The concept of Bitcoin was first put forward by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. According to Satoshi Nakamoto's idea, open source software and P2P network were designed and released. Bitcoin is a P2P digital currency. Point-to-point transmission means a decentralized payment system.
2. Ethereum
Ethereum (ETH) is a digital token of Ethereum and is regarded as "Bitcoin Version 2.0". The blockchain technology "ETH" is different from Bitcoin, and developers need to pay ETH to support the operation of the application. Like other digital currency, you can buy and sell on the trading platform.
3. Litecoin
Litecoin (abbreviation: LTC, currency symbol:? ) is a network currency based on peer-to-peer technology and an open source software project licensed by MIT/X 1 1. It can help users make instant payments to anyone in the world.
Litecoin is inspired by Bitcoin (BTC) and has the same realization principle in technology. The creation and transmission of Litecoin is based on open source encryption protocol and is not managed by any central organization.
4.dogecoin
DoCoCoin, called "doge Coin/ Dog Coin" by some people, was born in 2065438+February 8, 2003. Based on Scrypt algorithm, DoCoCoin is the second largest virtual currency in the world after Bitcoin.
Digital currency is a global currency initiated by the people. It does not belong to a certain country, but to all mankind. It has the advantage of rapid global transfer. For example, money can be remitted from China to the United States in a few seconds, and the cost is low. Moreover, the total amount will not be issued at will like legal tender, and the total amount is relatively stable.
5. Yuanbao coins
Yuanbao Coin is a virtual digital currency similar to Bitcoin. The founder of Yuanbao Coin is a group of bitcoin enthusiasts and the earliest supporter. But after seeing the problems in Bitcoin, he decided to do his best to develop an electronic currency suitable for China people with the latest technology.
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"PPCoin was pre-released by SunnyKing on August 1 1 day, and officially released on August 19. The biggest innovation of PPCoin is that its mining method is a mixture of PoW workload proof and PoS authority proof. PoS mining method only needs ordinary computers and clients to handle transactions and maintain network security, thus achieving the purpose of energy saving and security.
7. Kate coins
KateCoin (KTC) is a virtual P2P digital currency, which can be used all over the world. Point-to-point transmission means a decentralized payment system.
In businesses that support Kate currency consumption, you can directly use Kate currency for consumption payment.
8. Quarks
Quarcoin is a virtual currency based on six encryption algorithms (Blake, BMW, Groestl, JH, Keccak, Skein), with 9 rounds of ultra-secure hash operation and 3 rounds of random hash function, which has unique technical specifications.
9. Infinite coins
Infinite Coin (IFC) is a new digital currency. Compared with Bitcoin, IFC has more advantages in circulation, filling the shortcomings of Bitcoin in the fields of commercial circulation and promoting commercial operations.
Infinite coins need to be confirmed three times at a time, each confirmation takes 30 seconds, and the transaction confirmation speed is very fast. Since the bitcoin transaction * * * needs six confirmations, * * * takes about 1 hour, and the confirmation of Litecoin transaction * * takes 15 minutes. Infinite coins are used in daily transactions and are more practical.
10, civil currency
Civilian currency, English name PopulaceCoin, or POC for short, was born in 2065438+March 7, 2004. The total POC is close to the world population (7.057 billion).
POC is based on nine rounds of ultra-secure hash operation of six encryption algorithms (Blake, BMW, Groestl, JH, Keccak, Skein) suitable for CPU mining, and generates a block every 15 second, with a total amount of 7.057 billion (close to the world population).
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Virtual currency refers to unreal currency. Well-known virtual currencies such as Baidu's Baidu Coin, Tencent's Q Coin and Q Point, as well as grand coupons, micro coins launched by Sina (for micro game and Sina to learn, etc.). ), Chivalrous Yuanbao (Chivalrous Game), Wen Yin (Bixue Love Game).
20 13 Popular digital currency coins include Bitcoin, Litecoin, Infinite Coin, Quark Coin, Zeta Coin, Barbecue Coin, Penny Coin (Extranet), Invisible Gold Bar, Red Coin and Prime Coin. At present, there are hundreds of digital currency species distributed all over the world. The legend of "Bitkin, Wright Silver, Infinite Copper and Penny Aluminum" is popular in the circle.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Virtual Currency