $254,476
291 Satoshi Cash NetworkSCASH RandomX (CPU) $206,648
292 FeathercoinFTC NeoScrypt $190,258
293 JunkcoinJKC Scrypt (AuxPoW merged mining since block 173000) $184,342
295 BitgesellBGL Keccak-256 (SHA-3) $166,079
302 TalerTLR Lyra2Z PoW + PoS $93,635
304 FruitsFRTS Proof of Capacity $86,416
307 MotaCoinMOTA PoS $49,555
315 GoldcoinGLC Scrypt $12,340
317 FreedomCoinFREED PoS (PIVX-derived; PoW launch phase ended at block 3,000) $10,798
320 PhorePHR PoS v3 (PIVX-derived; Quark PoW ended at block 200) $8,556
322 AxeAXE X11 (Dash fork, masternodes) $4,462
323 AcoinACOIN SHA-256 $3,808
330 CPCoinCPC PoS (Nxt-style forging) $0
331 Electric CashELCASH SHA-256 $0
332 BTCMobickBMB SHA-256 $0
335 MinoTari (Tari L1)XTM Multi-algo: RandomX (merge-mined + solo), SHA3x, Cuckaroo29 $0
337 Smart Energy PaySEP DPoS (geth + system contracts) $0
340 MimbleWimbleCoinMWC Cuckatoo C31 (MimbleWimble) $0
342 XBITXBT SHA-256 $0
345 PaladeumPLB PoS $0
346 RubidiumRBD Proof of Authority (Clique, 7 signers) $0
351 ReddCoinRDD PoSV (Proof of Stake Velocity) $0
356 SpacemeshSMH Proof of Space-Time (PoST) $0
367 GlobalBoostBSTY Yescrypt $0
373 TerracoinTRC SHA-256 $0
375 FreicoinFRC SHA-256 (merge-mined) $0
376 IxcoinIXC SHA-256 (merge-mined) $0
377 ZetacoinZET SHA-256 $0
378 UnobtaniumUNO SHA-256 (merge-mined) $0
379 HoboNickelsHBN PoS (Scrypt PoW only as 10-min fallback) $0
380 PotCoinPOT PoS $0
381 MAZAMAZA SHA-256 + MinotaurX PoW + Hive $0
382 BlackCoinBLK PoS v3 (BPoS) $0
383 e-GuldenEFL Scrypt $0
385 PLNcoinPLNC Scrypt $0
390 MotocoinMOTO Proof-of-Play (human-played motorbike game solves blocks) $0
392 StartcoinSTART X11 $0
394 ClamsCLAM PoS (initial distribution by dig; PoW ended at block 10,000) $0
395 ViacoinVIA Scrypt (AuxPoW) $0
396 CarboncoinCARBON Scrypt $0
398 Prime-XIPXI X11 $0
399 SpreadCoinSPR SpreadX11 $0
400 CrownCRW PoS (stake pointers) $0
401 QuotientXQN PoS $0
402 PayCoinXPY PoS $0
404 Bean CashBITB Proof of Bean (PoS) $0
405 Wild Beast BlockWBB Scrypt $0
406 SongCoinSONG Scrypt $0
407 CaliforniumCF SHA-256 $0
408 Universal CurrencyUNIT SHA-256 PoW + PoS $0
409 ParkBytePKB PoS $0
410 BataBTA Multi-algo (SHA-256d/Scrypt/NIST5/Lyra2Z/X11/X16R) $0
411 AudioCoinADC PoS $0
412 SynergySNRG PoS $0
413 RatecoinXRA PoS $0
414 CrevaCoinCREVA X11 $0
415 BowsCoinBSC X11 $0
417 GuccioneCoinGCC Scrypt $0
419 EurocoinEUC SHA-256 $0
421 PakcoinPAK PoS $0
422 SIBCoinSIB X11GOST (Streebog) + masternodes (Dash fork) $0
423 SwingSWING SHA-256 PoW + PoS $0
425 ClubCoinCLUB PoS $0
426 AdzcoinADZ X11 $0
427 AvatarCoinAV PoS (SHA-256d PoW launch phase ended at block 12,000) $0
429 SaluSSLS PoS $0
430 FrancsFRN Scrypt $0
431 Evil CoinEVIL PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended) $0
433 Independent Money SystemIMS PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
436 MojoCoinMOJO PoS (X13 PoW launch phases ended at block 132,500) $0
437 EDRCoinEDRC PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended) $0
438 PostCoinPOST PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended at block 5,000) $0
439 BERNcashBERN X14 PoW + PoS $0
440 HiCoinXHI PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
441 Bitcoin 21XBTC21 SHA-256 PoW + PoS $0
442 2GIVE2GIVE Scrypt PoW + PoS $0
443 PlatinumBARXPTX Quark PoW + PoS $0
444 LanaCoinLANA PoS (SHA-256d PoW launch phase ended at block 750,000) $0
446 High VoltageHVCO PoS (SHA-256 PoW launch phase ended) $0
447 CometCMT Scrypt $0
450 TajCoinTAJ PoS (Blake2s PoW launch phase ended at block 900,000) $0
452 ZayedcoinZYD SHA-256 $0
453 DollarcoinDLC SHA-256 $0
454 MustangCoinMST PoS (X11 PoW launch phase ended) $0
455 AllSafeASAFE PoS $0
456 KurrentKURT X11 $0
457 EternityENT X11 $0
458 PoSW CoinPOSW PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
460 PureVidzVIDZ PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended at block 27,500) $0
461 ICOBIDICOB Scrypt PoW + PoS $0
462 iBankIBANK PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
464 IconicICON PoS (SHA-256d PoW launch phase ended at block 10,000) $0
465 NetkoNETKO PoS (Blake2s PoW launch phase ended at block 15,000) $0
466 BlazerCoinBLAZR Scrypt $0
467 ZenniesZENI PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
469 UnifyUNIFY PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended) $0
470 OnixONX X11 $0
471 SocialCoinSOCC Scrypt $0
473 GeyserCoinGSR Scrypt PoW + PoS (alternating 10,080-block phases) $0
477 Bitcoin GodGOD PoS $0
478 Litecoin CashLCC SHA-256 + MinotaurX (+ Hive) $0
482 DogeCashDOGEC PoS (PIVX-derived, masternodes) $0
483 OduwacoinOWC PoS (Scrypt PoW launch phase ended at block 5,000) $0
486 SolarSXP DPoS (53 block producers) $0
487 MYCEYCE PoS (PIVX-derived, masternodes; Scrypt PoW launch phase ended at block 200,000) $0
490 OC ProtocolOCP SHA256T PoW + PoS $0
493 RaptoreumRTM GhostRider $0
504 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.