I spent the last few weeks re-balancing my crypto investment profile based on what I considered the tokens' primary problem-solution pair. Wanted share my findings and would be great to get your thoughts.
Asset Tokens
DigxDAO (DGD)
- Pays dividends with transaction fees
- The Digix DAO decides on profits from trading of Digix tokens (DGX)
- DGX tokens are tokens backed 1:1 with a gram of gold.
- They are claim checks for real gold stored in a vault in Singapore.
Tether (USDT)
- Always 1-to-1 with the US Dollar
Bank Competitors' Tokens
Emercoin (EMC)
- Suite of banking dev services
- Emercoin is part of Microsoft Azure
- Emercoin offers a 6% annual POS reward with 30 day coin maturity.
- One DAPP of interest was a decentralized torrent tracker
Exscudo (EON)
- Exscudo Website
- Distributed financial products
- All-in-one financial solution
- Integrate cryptocurrencies into the traditional financial world
Humaniq (HMQ)
- Banking the unbankable
- Giving out cellphone
Bank Partners Tokens
Ripple (XRP)
- Panders to the establishment
- Founded by former bankers
- Market control through 70% coin hold back
Stellar Lumens (XLM )
- Optimizes market maker transfers routs
- It’s a fork of Ripple
- Backed by Stripe
Computation Tokens
Golem (GNT)
- Distributed computation (Supercomputer)
- People can rent out idle computer time
- Built on Etherium
- Raised lots of ICO money
MadeSafeCoin (MAID)
- Decentralised databases
- Encrypt data uploads
- Secure access for everyone
- Uses proof-of-resources
- Farming will allow users to donate resources for SafeCoins
- SafeCoins are not released yet and MAID coins are pre-coin holders
Content Tokens
Basic Attention Tokens (BAT)
- ICO Info
- Buy on May 31st
- Solves: Google and Facebook take all advertising money
- Team includes a founder of javascript
- Built on ethereum
ReddCoin (RDD)
- PoS
- Microdonations and tips for social media
Synereo (AMP)
- PoSC
- Content creators should get paid by audience
- This gives them an inherent market value, as any business or individual wishing to bring information to your attention non-organically has to pay you with AMPs for it.
SingularDTV (SNGLS)
- Investment Overview
- ERC 20
- Token holders get ETH rewards
- SNGLS tokens also represent the intellectual property.
Steem (STEEM)
- Reddit-esque blockchain platform
- Content is valued by steem * user karma
- Steem power has 2 year lock-in
Contracts Tokens
AntShares (ANS)
- Slack | Wallet Instructions
- Rebranding to NEO
- Microsoft Azure and the Hyperledger Project
- Popular in China
- 100% premined and released
- Tokenized proof-of-ownership helps with legal complications
EOS (EOS)
- Daniel is also dev with BitShares & Steemit
- ERC-20 compatible
- Blockchain operating system
Ethereum (ETH)
Ethereum Classic (ETC)
- Proof-of-Work
- Ideologically driven
Currency Tokens
Bitcoin (BTC)
- Most mainstream
- First to solve the double spend problem
- Uses proof-of-work
Dash (DASH)
- Focused on user friendly software
- Focus on speed and privacy makes it good for digital cash
- Good development and marketing team
- Well funded and organized DAO
- Masternodes require 1,000 DASH (8.39% annual return).
Nautilus (NAUT)
- PoS
- Coin tries to reduce volatility but
- Has central bank type levers to pull
- Attempts to reduce volatility and preserve buying power
- Terminal money supply is fixed
NEM (XEM)
- Proof-of-Importance
- Value through transactions discourages hoarding
- Supernode dividends (Too expensive for me)
- Popular in china
- Offer easy developer tools
- NEM harvesting offers some growth
Litecoin (LTC)
- Fork of bitcoin with faster block times
- Already has implemented segregated witness
- Might be an easy replacement for bitcoin merchances
DAO Tokens
Aragon (ANT)
- Framework to build DAOs
- Vested profits founders
- Super popular ICO
Decred (DCR)
- PoS
- Community-based governance integrated into its blockchain
Wings (WINGS)
- DAO framework
- Etherium based
Enterprise Tokens
Ardor (ARDR)
- PoS
- Create custom DAPPs
- Built on top of NXT
Stratis (STRAT)
- Custom one-click private and public blockchains creation
- Blockchains can be customized to suit corporate needs
Ubiq (UBQ)
- Provides an enterprise level service agreement on top of ETH
Exchange Tokens
Bancor (BNT)
BitShares (BTS)
- All types of assets should be traded on the same ledger
- Same dev
@dan from Steem and EOS
- Uses delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS)
- Quality team and technology
BlockNet (BLOCK)
- Polonex-esque decentralized exchange
- High reviews from King of Dew
- Masternode is 5000 BLOCK
Gaming Tokens
DigiByte (DGB)
- Jerry Banfield
- Works on minecraft servers
GameCredits (GAME)
- Belives game currency shold be tranferable
- On Microsoft Azure so maybe for Xbox
MobileGo (MGO)
- MobileGo Website: Unsure if validated
- Blockchain based gamer marketplace
- Gamer-to-gamer betting/competition
- Decentralized mobile game tournaments
Gambling Tokens
Augur (REP)
- Probability/gambling platform
Edgeless (EDG)
- PoS
- ETH based edgeless casino
Gnosis (GNO)
- Probability/gambling platform
Wagerr (?)
- Wager will ensure deflation
- Betting fees are burned in relation to coins value
Insurance Tokens
Aeternity (AE)
DAPP Building Tokens
Lisk (LSK)
- Forging Rewards
- Create blockchain with JAVA
- Create custom side chains
- Team has former ethereum core members
- Founders responsible with ICO money
Stratis (STRAT)
- Blockchain for C# AND .NET
SysCoin (SYS)
- Azural partnership
- Framework for DAPP dev
Marketplace Tokens
Counterparty (XCP)
- Makes bitcoin turning-complete
- Proof-of-Burn (miners should show proof that they burned some coins)
- Coins are burned to create dividends
- Marketplace built directly on the Bitcoin blockchain
Masternodes Tokens
Boolberry (BBR)
Crave (CRAVE)
CrownCoin (CRW)
ExclusiveCoin (EXCL)
iCash
NeosCoin (NEOS)
- Masternode = 5,000
- MN’s Return 160 NEOS or $700 per/month
- 135 masternodes online
- V3 is on the way
Neutron (NTRN)
PIVX (PIVX)
- Hosted by: [email protected]
- Masternodes = 10,000
- Private Instant Verified Transaction
Renos (RNS)
- Masternode = 30,000 (payouts are 70%)
- Coins on coinexchange.io will switch over to v3 automatically.
TransferCoin (TX)
PoS Tokens
BitSend (BSD)
Diamond Coin (DMD)
- DMD Investing Experience
- PoS (Coins must vest for 9 days)
- Masternodes require 10,000 DMD
- Returns for minting 1000 DMD is approx.. 5.2 DMD per week
HyperStake (HYP)
- Github
- 230% returns
- Generous returns without massive inflation
MonitaryUnit (MUE)
- Masternode is 500,000 and MN shares are 10,000
- Making a transition to a X11 base
Portfolio Tokens
Iconomi (ICN)
- Quantopian-esque crypto platform
- Users can create “Digital Asset Arrays” of cryptos
- ICNX - crypto Index fund coming later
- 20% of platform fees buy & burn tokens (dividends)
- Central point of failure
Melonport (MLM)
- Slower to market but completely P2P
- Blockchain software for full asset management
Numeraire (NMR)
- Crowd sourced artificial intelligence hedge fund
- Team includes an apple and google engineer.
- Data scientists received the initial NMR coins at no cost.
TaaS (TAAS)
- Closed-end like fund where they invest in crypto assets
- Payments made via an Ethereum smart contract
- Premined tokens and ability to see all token investment's helps with trust.
- 25% of profits reinvested in tokens and 25% to fund managers
- 50% of profits go to token holders each quarter
- Profits show up in the form of ETH when stored with MyEtherWallet
Privacy Tokens
ByteCoin(BTE)
- Solves: Privacy / Anonymity
- Stable enough banks might like it.
Komodo (KMD)
- PoS
- Private contracts and coins
Monero (XMR)
- Solves: Privacy / Anonymity
- Darknet crypto of choice
- Receivers information is anonymized.
ZCash (ZEC)
- Hides sender, recipient, and value info
- Partnership with JP Morgan
Storage Tokens
Factom (FCT)
- Already used for permanent documentation
- Investment from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Deflationary (coins removed every year)
- Network uses enterprise level federation servers
StorJ (STORJ)
SiaCoin (SC)
- Decentralized file storage
Science Tokens
1337 Coin (1337)
GridCoin (GRC)
- Leading Zroooos
- Proof-of-Research algorithm
- Compensate miners for participating in BOINC social good projects
Nexus (NXS)
- Mistakenly sent coins can be retrieved.
- Something about space travel
Token Building
Ardor (ARDR)
- PoS
- Built on top of NXT
- Offers blockchain as a service to dev new coins
Bata (BTA)
- PoW
- Built for barter exchange for goods or services
- Masternode = 10,000 BTA
- Near-zero cost payments
Radium (RADS)
- PoS
- Medium
- Files on computers can thumbprint against the blockchain to verify they were not changed.
- AWS and Azurl Intigration
Waves (WAVES)
- Waves Fullnode
- Developers from NXT
- Help ICO’s launch and provide an exchange
- Government and traditionals bank compliant
- Easy colored-coin creation for assets
- Lease-Proof-of-Stake with a Full Node needing 10,000 waves
- Leasing Address List
Quantum Tokens
IOTA (MIOTA)
- Zero transaction fee
- Tangle architecture replace blockchain
- Eachbrodcasts must also verify transactions
- Built for a machine to machine economy
Quantum Resistance Ledger (QRL)
- Specially designed security should stay protected from quantum computing.
