Fair-launch cryptocurrencies: no premine, no presale

A fair launch means the chain started empty: nobody held coins before the first block, and no coins were sold to fund the project. Every coin in circulation was earned by the people securing the chain. The site checks this chain by chain; 202 have been checked so far, and the list grows as the rest are.

Cryptocurrencies with a fair launch — no coins allocated before the chain started and none sold to raise money — include Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Monero, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin.

Updated 28 October 2026, with every data build.

#	Cryptocurrency	Consensus	Market cap
1	BitcoinBTC	Proof of Work	$1.62T
2	DogecoinDOGE	Proof of Work	$12.4B
3	MoneroXMR	Proof of Work	$11.4B
4	Bitcoin CashBCH	Proof of Work	$5.8B
5	LitecoinLTC	Proof of Work	$4.6B
6	CantonCC	Federated	$4.0B
7	BittensorTAO	Proof of Authority	$2.9B
8	KaspaKAS	Proof of Work	$988M
9	PearlPEARL	Proof of Work	$638M
10	Bitcoin SVBSV	Proof of Work	$349M
11	eCashXEC	Proof of Work	$134M
12	DigiByteDGB	Proof of Work	$64M
13	QubicQUBIC	Other	$61M
14	NanoXNO	Proof of Stake	$45M
15	VergeXVG	Proof of Work	$41M
16	SiacoinSC	Proof of Work	$40M
17	Pirate ChainARRR	Proof of Work	$37M
18	FluxFLUX	Proof of Stake	$29M
19	ErgoERG	Proof of Work	$25M
20	RavencoinRVN	Proof of Work	$24M
21	NamecoinNMC	Proof of Work	$22M
22	FiroFIRO	Proof of Work	$16M
23	Epic Private Internet CashEPIC	Proof of Work	$15M
24	CounterpartyXCP	Other	$11M
25	PeercoinPPC	Hybrid	$11M
26	GroestlcoinGRS	Proof of Work	$8M
27	Ycash (y.cash)YEC	Proof of Work	$5M
28	ZClassicZCL	Proof of Work	$5M
29	NexaNEXA	Proof of Work	$4M
30	MonaCoinMONA	Proof of Work	$4M
31	VertcoinVTC	Proof of Work	$3M
32	OctaSpaceOCTA	Proof of Work	$3M
33	GrinGRIN	Proof of Work	$3M
34	Hacash DiamondHACD	Proof of Work	$2M
35	DingocoinDINGO	Proof of Work	$2M
36	XELISXEL	Proof of Work	$2M
37	SignumSIGNA	Proof of Work	$1M
38	BellscoinBELLS	Proof of Work	$1M
39	PrimecoinXPM	Proof of Work	$1M
40	Bitcoin 2BTC2	Proof of Work	$1M
41	RiecoinRIC	Proof of Work	$1M
42	LuckycoinLKY	Proof of Work	$946,704
43	XDAGXDAG	Proof of Work	$904,671
44	GarlicoinGRLC	Proof of Work	$775,837
45	NeuraiXNA	Proof of Work	$532,793
46	RadiantRXD	Proof of Work	$477,517
47	ShibacoinSHIC	Proof of Work	$378,338
48	KarlsenKLS	Proof of Work	$309,119
49	BitcoinZBTCZ	Proof of Work	$307,807
50	HacashHAC	Proof of Work	$268,643
51	BitcoinIIBC2	Proof of Work	$262,563
52	FACTORFACT	Proof of Work	$255,833
53	Satoshi Cash NetworkSCASH	Proof of Work	$206,648
54	FeathercoinFTC	Proof of Work	$190,258
55	JunkcoinJKC	Proof of Work	$184,342
56	GlobalBoostBSTY	Proof of Work	$0
57	TerracoinTRC	Proof of Work	$0
58	FreicoinFRC	Proof of Work	$0
59	UnobtaniumUNO	Proof of Work	$0
60	BowsCoinBSC	Proof of Work	$0
61	VerusVRSC	Hybrid	$0
62	OC ProtocolOCP	Hybrid	$0
63	KryptokronaXKR	Proof of Work	$0
64	RaptoreumRTM	Proof of Work	$0
65	Bitcoin Blake2BBTCB2	Proof of Work	$0

Of the 202 chains checked, 65 launched fairly, 30 had a premine and 107 a presale. A chain not yet checked is not listed either way.

Questions

What is a fair launch in crypto?

A launch with no premine and no presale: the chain starts with no coins allocated, and every coin is issued to the miners or validators who secure it.

Which cryptocurrencies had a fair launch?

Among those checked: Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Monero, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Canton, Bittensor, Kaspa.

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Ranked by consensus or purpose instead: the consensus families and the purpose pages list every chain in each.