Cryptocurrencies are a very popular type of investment for many different reasons. Some people are looking for ways to get more money into their wallets, others want to make sure that they can buy goods and services with cryptocurrencies, and others just enjoy the idea of being able to purchase something online without having to pay with dollars or other fiat currencies. There are many cryptocurrencies out there that have been making waves lately, though it is not always easy to keep up with them all! In this article, we will go over some of the most popular cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap so you can see what's hot right now and maybe even consider adding some yourself!

Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the first and most well-known cryptocurrency. It was created in 2009 by an unknown person or group of people under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, who published a paper explaining its design. Bitcoin uses blockchain technology to store transactions, which are then verified through a network of independent computers (called nodes).

The value of Bitcoin is determined solely by how much people are willing to pay for it—there's no central authority that can confiscate funds or regulate its use as governments do with other currencies such as USD or EUR. This makes it difficult for any government to seize or regulate the currency at all, which makes it very popular among libertarians who don't want their money controlled by any third-party institution such as banks or credit card companies.

Ethereum

Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud, or third-party interference. This means the network is censorship-resistant and transactions can be passed between users without the need for middlemen such as financial institutions.

Ethereum was created by Vitalik Buterin in 2015 to create an operating system for decentralized applications (dApps). The platform allows developers to build and deploy distributed applications using its cryptocurrency called Ether (ETH).

The market capitalization of Ethereum currently stands at $27 billion; however, this could change rapidly if more people invest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin Cash and EOS.

Ripple

Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system (RTGS), currency exchange, and remittance network. The company was founded in 2012 by Chris Larsen, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto to create an Internet payment system for banks.

Ripple uses a shared public ledger like the Bitcoin blockchain and holds balances as well as buy and sell offers. It also has its token known as XRP which can be used by users who want to transact using this blockchain technology.

EOS is a decentralized operating system that allows users to build dApps on top of it using JavaScript or Python code; however, EOS does not need any mining process because it uses delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) algorithm instead of a proof-of-work model which means that there won’t be any miners involved in calculating new blocks on their network but rather those who have more stake will have higher chances at being picked up first when they submit their proposal into the block creation process.

EOS

EOS is an open-source blockchain software platform developed by Block. one, a Cayman Islands registered company. It was created as a competitor to Ethereum and similar platforms. The release of the EOSIO software was announced on June 26th, 2018 at Consensus 2018 in New York City.

EOS has been around since May 15th, 2017 when it was launched by Dan Larimer (Blockchain Developer). It uses smart contract functionality to facilitate, verify and enforce the negotiation or performance of a contract in real time without any middlemen while still providing security against cyber attacks and other malicious actors who may try to take over your account or steal funds from you by using phishing emails, etc.

Bitcoin Cash

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a cryptocurrency that was created in August 2017 as a result of a hard fork from Bitcoin. It was created by a group of people who wanted to increase the block size, thus increasing the number of transactions that can be processed per second on its network.