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[Genesis Block #0](https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f)\n\n\n\u003e Investment opportunity: you can buy an inscription on an online registry that gives you absolutely no rights and no income.\n\u003e Also investors must pay $3B per year or the registry ceases to exist.\n\u003e BUT there's a limited number of registry entries so it must be worth a lot.\n\u003e\n\u003e -- [Trolly McTrollface, Best of Bitcoin Maximalist - Inside The New New Crypto Ponzi Economics](https://bitsblocks.github.io/bitcoin-maximalist)\n\n\nWebsite: [`bitcoin.org`](https://bitcoin.org), Source Code @ github: [`bitcoin`](https://github.com/bitcoin)\nincl. [Bitcoin Core](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin) ★36 825\n\nFounders: Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym)\n\n1 Bitcoin = 100 000 000 Satoshi (8 Digits)\n\n- Block Time: ~10 Minutes\n- Block Reward: 50 Bitcoin  (halves every four years, 25 Bitcoin in ?, 12 1/5 Bitcoin in ?, etc.)\n- Proof of Work with SHA-256 Hashing\n\nMajor Hard Forks:\n- 1st August 2017 @ Block #478 558 - **Bitcoin Cash (BCH) • Bitcoin ABC (Adjustable Blocksize Cap)**     \n  Hard Forks (of Hard Forks):\n  - 15th November 2018 @ Block #556 766  - **Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision (SV) (BSV)**\n- 24th October 2017 @ Block #491 407 - **Bitcoin Gold (BTG)**\n\n\nDocuments:\n- [Bitcoin Announcement - Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper](https://github.com/openblockchains/blockchain-whitepapers/blob/master/bitcoin-announce.txt) by Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym), October 2008\n- [Bitcoin White Paper - A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System](https://bitsblocks.github.io/bitcoin-whitepaper) by Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym), October 2008\n- [Bitcoin Announcement - Bitcoin v0.1 released](https://github.com/openblockchains/blockchain-whitepapers/blob/master/bitcoin-v0.1-released.txt) by Satoshi Nakamoto (pseudonym), January 2009\n- [Bitcoin Gold White Paper (PDF)](https://github.com/openblockchains/blockchain-whitepapers/blob/master/bitcoin-gold.pdf)\n- [Bitcoin Retail Merchants White Paper (PDF)](https://github.com/openblockchains/blockchain-whitepapers/blob/master/bitcoin-retailmerchants.pdf)\n- [Bitcoin @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin)\n  - [List of Bitcoin Forks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bitcoin_forks)\n  - [Bitcoin Cash @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_Cash)\n  - [Bitcoin Gold @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_Gold)\n- [Bitcoin @ Rational Wiki](https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bitcoin)\n- [There can only ever be 21 million forks of Bitcoin: a survey so far](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2017/11/20/there-can-only-ever-be-21-million-forks-of-bitcoin-a-survey-so-far/) by David Gerard, November 2017\n\n\n\n\n## 2010\n\n\n## 2011\n\n\n\n### Namecoin (NMC)\n\n\u003e Namecoin an attempt to implement an alternate Internet Domain Name Service (DNS) system on a blockchain.\n\u003e\n\u003e -- [David Gerard, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/table-of-contents/)\n\nWebsite: [`namecoin.org`](https://www.namecoin.org),\nSource Code @ github: [`namecoin`](https://github.com/namecoin)\n\nFounders: Vincent Durham (pseudonym)\n\n- [Namecoin @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecoin)\n\n\n\n### Litecoin (LTC)\n\n7th October, 2011 @ 07:31:05 -\n[Genesis Block #0](http://explorer.litecoin.net/block/12a765e31ffd4059bada1e25190f6e98c99d9714d334efa41a195a7e7e04bfe2)\n\n\n\u003e  Litecoin is the \"me too\" coin. It was marketed as \"the silver to Bitcoin's gold.\" The main difference\n\u003e  from Bitcoin is a different hash designed to be resistant to GPU mining (though ASICs eventually came out)\n\u003e  and a shorter block time.\n\u003e\n\u003e -- [David Gerard, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/table-of-contents/)\n\n\nWebsite: [`litecoin.org`](http://litecoin.org),\nSource Code @ github: [`litecoin-project`](https://github.com/litecoin-project)\nincl. [Litecoin Core](https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin) ★3231\n\n\nFounders: Charlie Lee\n\n1 Litecoin = 100 000 000 Photons / Microlitecoins  (8 Digits)\n\n- Block Time: ~2 1/2 Minutes\n- Block Reward: 25 Litecoin (till 2019; halved every four years)\n- Proof of Work with Scrypt Hashing\n\n\u003c!-- break --\u003e\n\n- [Litecoin - a lite version of Bitcoin. Launched!](https://github.com/openblockchains/blockchain-whitepapers/blob/master/litecoin.md) by Charlie Lee, October 2011\n- [Litecoin @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litecoin)\n\n\n\n## 2012\n\n### Peercoin • PPCoin¹ (PPC)\n\nWebsite: [`peercoin.net`](http://www.peercoin.net),\nSource Code @ github: [`peercoin`](https://github.com/peercoin)\n\nFounders: Sunny King (pseudonym)\n\n- [Peercoin @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peercoin)\n- [Peercoin White Paper - Peer-to-Peer Crypto-Currency with Proof-of-Stake (PDF)](https://github.com/openblockchains/blockchain-whitepapers/blob/master/peercoin.pdf) by Sunny King (pseudonym), Scott Nadal; August 2012\n\n\n¹: Peer-to-Peer (PP)\n\n\n### Freicoin (FRC)\n\n\u003e Freicoin uses demurrage - negative interest - to discourage speculative hoarding.\n\u003e\n\u003e -- [David Gerard, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/table-of-contents/)\n\nWebsite: [`freico.in`](http://freico.in),\nSource Code @ github: [`freicoin`](https://github.com/freicoin)\n\nFounders: Mark Friedenbach\n\n- Proof of Work with SHA-256 hashing\n\n\n\n## 2013\n\n### Dogecoin (DOGE)\n\n\u003e Dogecoin started originally as a joke based on the \"Doge\" Shiba Inu Internet meme.\n\u003e The idea was mostly to have some fun with cryptocurrency cheap enough to mess around with;\n\u003e and who knows, maybe we'll all get rich!\n\u003e\n\u003e -- [David Gerard, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/table-of-contents/)\n\nWebsite: [`dogecoin.com`](http://dogecoin.com),\nSource Code @ github: [`dogecoin`](https://github.com/dogecoin)\n\nFounders: Jackson Palmer, Billy Markus\n\n\n- Proof of Work with Scrypt hasing\n\n\u003c!-- break --\u003e\n- [Dogecoin @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogecoin)\n\n\n## 2014\n\n### DafuqCoin (DFQ)\n\n\u003e DafuqCoin compromised exchanges with a rootkit because the exchanges failed to check the\n\u003e code before running it.\n\u003e\n\u003e -- [David Gerard, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/table-of-contents/)\n\n\n\n\n## 2015\n\n### Ethereum / Ether (ETH)\n\n30th July, 2015 @ 15:26:13 - [Genesis Block #0](https://etherscan.io/block/0)\n\n\u003e  If Bitcoin is like an Excel spreadsheet, then Ethereum is like a spreadsheet with macros.\n\u003e\n\u003e -- [David Gerard, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/table-of-contents/)\n\nWebsite: [`ethereum.org`](https://ethereum.org),\nSource Code @ github: [`ethereum`](https://github.com/ethereum)\nincl. [Go Ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum) ★22 393\n\nFounders: Vitalik Buterin, Gavin Wood, Joseph Lubin\n\n\n1 Ether = 1 00 000 000 000 000 000 Wei (18 Digits)\n\n\nMajor Hard Forks:\n- 20th July, 2016 @ Block #1 920 000 - **Ethereum Classic (ETC)**  \n\n\nDocuments:\n- [Ethereum White Paper - A Next-Generation Blockchain Service Contract and Decentralized Application Platform](https://bitsblocks.github.io/ethereum-whitepaper) by Vitalik Buterin, et al\n- [Ethereum @ Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum)\n\n\n\n## 2016\n\n### Ethereum Classic (ETC) - Ethereum Fork\n\n- 20th July, 2016 @ Block #1 920 000 \n\nWebsite: [`ethereumclassic.org`](https://ethereumclassic.org), Source Code @ github: [`ethereumclassic`](https://github.com/ethereumclassic)  \n\n\n\n\n\n## 2017\n\n### Bitcoin Cash (BCH) • Bitcoin ABC (Adjustable Blocksize Cap) - Bitcoin Fork\n\n1st August 2017 @ Block #478 558 \n\nWebsite: [`bitcoincash.org`](https://www.bitcoincash.org), Source Code @ github: [`Bitcoin-ABC`](https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC)\n\n\n### Bitcoin Gold (BTG) - Bitcoin Fork\n\n24th October 2017 @ Block #491 407 \n\nWebsite: [`bitcoingold.org`](https://bitcoingold.org), Source Code @ github: [`BTCGPU`](https://github.com/BTCGPU)\n\n\n## 2018\n\n### Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision (SV) (BSV) - Bitcoin Cash Fork\n\n15th November 2018 @ Block #556 766 \n\nWebsite: [`bitcoinsv.io`](https://bitcoinsv.io), Source Code @ github: [`bitcoin-sv`](https://github.com/bitcoin-sv)\n\nMajor Protocol \"Hard Fork\" Network Upgrades\n- 4th February 2020 @ Block #?? - Genesis Upgrade\n\n\n## 2019\n\n\n## 2020\n","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists/openblockchains%2Fawesome-coins/projects"}