Launched on Dec 25, 2016, Obyte is a distributed ledger based on directed acyclic graph (DAG). 

It's a post-blockchain technology that achieves true decentralization by getting rid of big power centers and middlemen, such as miners. The team claims that due to the absence of blocks and miners, access to Obyte ledger is decentralized, disintermediated, free (as in freedom), equal, and open.

Obyte claims to be the first DAG-based cryptocurrency platform to support dApps. Due to the absence of miners and blocks, the team claims that there is no risk of front-running and other miner manipulation, and dApps are safer and easier to develop than blockchain-based dApps. DApps are developed in Oscript - a new language that avoids many unsafe programming patterns common in earlier dApp platforms.

Obyte is connected with other popular networks, such as Ethereum, through [Counterstake](https://counterstake.org) -- a truly decentralized cross-chain bridge developed by the Obyte team in 2021.

The team believes that Obyte is especially well suited for DeFi apps. Some notable DeFi apps that exist only on Obyte are:

* [Bonded stablecoins](https://ostable.org): stablecoins based on bonding curves, since 2020.
* [Oswap DEX](https://oswap.io): an AMM DEX with increased APYs for liquidity providers and leveraged trading without liquidations for traders. Since 2020.
* [OSWAP Token](https://token.oswap.io): a governance token for Oswap DEX based on a bonding curve specifically designed for this purpose. Since 2023.
* [Kivach cascading donations](https://kivach.org): a cascading donations platform for helping fund open-source projects on GitHub. Since 2022.
* [Prophet prediction markets](https://prophet.ooo): a prediction markets platform based on bonding curves for trading bets on future events, such as sports and cryptocurrency prices. Since 2022.

Other features include:

* self-sovereign identity, 
* private untraceable currencies, 
* sending crypto to email using textcoins, 
* and extremely small-footprint libraries suitable for small IoT devices.

Obyte

Trust Wallet

MetaMask

Binance Chain Wallet

A DAG based cryptocurrency platform. No blocks, no miners, no middlemen.

Ethereum

Shiba Inu

Chainlink

UNUS SED LEO

Uniswap

BitForex Token

Receive Access Ecosystem

Geeq

apM Coin

Wombat Web 3 Gaming Platform

NEST Protocol

XDEFI Wallet

STFX

dHedge DAO

Divi

ether.fi Staked ETH

Medifakt

Non-Playable Coin

ZynCoin

I love puppies

Validity

WaykiChain

Peercoin, also known as PPC or Peer-to-Peer Coin, was created by Sunny King and his team and launched in August 2012. It is the first blockchain to implement Proof-of-Stake consensus.

The primary inspiration behind the creation of Peercoin was to address a number of perceived shortcomings of Bitcoin, including energy efficiency, security and sustainability, decentralization and long-term viability.

Essentially it was designed as an enhanced replacement for Bitcoin. As such, it was originally forked from Bitcoin and uses the same UTXO style blockchain. However, Peercoin's code was modified to introduce Proof-of-Stake as its primary consensus protocol. The next section explains how this makes for a better blockchain.

Given that Peercoin uses most of the same code, it can easily port new features from Bitcoin and utilize any of the supporting infrastructure, including tech advancements like Taproot or Lightning Network. Peercoin is the only Proof-of-Stake blockchain that uses modern Bitcoin code, making it the perfect drop-in replacement.

Peercoin also has a dedicated community, is actively developed, fairly distributed, has low barriers of participation, can do everything that Bitcoin does, minus the 13 TWh of energy usage, and it's not a scam.

Peercoin

HyperCash

Graviocoin

Oxen (formerly known as LOKI) is a privacy tech project with a mission. It’s a private cryptocurrency with instant transactions. An enormous and powerful PoS network. A secure messaging platform. A network anonymity layer. Tools to build a more private future for the Internet — all on blockchain.

Our vision is to provide a range of tools and services powered by the OXEN coin, enabling users and developers all over the world to leverage the power of our decentralised blockchain network to achieve unparalleled privacy and security as they work, play, and live their day-to-day lives on the internet. And this isn’t just an empty vision — we've put in the hard yards and spent years building these technologies to make our vision a reality.

The Oxen privacy stack includes:

Session, a fully anonymous, totally decentralised encrypted messaging platform

Lokinet, a powerful low-latency onion router

Oxen Name System (ONS), a registration system that allows users to provably burn OXEN to purchase temporary or permanent usernames for Session (and Oxen wallets), and domain names for Lokinet services

The Oxen coin is used for:

Staking to run Oxen Service Nodes

Purchasing name registrations for Lokinet (our onion router) and Session (our private messenger)

Transferring value through instant, private transactions with our revolutionary Blink transaction tech

Oxen

BitKan

Fusion

High Performance Blockchain is the first permissionless public blockchain to innovate with hardware acceleration and provably random numbers:

acceleration delivers fast, ultra low-fee, on-chain transactions

provably random numbers support 100% fairness

HPB (the coin) is used to pay transaction gas fees and to reward node operators.

Hyperblox

EOSDT

Ignis

0xBitcoin

xDai is a cryptocurrency that is pegged to the US dollar. The xDai chain is a stable payment blockchain that is designed for fast and inexpensive transactions. STAKE is secured by proof-of-stake consensus. xDai was founded on Oct. 1, 2018.

STAKE is a multi-chain staking token that is designed to secure the payment layer. Staking allows validators and delegators to provide transaction consensus and receive staking incentives for block production. It is only required for consensus providers, not everyday on-chain transactions.

xDai was created by the POA Network, an open-source public side-chain of Ethereum founded in April 2017. It offers a framework for smart contracts which provides developers with an easy and effective way to code on Ethereum, while also leveraging the POA Network capabilities.

STAKE

Humaniq

Bytom

Chrono.tech provides blockchain-based solutions for recruitment, HR and payment processes, reducing the barriers to accessing work and transferring funds securely in the global labor marketplace. The project’s suite of services - and native governance token TIME - are hosted on multiple blockchains and include LaborX.com, a peer-to-peer freelancer marketplace, TimeX.io, a Plasma-based cryptocurrency exchange; AUDT, an Australian dollar-backed stablecoin; and PaymentX, a crypto invoicing and payroll solution.

Chrono.tech

Strike is a DeFi lending protocol that allows users to earn interest on their cryptocurrencies by depositing them into one of several markets supported by the platform.

When a user deposits tokens to a Strike market, they receive sTokens in return. These sTokens represent the individual’s stake in the pool and can be used to redeem the underlying cryptocurrency initially deposited into the pool at any time. For example, by depositing ETH into a pool, you will receive sETH in return. Over time, the exchange rate of these sTokens to the underlying asset increases, which means you can redeem them for more of the underlying asset than you initially put in — this is how the interest is distributed.

On the flip side, borrowers can take a secured loan from any Strike pool by depositing collateral. The maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio varies based on the collateral asset, but currently ranges from 50 to 80%. The interest rate paid varies by borrowed asset and borrowers can face automatic liquidation if their collateral falls below a specific maintenance threshold.

Strike

YFDAI is an entire permission less DeFi ecosystem that combines Staking & Farming services and soon, Lending/Borrowing services, SafePredict, and Insurance together with their own DEX called SafeSwap and their own LaunchPad where legitimate projects in the DeFi space can launch their new vetted projects with contract audits, locked liquidity and locked dev tokens in time release smart contracts.  Whereas other DeFi protocols rely upon minting new tokens to sustain their staking and farming rewards, YFDAI has allocated tokens for these products which will be replenished with fees generated by the ecosystem. YFDAI also has a deflationary burn mechanism built into the platform that will ultimately reduce the total supply to just 13,950 tokens.

YFDAI’s mission is to clean up the DeFi space by de-risking the purchase of new projects by performing due diligence vetting and requiring adherence to the same protocols that YFDAI itself adhered to on their launch.  YFDAI’s motto is ‘no more exit scams or rug pulls.’