100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less

This list describes cryptocurrencies.

Each gets four words. There are many.

Some are landmarks. Some are scams.

Hopefully this provides orientation.

Name | Sym. | Description 
----------------|-------|------------------------------------------
Bitcoin | BTC | Digital gold 
Ethereum | ETH | Programmable contracts and money 
BitcoinCash | BCH | Bitcoin clone 
Ripple | XRP | Enterprise payment settlement network 
Litecoin | LTC | Faster Bitcoin 
Dash | DASH | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone 
NEO | NEO | Chinese-market Ethereum 
NEM | XEM | Batteries-included digital assets 
Monero | XMR | Private digital cash 
EthereumClassic | ETC | Ethereum clone 
IOTA | MIOTA | Internet-of-things payments 
Qtum | QTUM | Ethereum contracts on Bitcoin 
OmiseGO | OMG | Banking, remittance, and exchange 
Zcash | ZEC | Private digital cash 
BitConnect | BCC | Madoff-like investment fund 
Lisk | LSK | Decentralized applications in JavaScript 
Cardano | ADA | Layered currency and contracts 
Tether | USDT | Price = 1 USD 
StellarLumens | XLM | Digital IOUs 
EOS | EOS | Decentralized applications on WebAssembly
Hshare | HSR | Blockchain switchboard 
Waves | WAVES | Decentralized exchange and crowdfunding 
Stratis | STRAT | Decentralized applications in C# 
Komodo | KMD | Decentralized ICOs 
Ark | ARK | Blockchain switchboard 
Electroneum | ETN | Monero clone 
Bytecoin | BCN | Privacy-focused cryptocurrency 
Steem | STEEM | Reddit with money voting 
Ardor | ARDR | Blockchain for spawning blockchains 
BinanceCoin | BNB | Pay Binance exchange fees 
Augur | REP | Decentralized prediction market 
Populous | PPT | Invoice trading futures 
Decred | DCR | Bitcoin with alternative governance 
TenX | PAY | Cryptocurrency credit card 
MaidSafeCoin | MAID | Rent disk space 
BitcoinDark | BTCD | Zcoin close 
BitShares | BTS | Decentralized exchange 
Golem | GNT | Rent other people's computers 
PIVX | PIVX | Inflationary Dash clone 
Gas | GAS | Pay fees on Neo 
TRON | TRX | In-app-purchases 
Vertcoin | VTC | Bitcoin clone 
MonaCoin | MONA | Japanese Dogecoin 
Factom | FCT | Decentralized record keeping 
BasicAttention | BAT | Decentralized ad network 
SALT | SALT | Cryptocurrency-backed loans 
KyberNetwork | KNC | Decentralized exchange 
Dogecoin | DOGE | Serious meme bitcoin clone 
DigixDAO | DGD | Organisation manages tokenized gold 
Veritaseum | VERI | Vaporware 
Walton | WTC | IoT Blockchain 
SingularDTV | SNGLS | Decentralized Netflix 
Bytom | BTM | Physical assets as tokens 
ByteballBytes | GBYTE | Decentralized database and currency 
GameCredits | GAME | Video game currency 
MetaverseETP | ETP | Chinese Ethereum plus identity 
GXShares | GXS | Decentralized Chinese Equifax 
Syscoin | SYS | Decentralized marketplace 
Siacoin | SC | Rent disk space 
Status | SNT | Decentralized application browser 
0x | ZRX | Decentralized exchange 
Verge | XVG | Privacy Dogecoin 
Lykke | LKK | Digital asset exchange 
Civic | CVC | Identity and Authentication App 
Blocknet | BLOCK | Decentralized exchange 
Metal | MTL | Payments with rewards program 
Iconomi | ICN | Digital asset investment funds 
Aeternity | AE | Decentralized apps (prototype) 
DigiByte | DGB | Faster Bitcoin 
Bancor | BNT | Token Index Funds 
RipioCredit | RCN | Co-signed Cryptocurrency Loans 
ATMChain | ATM | Advertising network 
Gnosis | GNO | Decentralized prediction market 
VeChain | VEN | Supply chain item IDs 
Pura | PURA | Cryptocurrency 
Particl | PART | Privacy marketplace and chat 
KuCoinShares | KCS | Profit-sharing exchange fees 
Bitquence | BQX | Mint for cryptocurrency investments 
FunFair | FUN | Decentralized casino 
ChainLink | LINK | External data for contracts 
PowerLedger | POWR | Airbnb for electricity 
Nxt | NXT | Cryptocurrency and marketplace 
Monaco | MCO | Cryptocurrency credit card 
Cryptonex | CNX | Zerocoin clone 
MCAP | MCAP | Mining investment fund 
Storj | STORJ | Rent disk space 
ZenCash | ZEN | Privacy-focused Bitcoin clone 
Nexus | NXS | Bitcoin clone 
Neblio | NEBL | Decentralized application platform 
Zeusshield | ZSC | Decentralized insurance 
StreamrDATAcoin | DATA | Real-time data marketplace 
ZCoin | XZC | Private digital cash 
NAVCoin | NAV | Bitcoin with private transactions 
AdEx | ADX | Advertising exchange 
OpenTrading | OTN | Decentralized exchange 
SmartCash | SMART | Zcoin clone with rewards 
Bitdeal | BDL | Bitcoin clone 
Loopring | LRC | Decentralized exchange 
Edgeless | EDG | Decentralized casino 
FairCoin | FAIR | Bitcoin that rewards savers

 

Coin ranking from coinmarketcap.com.

Inspired by Greg Wilson.

• This article originally appeared on TechCrunch.