TOP 20 CRYPTO CURRENCIES - Reference Table
Date: July 24, 2017
| Name | One Liner | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | King of decentralized cryptocurrencies | https://bitcoin.org/en/ |
| Ethereum | Platform for developing self-executing smart contracts | https://www.ethereum.org/ |
| Ripple | Helping banks send real-time international payments | https://ripple.com/ |
| Litecoin | Compliment to Bitcoin | https://litecoin.org/ |
| NEM | Proof of Importance algorithm | https://www.nem.io/ |
| Dash | Digital currency with instant double spend confirmation, and optional private send | https://www.dash.org/ |
| Ethereum Classic | A continuation of the original Ethereum blockchain; immutable | https://ethereumclassic.github.io/ |
| IOTA | Economy for the Internet of things | https://iota.org/ |
| Monero | Secure, private, and untraceable currency | https://getmonero.org/home |
| Stratis | Blockchain applications for .NET framework | https://stratisplatform.com// |
| EOS | Platform for developers to build scalable Dapps | https://eos.io/ |
| Bitshares | Decentralized Exchange | https://bitshares.org/ |
| NEO | China's own version of ethereum (smart contracts platform) | https://neo.org/ |
| BitConnect | Lending platform | https://bitconnectcoin.co/ |
| Vertasium | P2P capital markets | http://veritas.veritaseum.com/ |
| Zcash | Public blockchain payments with privacy around the sender, recipient, and amount of a transaction | https://z.cash/ |
| Qtum | Bridge between Bitcoin and Ethereum | https://qtum.org/en/ |
| Steem | Social media platform where participation is rewarded | https://steem.io/ |
| Waves | Platform to create custom tokens | https://wavesplatform.com/ |
| Iconomi | Digital assets management |  |
With all the market cap data, rankings, trends and such it can be overwhelming. Sometimes I like to take a high-level look at the market and get a different perspective; this table helps me do that. Hope you find it useful :)
Value Picks:
PivX - Is private, instant, verified transactions. PivX is a fork of Dash, but has 100% Proof of Stake vs Proof of Work alongside many other differences. The development team is strong, but the community support is even stronger, which is something that I always look for when evaluating competing currencies.
Ubiq - Ethereum has multiple forks planned for the future which may be disruptive to some businesses. Ubiq is offering a more stable blockchain for the Ethereum platform.
