The top Proof of Work projects, ranked by prominence — TVL, market cap, funding, and on-chain activity.
Handshake
Decentralized naming for the Internet of Agents
DigiByte
Secure, fast, decentralized UTXO blockchain
Nockchain
The first ZKPoW L1 for scalable privacy
Litecoin
The silver to Bitcoin's gold for payments
Zcash
Private payments with zero-knowledge proofs
Datamine FLUX
Decentralized borrowing and Web3 infrastructure ecosystem
Ravencoin
Blockchain for asset creation and transfer.
Ethereum Classic
Autonomous stablecoin backed by ETC
Dynex
Quantum-driven neuromorphic blockchain for real-world problems
NeurAI
AI-powered IoT on a decentralized blockchain
Verus
Privacy-enabling blockchain with hybrid consensus
Cypherium
Hybrid PoW/HotStuff Layer 1 for the AI era
Pepecoin
A fair-launch meme coin with merge mining
XELIS
Privacy-first Layer-1 with BlockDAG and homomorphic encryption
Bitcoin Gold
Making Bitcoin mining accessible to everyone
QUBIC
Feeless L1 with AI-driven Proof of Work
The Innovation Game
Open innovation through decentralized algorithm discovery
MimbleWimbleCoin
Privacy at the base layer, powered by MimbleWimble.
Parallax
Bitcoin's scarcity, Ethereum's power, community-driven.
Abelian
Quantum-resistant, privacy-first Layer 1 blockchain.
Bitcoin Cash
Peer-to-peer electronic cash for the world
Salvium
Privacy 2.0 built to survive global regulation.
Grin
Private, lightweight blockchain with no transaction history.
Fortitude
First public Zcash mining platform