Ultimate Guides

Siacoin is a peer-to-peer decentralized blockchain-based cloud storage platform where network participants rent and use secure storage space and excess bandwidth from other users. In other words, it's like Uber for cloud storage.

Algorand is a blockchain platform for the creation of tokens and decentralized applications. The Algorand network uses a Pure Proof of Stake Byzantine consensus mechanism capable of validating and securing 1,000 transactions per second.

LAND and MANA are the cryptocurrencies of Decentraland, a blockchain-based virtual reality platform that allows developers to create games involving acquiring and developing land resources. This Ethereum-based gaming ecosystem has many fascinating features.

A decentralized platform for querying and indexing data for dApps, The Graph supports developers by using subgraphs to tackle problems in query security, the finality of ownership, chain reorganization, and other issues.

A competitor to Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, Filecoin is a distributed database architecture that supports the development of applications storing any kind of digital data on the blockchain, where it is private, secure, and immutable.

Launched as a joke, DOGE is a descendant (by multiple forks) of the original Bitcoin. The coin has secured impressive growth in market capitalization and earned the endorsement of millions of users, including Tesla founder Elon Musk and musician Snoop Dogg.

Launched in 2014, Tether is one of the first and most widely used stablecoins. The USDT token is staked 1:1 to the U.S. dollar and backed by reserves of fiat currency. USDT coins work on Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS, Tron, and other blockchains. 

Monero's XMR is designed to be untraceable and anonymous. Transactions on the Monero blockchain can't be traced because unlike most cryptocurrencies, all XMR coins are interchangeable. Users like that. Regulators? Not so much.

Created in a contentious debate over the future of Ethereum, Ethereum Classic has established itself as a viable cryptocurrency and application platform that is compatible with Ethereum but distinct from it. Read all about this fascinating platform and its history.

Polygon provides inexpensive, fast transactions on Ethereum-compatible blockchains using Layer-2 sidechains. The project is based on Polygon as the hub of a seamless worldwide network of interconnected Ethereum sidechains.

Gnosis is a decentralized predictions market that allows developers to create betting applications based on weather, election results, sports matches, and other variables. The ecosystem includes tools for creating bets and rewarding users who validate outcomes.

Built using the Bitcoin codebase, Zcash uses cryptography to provide enhanced privacy for users compared to BTC and other cryptos. The Zcash Foundation's goal is to protect users’ privacy through encryption and other safeguards.