The Best 37 Ethereum Alternatives

  • Bitcoin icon

    Bitcoin

    Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency. Peer-to-peer (P2P) means that there is no central authority to issue new money or keep track of transactions. Instead, these tasks are managed collectively by the nodes of the network.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Bitcoin Cash icon

    Bitcoin Cash

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

    Free Open Source Web

  • FairCoin icon

    FairCoin

    Promotes Equality and a Fair Economy. FairCoin is endorsed by FairCoop, the Earth cooperative for a fair economy.

    Free Open Source Web

  • Crypti icon

    Crypti

    A decentralized application (dapp) platform which allows JavaScript developers to deploy dapps. Every dapp runs on its own fully customizable sidechain and the developer has full control over the dapp features.

    Free Windows Linux Web Mac Self-Hosted JavaScript JSON Ethereum

  • 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

  • bitcore icon

    bitcore

    A pure and powerful JavaScript Bitcoin library or blockchain library.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux Mac JavaScript

  • 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
  • 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
  • Golem icon

    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
  • Lisk icon

    Lisk

    Lisk is a cryptocurrency that offers a next generation platform that allows for the development and distribution of JavaScript based blockchain applications.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted