[SC] Cryptocurrencies #10 - LTC rulezzzz

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THE ORIGINAL CRYPTOCOIN LIST [version October 14, 2013]

MAJOR:
(big market, high security)

-BTC Bitcoin- - first, strongest, most accepted, most mined, high volume market, a true currency
-LTC Litecoin- second only to BTC , faster than BTC, ASIC-hostile GPU SCRYPT mining.
-NMC Namecoin- merged mined with BTC, used for alternative p2p domain system
-PPC PPcoin- Proof Of Stake [very innovative, low energy]

MINOR:
(established, but small)

-XPM PrimeCoin- mining PrimeCoin helps looking for prime numbers, instead of wasting energy. for now cpu-only.
-NVC NovaCoin- scrypt hashing[like LTC], proof of stake [like PPC]
-FTC FeatherCoin- LTC clone with 4x more coins. starting diff 0
-TRC Terracoin- BTC clone, many diff algo updates, still abused.
-DVC Devcoin- merged mined with BTC, 90% of generation goes to foundation, 10% to miners

CANDIDATES:
(not stable yet, with some community support)

-MEC Megacoin- based on 8.2 code. 0 starting diff.
-CGB CryptogenicBullion- 0.94% Premined NVC Clone
-MNC Mincoin- LTC clone, started with no binaries and 25000% reward blocks. 0 starting diff
-DGC DigitalCoin- LTC clone. 20 sec blocks. 0 starting diff + progresive reward.
-ANC Anoncoin- a coin with I2P support
-WDC Worldcoin- LTC clone. 15 sec blocks. 0 starting diff.
-FRC Freicoin- 4.89% anual demurrage. for the first 3 years 80% block subsidy goes to foundation, 20% to miners.
-IXC IxCoin- merged mined with BTC, BTC clone.
-IFC infinitecoin- LTC clone with huge reward of 524288 and extreme fast reward drop.

THE PURGATORY:
(many new clones)

-BTB BitBar- scarce, PoW + PoS[like PPC] scrypt. 0 starting diff + quick adjustment.
-BQC BBQCoin- forgotten , now revived and active. faster version of LTC.
-ZET Zetacoin- BTC clone, sha256.
-GLD Goldcoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff, 2000% superblocks at start [3.2% instamine]
-PXC PhenixCoin- LTC clone. 1'000'000 coins premine
-PyBC Coin- An example coin to show new "Python Blockchain" Library capabilities.
-YAC YACoin- Yet Another altCoin. NovaCoin fork, with modified scrypt hashing
-FRK Franko- LTC clone. fast blocks. 0 starting diff. scarce.
-BTE Bytecoin- the 1:1 bitcoin copy
-CAP Bottlecaps- NVC clone, with a 0.25 diff start and quick 9 years inflation
-NBL nibble- LTC clone. progresive starting reward.
-FLO Florin coin- a coin with trasaction comments
-GME Gamecoin- unfinished FTC clone , killed on launch. failed to revive once, and now finaly revived.
-CNC CHNCoin- LTC clone, announced on chinese forum first.0 starting diff
-HBN HoboNickels- Fast NVC clone. Extreme, over 100% ROI. 0 starting diff.
-JKC JKC- LTC clone. 0 starting diff with superblocks, random superblocks.
-FST Fastcoin- LTC clone. 12 sec blocks. 0 starting diff.
-KGC krugercoin- LTC clone. 15 sec blocks. 0 starting diff.
-QRK Quark- Sifcoin clone. CPU only.
-BTG bitgem- NVC scarce clone. 0 starting diff
-I0C I0coin- ixcoin without the premine. died 3 times. After very long time revived again.

-ZCC ZcCoin- Yacoin clone.
-FEC FreeCoin- Yacoin clone.
-MemoryCoin- SHA512 + modified scrypt coin with grands.
-PHS Philosopherstone- NVC Clone with random blocks and in-blockchain messages.
-AMC Americancoin- premined LTC clone with 6.5k-14k blocks giving zero reward
-SPC supercoin- JunkCoin clone. 0 starting diff
-doubloons- LTC clone. 0 starting diff
-LKY LuckyCoin- superblocks at start, random superblocks [JunkCoin clone].
-SPT Spots- smallchange clone, 0 starting diff.
-MEM MEMEcoin- premined LTC clone. 10 sec blocks. 0 starting diff + superblocks.
-EZC EzCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff and superblocks
-CMC CosmosCoin- NVC fork with no fees and transaction comments
-DMD Diamond- Scarce NVC clone with random reward.
-ARG Argentum- premined LTC clone
-StableCoin- 1.2mln premined, 0 starting diff
-SIC Sifcoin- Uses new hashing, series of SHA-3 candidates, CPU only.
-Ybc Ybcoin- YAC Clone.
-GLX Galaxycoin- Fast NVC clone with constant reward for 8 years.
-NUG Nuggets - premined LTC clone with random superblocks and constant base reward.
-LBW Lebowskis- NVC clone.
-CSC CasinoCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff, superblocks at start.
-EGC EagleCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff.
-ZTC ZenithCoin-Freicoin based -demurrage +Scrypt. 50% tax for developer.
-ONC Onecoin- a coin that has total supply of 1, Scrypt-jane
-ELP ElephantCoin- LTC Clone with random blocks and in-blockchain messages.0.4% premined.
-GLC GlobalCoin- LTC clone
-CDC Cloudcoin- 1000000 premined NVC clone with random blocks.
-GDC Grand coin- JKC clone
-PYC Paycoin - CosmosCoin clone.

-CENT Pennies- Hidden launch Yacoin clone.
-NEC Neocoin- NVC-like, with messages. Multiple failed relaunches until finaly ok.
-JPC Jupitercoin- Scarce LTC Clone. 0 starting difficulty, 0.27% premined.
-CRM Crimecoin- A little (0.03%) premined LTC clone.
-VLC ValueCoin- 0,75% premined LTC clone
-GRW Growthcoin- Super quickly mined NVC clone, halving every 3 months + 100% RoI! Exponential inflation.
-SYC Skycoin- premined LTC clone
-SXC Sexcoin- JunkCoin clone, overtaken.
-CL Copperlark- Uses new hashing, SHA-3. CPU only. Massively premined
-RYC RoyalCoin- starting superblocks LTC clone
-DNC Dragoncoin- smallchange clone, 0 starting diff.
-Emerald- LTC clone. progresive starting reward. scarce.
-NAN NanoTokens- premined LTC clone
-MST MasterCoin- premined LTC clone
-USC UScoin- premined LTC clone
-FEC FerretCoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff.
-Noirbits- LTC clone
-GIL- premined LTC clone with random reward.
-CDC Cloudcoin- 1000000 premined NVC clone with random blocks.
-RCH RichCoin- premined LTC clone
-XNC XenCoin- premined LTC clone
-REC RealCoin- premined LTC clone
-ALF Alphacoin- LTC clone with 1000000 premined and starting superblocks.
-RED Redcoin- 1000000 premine, random reward, transaction messages.
-One last Coin- premined LTC clone
-ORB Orbitcoin- The most(66%) premined coin since MMMcoin . 0 starting diff.
-Quantumcoin- dead and relaunched clone

DEAD / DYING :

-TDC TradeCoin- 100% premine LTC clone experiment. Dying.
-NUC NuCoin- premined LTC clone. officially dead.
-6CN 6coin- LTC clone. Never really picked up.
-PWC Powercoin-] LTC clone. 30 sec blocks. killed by 51%
-SRC sunrisecoin- LTC clone. 0 starting diff. Dying because of no prime node from the start.
-Icecoin- DoA, relaunched by someone else and dead again..
-HYC Hypercoin-LTC clone + premine. dying of extremely low hashrate
-ELACoin- progtresive inlfation. tripple-failed launch - DOA
-LQC Liquidcoin made to be very fast at constant difficulty, dead [pool closed, exchange closed]
-SC Solidcoin - dying (10-20% fee), designed to improove IxCoin, hard to be neutral on this one, 1.0 was a premine scam, 2.0 says BTC is pyramid scheme.
-GG Geist Geld experiment on BTC algorithm, how fast can it go? just for sience.
-TBX Tenebrix interesting idea of cpu-friendly mining with scrypt, but premined with 7.7milion coins
-FBX Fairbrix- Tenebrix without the premine, bad launch, alive but little support.
-CLC Coiledcoin- some nice ideas, but killed in 51% attack
-RUC Rucoin- copy of bitcoin, only difference is that it was developed in russian not english. Dead, than reborn much different, not confirmed if it is the same blockchain, both scrypt[like LTC] and sha256d , nice client !warning! not opensource ! dying again https://www.rucoin.org/
-TimeKoin - PHP webbased coin, alive but not used or traded. http://timekoin.org/
-Beertokens-abitious [impossible?] try to stabilize price against commodity.
-MMM MMMcoin - Dead coin by notorious scamer SPMavrodi, named "yes we can" "my mozem mnogoye" 30s between blocks, retarget every 1440 blocks. 10T premined and 0.01 reward, fees "shredder" feature, 51% protection. Abandoned by developers

NOT BTC ALTERNATIVE / NEVER FULLY LAUNCHED:
(do not have bitcoin characteristics or never active )

-JPU J-Coin- YAC clone? no source - not a true crypto!
-EMU Emunie- Not launched yet, closed source beta only. May be a big thing - coin based on trust, not hashpower. Yet unknown if will be decentralised and opensource or ripple-like.
-MSC mastercoin- Not launchet yet, but you can buy them already. coins created by buying them with bitcoins. operates on a bitcoin blockchain.
eCash historical try for digital curency by David Chaum, operational but died. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiCash
DigiCash was the company that made eCash . Possibly where Bitcoin came from.
Ripples XRP- , no mining - all coins available at start 80% foundation, and 20% develeopers. centralized, not opensource. not designed to be a currency, but an IOU exchange. Very innovative and usefull, but "not an altcoin"
Amazon Coin - centralized private scrip launched by Amazon and pegged to USD, not cryptographic at all, just a name.
WEEDS never realy active and now dead
Groupcoin - still alive but never realy active
Opencoin - opensource version of digicash, opencoin.org , not launched yet
RealPay 100% coins at start, centralized, never realy launched ,site is dead
Qubic coins are produced at the rate determined by quorum of miners, not set by developers. Never launched.
Swiftcoin company operated, centralized and pegged, not opensource http://www.firstnationalbnak.com/faq
SMC smallchange functioning blockchain, but made just for research. might be a coin if reset.
-barcoin-functioning blockchain, but made just for research.

https://bitcointalk.org/i(...)gn9k4&topic=134179.0

Wat zou de nieuwe coin op BTC-e worden? En zal ie goedkoop zijn met potentie?