The top Proof of Work (PoW) projects, ranked by prominence — TVL, market cap, funding, and on-chain activity.

BOB
Bitcoin's EVM L2, secured by PoW

Beldex
Privacy-first ecosystem for secure digital interactions.

Handshake
Decentralizing the internet's naming system

Komodo
Open source blockchain development platform

DigiByte
Secure, decentralized blockchain for digital assets and apps

Nockchain
Proof-of-useful-work blockchain

Dogecoin
Uniswap V2 clone powering DEX on Dogechain

Litecoin
Peer-to-peer digital currency for fast, low-cost payments.

Kadena
Layer1 Blockchain with PoW as the consensus

Beam
Private-by-default blockchain for Web3 and gaming.

Conflux
Regulatory compliant Layer 1 for Asia expansion

Factor
The composability layer for DeFi intents.

Zcash
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency with zero-knowledge encryption

Datamine FLUX
Decentralized cloud for Web3 and AI

Firo
Privacy preserving cryptocurrency and ecosystem

Syscoin
Blockchain based on PoW consensus

Ravencoin
Permissionless asset transfer for an AI world

Dash
cryptocurrency

Decred
Cryptocurrency based on hybrid (PoW/PoS) consensus

Nimiq
Crypto Payments Made Simple and Intuitive

Ethereum Classic
Layer-one blockchain

Fractal
Bitcoin scaling solution

Dynex
World's only accessible quantum-driven neuromorphic solution

Hathor
Scalable and easy-to-use blockchain

Nervos Network
Layered crypto-economy with secure Layer 1

Zephyr Protocol
Over-collateralized stablecoin protocol

eCash
Digital cash with instant finality and staking

Groestlcoin
A decade of decentralized innovation and growth.

Dero
Private smart contracts for unstoppable applications

NeurAI
Layer-1 with ASIC resistant

Verus
Scalable public infrastructure

Cypherium
Scalable PoW blockchain for the AI era

Pepecoin
Community-driven layer 1 meme coin

XELIS
Privacy-first L1 with BlockDAG and smart contracts.

Bitcoin Gold
Mining for everyone, not just the big players.

QUBIC
Feeless L1 with AI-powered mining

The Innovation Game
Algorithmic Innovation Acceleration Protocol

Siacoin

MimbleWimbleCoin
Fork of the Grin

Parallax
Cross-border payment platform

Radiant

Bitcoin Cash
Cryptocurrency that is a fork of Bitcoin

Salvium
Layer 1 proof-of-work blockchain

ZERO
Sovereign E2E protocol

Epic Cash
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency

ScPrime
Distributed Cloud Storage

Grin
Privacy-preserving digital currency

Kaspa
Decentralized & fully scalable Layer-1 based on the GHOSTDAG protocol

Nexa
Community-focused Uniswap V3 DEX on Flare

Xphere
Dual-chain blockchain solution