Cryptography behind the top 100 cryptocurrencies
Name
Symbol
Signing Algorithm
Curve
Notes
Bitcoin
BTC
ECDSA
secp256k1
Ethereum
ETH
ECDSA
secp256k1
Tether
USDT
Ethereum ERC20 token
Polkadot
DOT
ECDSA, Schnorr, EdDSA
curve25519, ristretto25519, secp256k1
XRP
XRP
ECDSA, EdDSA
curve25519, secp256k1*
* is the default
Cardano
ADA
EdDSA
curve25519
Litecoin
LTC
ECDSA
secp256k1
Bitcoin Cash
BCH
ECDSA
secp256k1
Chainlink
LINK
Ethereum ERC20 token
Stellar
XLM
EdDSA
curve25519
Binance Coin
BNB
ECDSA
secp256k1
USD Coin
USDC
Ethereum ERC20 token
Wrapped Bitcoin
WBTC
Ethereum ERC20 token
Bitcoin SV
BSV
ECDSA
secp256k1
EOS
EOS
ECDSA
secp256k1
Monero
XMR
EdDSA*, Bulletproofs
curve25519
* non-standard hashing algorithm, uses Keccak
Aave
AAVE
Ethereum ERC20 token
Tron
TRX
ECDSA
secp256k1
VeChain
VET
ECDSA
secp256k1
NEM
XEM
EdDSA
curve25519
Synthetix
SNX
Ethereum ERC20 token
Cosmos
ATOM
ECDSA
secp256k1
Theta Network
THETA
ECDSA
secp256k1
Uniswap
UNI
Ethereum ERC20 token
NEO
NEO
ECDSA
NIST P-256
Crypto.com Coin
CRO
ECDSA
secp256k1
OKB
OKB
Ethereum ERC20 token
Celsius Network
CEL
Ethereum ERC20 token
cUSDC
CUSDC
Ethereum ERC20 token
cETH
CETH
Ethereum ERC20 token
Dai
DAI
Ethereum ERC20 token
LEO Token
LEO
Ethereum ERC20 token
IOTA
MIOTA
Winternitz OTS
Tezos
XTZ
ECDSA, EdDSA
secp256k1, curve25519, NIST P-256
tz1: EdDSA, tz2: ECDSA/secp256k1, tz3: ECDSA/NIST P-256
Elrond
EGLD
EdDSA
curve25519
Maker
MKR
Ethereum ERC20 token
Binance USD
BUSD
Ethereum ERC20 token
Dogecoin
DOGE
ECDSA
secp256k1
Dash
DASH
ECDSA
secp256k1
Huobi Token
HT
Ethereum ERC20 token
Filecoin
FIL
ECDSA
secp256k1
Zcash
ZEC
ECDSA, ZK-SNARKs*
secp256k1, BLS12-381-JubJub*
* for shielded/anonymous transactions
Avalanche
AVAX
ECDSA
secp256k1
Yearn Finance
YFI
Ethereum ERC20 token
Kusama
KSM
ECDSA, EdDSA, Schnorr
secp256k1, curve25519, ristretto25519
Ethereum Classic
ETC
ECDSA
secp256k1
Solana
SOL
EdDSA
curve25519
cDAI
CDAI
Ethereum ERC20 token
FTX Token
FTT
Ethereum ERC20 token
Sushi
SUSHI
Ethereum ERC20 token
Compound
COMP
Ethereum ERC20 token
Huobi BTC
HBTC
Ethereum ERC20 token
Zilliqa
ZIL
EC-Schnorr
secp256k1
Hedera Hashgraph
HBAR
ECDSA, EdDSA, RSA*
NIST P-384, curve25519
* 3072 bit RSA
UMA
UMA
Ethereum ERC20 token
Decred
DCR
EdDSA, EC-Schnorr*
curve25519, secp256k1
* non-standard
Waves
WAVES
EdDSA
curve25519
Near
NEAR
ECDSA, EdDSA
secp256k1, curve25519
The Graph
GRT
Ethereum ERC20 token
REN
REN
Ethereum ERC20 token
Paxos Standard
PAX
Ethereum ERC20 token
Loopring
LRC
Ethereum ERC20 token
OMG Network
OMG
Ethereum ERC20 token
renBTC
RENBTC
Ethereum ERC20 token
Ontology
ONT
ECDSA
NIST P-256
ICON
ICX
ECDSA
secp256k1
Blockstack
STX
ECDSA
secp256k1
THORChain
RUNE
Binance BEP2 token
TrueUSD
TUSD
Ethereum ERC20 token
Nano
NANO
EdDSA*
curve25519
* uses Blake2b-512 instead of SHA-512 in key derivation
Terra
LUNA
ECDSA
secp256k1
NEXO
NEXO
Ethereum ERC20 token
Algorand
ALGO
EdDSA
curve25519
Basic Attention Token
BAT
Ethereum ERC20 token
0x
ZRX
Ethereum ERC20 token
DigiByte
DGB
ECDSA
secp256k1
Reserve Rights Token
RSR
Ethereum ERC20 token
Curve DAO Token
CRV
Ethereum ERC20 token
Enjin Coin
OMG
Ethereum ERC20 token
Aave Link
ALINK
Ethereum ERC20 token
Nexus Mutual
NXM
Ethereum ERC20 token
Horizen
ZEN
ECDSA
secp256k1
HUSD
HUSD
Ethereum ERC20 token
IOST
IOUST
ECDSA, EdDSA
secp256k1, curve25519
Qtum
QTUM
ECDSA
secp256k1
Kyber Network
KNC
Ethereum ERC20 token
Bitcoin Cash ABC
BCHA
ECDSA
secp256k1
Energy Web Token
EWT
ECDSA
secp256k1
SwissBorg
CHSB
Ethereum ERC20 token
Ampleforth
AMPL
Ethereum ERC20 token
BitTorrent
BTT
Tron TRC20 token
Quant
QNT
Ethereum ERC20 token
Balancer
BAL
Ethereum ERC20 token
Siacoin
SC
EdDSA
curve25519
Ocean Protocol
OCEAN
Ethereum ERC20 token
Aave ETH
AETH
Ethereum ERC20 token
TerraUSD
UST
ECDSA
secp256k1
Voyager Token
VGX
Ethereum ERC20 token
Arweave
AR
RSA*
* 4096 bit RSA
Status
SNT
Ethereum ERC20 token
