Bitcoin gets all the captions when people talk about cryptocurrencies, but there are literally thousands of other options when it comes to these digital currencies. In fact, cryptos that are n’t Bitcoin are generally considered an “ also ran ” – what are called “ altcoins, ” or druthers to Bitcoin.

While Bitcoin may have been the first major cryptocurrency to hit the request – it debuted in 2009 – numerous others have come largely popular, indeed if not relatively as large as the original.

Then are the largest cryptocurrencies by the total bone value of the coins in actuality, that is, the request capitalization, or request cap.( Data is fromCoinMarketCap.com, as of December 21, 2023.)