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1 Bitcoin First, and most secure… https://bitcoin.… https://bitcoi… Publi… https://blo…

2 Ethereum Biggest smart contrac… https://ethereu… https://ether… Publi… https://blo…

3 Near Sharded PoS smart co… https://nearpro… https://near.o… Publi… https://blo…

4 Cosmos Blockchain ecosystem… https://cosmos… https://cosm… Publi… https://blo…

5 Solana High-throughput laye… https://solana.… https://solan… Publi…

6 Polkadot Blockchain ecosystem… http://polkado… https://polka… Publi… https://blo…

7 Avalanche Smart contract blockc… https://www.av… https://www.… Publi…

8 Terra Protocol for stablecoi… https://terra.m… https://terra.… Publi…

9 Binance … Cheap Eth fork with s… https://www.bi… https://www.… Publi…

10 Algorand Smart asset blockchai… https://www.al… https://arxiv.… Publi… https://blo…

11 Waves Smart asset blockchai… https://wavesp… https://mediu… Publi… https://blo…

12 Litecoin Early, prominent Bitc… https://litecoin.… https://litecoi… Publi… https://blo…

13 Tezos Smart contract blockc… https://tezos.c… https://tezos.… Publi… https://blo…

14 Celo EVM-compatible platf… https://celo.org/ https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

15 Tron Smart contract blockc… https://tron.ne… https://tron.n… Publi… https://blo…

16 Fetch.ai Artificial intelligence f… https://fetch.ai/ https://fetch.… Publi…

17 Cardano Smart contract platfo… https://www.ca… https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

18 Elrond High-throughput, sha… https://elrond.… https://elron… Publi…

19 Stellar Smart asset blockchain https://www.st… https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

20 Nxt 1. well-known PoS bl… https://www.jel… https://nxtdo… Publi… https://blo…

21 Zcash Privacy-focused block… https://z.cash/ https://white… Publi… https://blo…

22 Monero Privacy-focused chain https://www.g… https://web.g… Publi… https://blo…

23 EOS Smart contract platfo… https://eos.io/ https://iang.o… Publi… https://blo…

24 Helium A people-powered ne… https://www.he… http://whitep… Publi…

25 Decred Blockchain protocol d… https://decred.… https://crypt… Publi… https://blo…

26 Huobi C… Public chain for finance https://www.h… https://githu… Publi…

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# Name Brief (Marketing) De… Website Whitepaper/… Type BC Profile Rating

27 Flow Blockchain for dapps … https://www.o… https://assets… Publi…

28 Arweave The permaweb https://www.ar… https://www.… Publi…

29 Kusama Canary Network for P… https://kusama… https://wiki.p… Publi…

30 Aion Blockchain platform … https://theoan.… https://white… Publi…

31 Aeternity Erlang-based smart c… https://aeternit… https://githu… Publi…

32 Tomoch… Blockchain protocol … https://tomoch… https://white… Publi…

33 NEO Smart contract platfo… https://neo.org/ https://docs.… Publi… https://blo…

34 Mina Lightweight blockchain https://minapr… https://minap… Publi… https://blo…

35 Hedera … Distributed ledger tec… https://www.he… https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

36 LTO Net… Hybrid blockchain for… https://www.lt… https://ltonet… Privat…

37 Icon General purpose bloc… https://icon.fo… http://docs.ic… Publi… https://blo…

38 Ontology Blockchain for self-so… https://ont.io/ https://ont.io… Publi… https://blo…

39 Zilliqa Sharded, scalable blo… https://zilliqa.c… https://docs.z… Publi…

40 Komodo Business-friendly solu… https://komod… https://docs.k… Publi…

41 Ethereu… Original Ethereum ch… https://ethereu… https://ether… Publi… https://blo…

42 Binance … Cosmos/Tendermint f… https://docs.bi… https://docs.… Publi… https://blo…

43 Bitcoin C… Bitcoin with increased… https://www.bi… https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

44 Digibyte Fair-launched PoW ch… https://digibyt… https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

45 Lisk Smart asset blockchai… https://lisk.io/ https://lisk.io… Publi… https://blo…

46 Bitcoin SV Bitcoin with big blocks. https://bitcoins… https://bitcoi… Publi… https://blo…

47 Nervos Public blockchain eco… https://www.ne… https://githu… Publi… https://blo…

48 IOTA Distributed ledger tec… https://www.io… https://www.i… Publi… https://blo…

49 Kadena Hybrid blockchain pla… https://www.ka… https://www.… Publi…

50 Nano Feeless distributed ne… https://nano.or… https://conte… Publi… https://blo…

51 Ardor NXT 2.0 with parent -… https://www.jel… https://www.j… Publi… https://blo…

52 Filecoin Decentralized storage… http://filecoin.io/ https://filecoi… Publi…

53 Dash Privacy-focused block… https://www.d… https://githu… Publi… https://blo…

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54 Ark Blockchain platform f… https://ark.io/ https://white… Publi…

55 Horizen Decentralized ecosyst… https://www.h… https://www.… Publi…

56 VeChain Blockchain for Enterp… https://www.ve… https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

57 Kava Defi Ecosystem built … https://www.ka… https://docse… Publi…

58 Theta N… PoS chain for video st… https://www.th… https://githu… Publi…

59 Ripple Blockchain for Financ… https://ripple.c… https://ripple.… Publi… https://blo…

60 IoTeX Internet of Trusted Th… https://iotex.io/ https://v1.iot… Publi…

61 Blockstack Decentralized Compu… https://www.bl… https://uploa… Publi…

62 Edgeware Substrate-based smar… https://edgewa… https://arena… Publi…

63 Harmony Fast, sharded PoS blo… https://www.ha… https://harm… Publi…

64 Oasis all-in-one tool for co… https://www.o… https://docse… Publi…

65 WAX DPoS blockchain with… https://wax.io/ https://githu… Publi…

66 Casper Smart contract blockc… https://casperl… https://caspe… Publi…

67 Internet … Smart contract blockc… https://internet… https://intern… Publi…

68 Holochain Distributed ledger tec… https://holoch… https://githu… Publi… https://blo…

69 Proximax Smart asset blockchai… https://www.pr… http://ipfs1-d… Publi…

70 Flowchain Distributed ledger for… https://flowcha… https://flowc… Privat…

71 BitShares DPoS blockchain. https://bitshar… https://white… Publi…

72 NEM Smart asset blockchai… https://nem.io/ https://nempl… Publi… https://blo…

73 Bitcoin g… GPU-Bitcoin. https://bitcoin… https://bitcoi… Publi… https://blo…

74 Ravencoin Digital Asset blockch… https://ravenco… https://raven… Publi… https://blo…

75 Seele Anti-asic, sharded, hi… https://seele.pr… https://white… Publi…

76 Waltonc… Business ecosystem i… https://www.w… https://www.… Publi…

77 Concord… Privacy-centric, public… https://concor… https://www.… Publi…

78 Crypto.c… Payment-focused cha… https://crypto.… https://crypt… Publi… https://blo…

79 Thunder… EVM-compatible high… https://www.th… https://docs.t… Publi…

80 KILT prot… Identity-focused chai… https://kilt.io/ https://www.… Publi…

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81 Topl Impact technology bl… https://topl.co/ https://icorati… Publi…

82 Libra Payment network by … https://libra.or… https://libra.o… Publi…

83 Qtum Smart contract blockc… https://qtum.o… https://qtum.… Publi… https://blo…

84 Elixxir & … Fullstack blockchain p… https://elixxir.io/ https://xx.net… Publi…

85 Elastos Smart contract blockc… https://www.el… https://www.… Publi…

86 Verge Digital currency https://vergec… https://white… Publi…

87 Fluence P2P protocol for com… https://fluence.… https://fluenc… Publi…

88 Wanchain Interoperability chain … https://www.w… https://wanc… Publi…

89 Hive Social Media Blockch… https://hive.io/ https://www.… Publi…

90 Corda Blockchain platform t… https://www.co… https://www.… Privat…

91 Hyperle… Umbrella project of o… https://www.hy… https://www.… Privat…

92 Quorum Private chain based o… https://www.g… https://githu… Privat…

93 Waves E… Enterprise-grade hybr… https://wavese… https://waves… Publi…

94 Symbol NEM 2.0, hybrid bloc… https://symbol… https://nemt… Publi… https://blo…

95 Radix Scalable DLT with a fo… https://www.ra… https://www.r… Publi…

96 Europec… GDPR-compliant EOS… https://europe… https://europ… Publi… https://blo…

97 Bitcoin … Bitcoin fork with focu… https://www.bi… https://www.… Publi… https://blo…

98 Dogecoin Meme coin https://dogeco… https://githu… Publi… https://blo…

99 Telos Blockchain based on … https://telosne… https://resou… Publi…

100 Coti DAG-based blockchai… https://coti.io/ https://coti.io… Publi…

101 Iost Ultra-fast blockchain https://iost.io/ https://iost.io… Publi…

102 Aelf Blockchain Infrastruct… https://aelf.io/ https://aelf.io… Publi…

103 Obyte (p… DAG-based distribute… https://obyte.o… https://obyte.… Publi…

104 Conflux New consensus archit… https://conflux… https://conflu… Publi…

105 Dero Proof of Work blockc… https://dero.io/ https://githu… Publi…

106 Rchain Blockchain protocol … https://rchain.c… Publi…

107 Stratis Blockchain-as-a-Servi… https://www.st…

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# Name Brief (Marketing) De… Website Whitepaper/… Type BC Profile Rating

108 Wavelet Open ledger for writi… https://wavelet… https://wavel… Publi…

109 pChain Multichain system tha… https://www.pc… https://www.… Publi…

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