altcoin

plural altcoins

1. businessA cryptocurrency other than bitcoin.

   Most altcoins follow the bitcoin model of having a finite ultimate supply of coins.

   2014 June 13, Black Market Cryptocurrencies, page 47

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   Sure, like all the other altcoins, Dogecoin offers some variability, like a theoretical max of 100 billion versus 21 million, and a different proof-of-work algorithm, but we’re reaching Furby levels of ridiculousness here.

   2013, sdjf, “Dogecoin ~ internet meme dog coin.”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet)

   Altcoins use either Scrypt or SHA256 encryption algorithm, because the 'project forks' are from either Litecoin or Bitcoin. […] A few crypto economists believed that Altcoins is contributed ^([sic]) to a diverse crypto commodities marketplace, which is good.

   2013, John Davidson, The Digital Coin Revolution - Crypto Currency - How to Make Money Online, JD-Biz Corp Publishing, →ISBN

   Indeed, after a week of existence, Dogecoin is already the 24th most valuable altcoin, with a total market value of $1,621,559 based on the exchange CoinedUp, though it might be worth even more elsewhere.

   2013, John Stevenson, Dogecoin - Bitcoin's poor cousin?, page 18

   MASTERCOIN […] An altcoin invented by J. R. Willett. According to the Website, “The Master Protocol facilitates the creation and trading of smart properties and user currencies as well as other types of smart contracts. […]”

   2014, Deborah Gonzalez, Managing Online Risk: Apps, Mobile, and Social Media Security, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 199