The Best 42 Bitcoin Alternatives

  • Litecoin icon

    Litecoin

    litecoin is a peer-to-peer internet currency that enables instant payments to anyone in the world. it differs from its parent bitcoin in that can be efficiently mined with consumer-grade hardware.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Android Mac

  • Ethereum icon

    Ethereum

    Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third party interference.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Web Mac

    Decentralized Smart contracts
  • NXT icon

    NXT

    Nxt is a fast and energy-efficient cryptocurrency based on the Proof-of-Stake concept, suitable for online payments and decentralized assets. Nextcoin and Nxtcoin are features of Nxt.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android BSD

  • NameCoin icon

    NameCoin

    Namecoin is a distributed domain name system based on the Bitcoin technology. Namecoin extends Bitcoin to add transactions for registering, updating and transferring domain names.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Mac

    Decentralized Distributed
  • Ripple icon

    Ripple

    Ripple is a monetary system that makes simple obligations between friends as useful for making payments as regular money.

    Free Open Source Web

  • Peercoin icon

    Peercoin

    Peercoin is a P2P digital currency and payment system optimized for security and energy-efficiency.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Android

  • Groestlcoin icon

    Groestlcoin

    GroestlCoin (GRS) is a peer-to-peer Internet cryptocurrency utilizing the Groestl algorithm that enables instant payments to anyone in the world.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Stellar icon

    Stellar

    Stellar is a decentralized protocol for sending and receiving money in any pair of currencies. This means users can, for example, send a transaction from their Yen balance and have it arrive in Euros, Yen, or even bitcoin.

    Free Open Source Web

  • Bitcoin Cash icon

    Bitcoin Cash

    Low fees, reliable confirmations, unrestricted growth, decentralized development, global adoption, and permissionless innovation.

    Free Open Source Web

  • Tibit icon

    Tibit

    Tibs are tokens of value defined by the user in their local currency, they can be spent on any tib button without a second thought as you are always spending your personal "just right" amount, Support online content creation...

    Free Open Source Web

  • feathercoin icon

    feathercoin

    Feathercoin is an Internet currency not controlled by any central bank or institution Feathercoin bypasses the old banking system by using peer-to-peer technology.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Zcoin icon

    Zcoin

    Private financial transactions enabled by the Zerocoin Protocol. One of the most groundbreaking academic developments in Bitcoin research.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • BlackCoin icon

    BlackCoin

    Blackcoin is a scrypt based coin launched on February 24th. It boasts 10 second transaction times (very fast), and unlike most other coins, can't be mined anymore.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

    Portable Peer To Peer
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    Golem

    Golem is a global, open sourced, decentralized supercomputer that anyone can access. It's made up of the combined power of user's machines, from personal laptops to entire datacenters.

    Free Open Source Web

    Decentralized Peer To Peer
  • FileCoin icon

    FileCoin

    Earn Filecoin for hosting files Put your unused storage to work by becoming a Filecoin miner. Use the Filecoin mining software to get paid for fulfilling storage requests on the Filecoin market.

    Free Web

    Decentralized Based on Blockchain