What cryptocurrencies have Utility beyond being a payment method like Bitcoin?

in ethereum •  7 years ago 

I am quite new to the cryptocurrency scene. I started becoming interested in cryptocurrency when listening to an Ethereum presentation that explained how they utilize the blockchain to exchange contracts.

What cryptocurrencies have Utility beyond being a payment method like Bitcoin?

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    Ethereum/Ethereum Classic: Smart Contracts
    Ripple/Stellar Lumens: Payment conversion between currencies
    Waves: Smart contracts, exchange
    Golem: Cloud computing
    Steem: Social network
    Gnosis: Prediction market (Running on Ethereum)
    Augur: Prediction market (Running on Ethereum)
    Sia: Cloud storage
    BitShares: Exchange, Price-stable pegged smart assets, prediction markets
    MaidSafe: Cloud storage, DNS, internet infrastructure/website hosting

    That's a quick pass through some of them...

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        ·  7 years ago 

      Thanks Troglodactyl, very helpful list.

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