List of PPC Forks

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This is a list of actually existing forks of Peer-to-peer Coin (PPC).

Novacoin (NVC)

  • Started in February 2013 (or October 2012?)
  • Bitcointalk threads: 1 2
  • Uses the scrypt hashing algorithm known from Tenebrix and Litecoin.
  • Is a bit more scarce than PPC (and for this reason has a higher price)
  • Market cap (June 17): 963,494 USD
  • Dynamic PoS interest rate (v0.4.2+)
  • Had a controversial start as apparently 100.000 NVC were premined and later destroyed by the exchange BTC-E after being discovered.

BitBar (BTB)

  • Started in May 2013
  • Uses Scrypt like NovaCoin.
  • Lower coin supply, as the goal is to create a currency based on “valuable” gold bars.
  • Market cap (June 17): 18,757 USD
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1
  • Website: http://bitbar.biz

YaCoin (YAC)

  • Started in May 2013
  • Uses Scrypt hashing algorithm but with some modifications to encourage CPU mining (Scrypt-jane)
  • Block each 60 seconds.
  • Market cap (June 17): 66,827 USD
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1 2
  • Website: http://yacoin.org

BitGem (BTG)

  • Started in May 2013
  • Uses Scrypt and is similar in conception to BitBar (scarce, “highly valuable”)
  • Market cap (June 17): ?
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1
  • Website: http://bitgem.info

Bottlecaps (CAP)

  • Started in June 2013
  • Based on Scrypt
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Cryptogenic Bullion (CB)

  • Started in June 2013
  • Scrypt-based
  • 1 minute block time
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

CosmosCoin (CMC)

  • Started in June 2013
  • Based on Scrypt
  • No transaction fee
  • 1 Minute block time
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

HoboNickels (HBN)

  • Started in July 2013 as fork of Bottlecaps
  • Based on Scrypt
  • 2 % PoS generation every 10 days (highly inflationary)
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

PhilosopherStone (PHS)

  • Started in July 2013
  • Based on Scrypt
  • Claims to have fixed the “0%-Stake-problem”
  • PoS generation: 50 % / year
  • 2 minutes block time
  • Superblocks
  • PoW halved every 64800 blocks (~3 months)
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Diamond (DMD)

  • Started in July 2013
  • Scrypt-based
  • 1 Minute block time
  • 1 DMD/block, 8 years of constant PoW mining (later only PoS?)
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

YbCoin

GalaxyCoin (GLX)

  • Started in July 2013
  • Scrypt
  • Block time 30 seconds
  • 64 coins per block PoW, for 8 years.
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Lebowskis (LBW)

  • BottleCaps-based
  • Started in July 2013
  • Scrypt
  • Claim to have a hard coin cap of 17,439,163 (Only PoW? how is this possible with PoS?)
  • Block time 1 minute
  • 19.98 Lebowskis per block
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Cloudcoin (CLC)

  • Started in July 2013
  • Scrypt
  • Block time 1 minute, 50 coins/block, superblocks
  • min. transaction fee is 0.00001
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Pennies (CENT)

  • Started in July/August 2013 (?) Hidden launch
  • Scrypt-jane
  • 1,000,000,000 PoW coins / 1 coin per block
  • No decimal places (indivisible)
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Growthcoin (GWC)

  • Started in August 2013
  • Scrypt
  • 45 seconds block time
  • PoW reward halves every 172,800 blocks
  • 100% annual PoS generation (“interest”)
  • Superblocks
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

PayCoin

  • Started in August 2013
  • Scrypt
  • Transaction messages
  • No transaction fee
  • 3 coins / block, 1 min. block time
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

FreeCoin (FEC)

  • Started in August 2013
  • Based on Scrypt-Jane
  • Block time 45 seconds
  • 1.000.000.000 (PoW?) coins
  • 0.88% PoS / year
  • Transaction comment
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

ZcCoin (ZCC)

  • Started in August 2013
  • Based on Scrypt-Jane
  • 50 coins per block for each minute, and will vary with difficulty
  • 1,000,000,000 coins in total
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Deutsche eMark (DEM)

  • Started in October 2013
  • SHA-256-based (like PPC)
  • constant PoW generation of 50 DEM / block
  • 3,8 % PoS generation / year
  • 2 minutes block time
  • Bitcointalk: English German

TagCoin

  • Started in October 2013
  • Scrypt
  • 4 minutes block time
  • part of a larger cryptocoin / reward business with coupons, ad network etc.
  • 1,5 % annual PoS generation
  • initial reward 30 coins/block, 1 % reduction/3 months, minimum 3 coins/block
  • Bitcointalk thread: 1

Naanayam [NYM]

  • Started in November 2013
  • SHA256 PoW/PoS
  • 10 second block target, linear (per-block) difficulty readjustment
  • 1 Coin Per Block
  • 100,000,000,000,000 (unlimited) total coinage via Proof of Work
  • 100 Confirms for Coin Maturity
  • 140 Character TX Messaging
  • 3% Annual Stake, 90 days to stake, 120 days to full weight
  • Bitcointalk: 1
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What disappoints me about this is the fact that NVC has so much of a higher trading value than PPC.

Of course, they are harder to mine at the current time as well, but less of a supply should not necessarily mean higher value.

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Thank you for the list though, good information to have here!

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Yes, Novacoin has a surprisingly high market cap (nearly half of the PPC market cap), above all if one takes into account the numerous scam accusations against its main developer and BTC-E. The difference in the per-unit value does not surprise me though because there are only 300.000 NVC but 19 million PPC in existence. NVC was also one of the few coins not affected by the “altcoin bubble” of April/May 2013 and was a fairly safe altcoin to invest as the price followed Bitcoin’s price with very few variations. It is possible though that with the new “variable interest rate” NVC could lose value if the interest/inflation goes too high.

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This is true, at this point there are over 60x as many PPC as NVC.

The shifty launch is what troubles me the most about Novacoin. There’s nothing innocent about gifting an exchange that many coins right off the bat. I don’t see NVC as a big player years from now but who knows, it’s all speculation.

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[quote=“craslovell, post:2, topic:140”]What disappoints me about this is the fact that NVC has so much of a higher trading value than PPC.

Of course, they are harder to mine at the current time as well, but less of a supply should not necessarily mean higher value.[/quote]

Novacoin is pretty clearly backed by someone. There have been as many as 3600 BTC bid to support the price. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It just means someone (BTC-E?) has a vested interest in the currency and wants to draw a different chart for it than the unbacked cryptos. Will be interesting to see how long they continue to do this.

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[quote=“calian, post:6, topic:140”][quote=“craslovell, post:2, topic:140”]What disappoints me about this is the fact that NVC has so much of a higher trading value than PPC.

Of course, they are harder to mine at the current time as well, but less of a supply should not necessarily mean higher value.[/quote]

Novacoin is pretty clearly backed by someone. There have been as many as 3600 BTC bid to support the price. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It just means someone (BTC-E?) has a vested interest in the currency and wants to draw a different chart for it than the unbacked cryptos. Will be interesting to see how long they continue to do this.[/quote]

Maybe we should start some bets as to when it will take a crash? ;D

3600 BTC is nothing to shake a stick at. Quite a bit of money propping it up in that case.

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Seems a new fork has appeared: Bottlecaps.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=241445.0

Don’t know if it’s a joke, though.

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[ANN][YAC] YACoin ongoing development is another topic for Yacoin

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You can add butterflycoin.com to the mix of PPC clones

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I believe we should stay reliable here, otherwise it becomes dangerous also to PPC and XPM.

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There are many more PPC/NVC/YAC forks now out there … I have lost the orientation :wink:

Will try to add them all to the list above.

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PPC already has the largest market cap of all the POS coins. Which it deserves, being the first innovator in that area.

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[quote=“d5000, post:1, topic:140”]Deutsche eMark (DEM)

  • Started in October 2013
  • SHA-256-based (like PPC)
  • constant PoW generation of 50 DEM / block
  • 3,8 % PoS generation / year
  • 2 minutes block time
  • Bitcointalk: English German[/quote]
    Is dead now or alive?
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DEM is alive. All the forks here seem to be alive, although some have very low volume.

It would be interesting if some of them has suffered a 51%-attack (to see what happens with PoS).