Autolykos2
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Ergo’s memory-hard Autolykos v2 algorithm. Check current memory requirements before selecting a GPU.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
Mining algorithm directory
The major mining algorithms
Find networks by algorithm, coin name, ticker, or hardware class. Open the network’s documentation before selecting mining hardware.
17Curated algorithm profiles
19Representative coins
ASIC · GPU · CPU · FPGAHardware classes
Official sourcesLinked in every profile
17 of 17 profiles. Market cap covers the listed representative coins, not all networks using an algorithm. It does not measure mining profitability or hashrate. Incomplete totals remain unavailable.
ASICOfficial docs
Blake2b · Sia
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Sia mining is separate from storage hosting. Requires hardware and firmware that support the Sia network.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
ASICOfficial docs
BLAKE3 · Alephium / PoLW
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Double BLAKE3 with Alephium’s sharded mining rules. It is not interchangeable with Decred BLAKE3.
CPU / GPUOfficial docs
BLAKE3 · Decred
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Hybrid proof of work and stake. BLAKE3 replaced Blake256r14 in 2023; old Decred ASIC profiles do not apply.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
ASIC / FPGAOfficial docs
DigiByte · multi-algorithm
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
SHA-256d, Scrypt, Skein, Qubit, and Odocrypt. Choose the specific algorithm before assigning hardware or hashrate.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
ASICOfficial docs
Eaglesong
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Nervos CKB uses Eaglesong-specific miners. Hardware from other algorithms is not interchangeable.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
ASICOfficial docs
Equihash (200,9)
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Zcash parameters. Other Equihash variants have different hardware compatibility.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
GPU / ASICOfficial docs
ETCHash
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Requires ETCHash-compatible hardware and enough memory for the current DAG.
FiroPoW
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
GPU-oriented mining algorithm. Firo replaced MTP; its CoinGecko identifier is still zcoin.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
FishHash
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Iron Fish’s GPU-oriented algorithm, replacing BLAKE3 from block 503,338.
KAWPOW
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Ravencoin’s current mining algorithm. Earlier X16R and X16RV2 mappings are obsolete.
ASICOfficial docs
kHeavyHash
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Kaspa mining is ASIC-based. Historical CPU and GPU instructions are archival.
RandomX
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Designed for general-purpose CPUs. GPUs are supported but CPUs are substantially more efficient.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
ASICOfficial docs
Scrypt
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Litecoin and Dogecoin support merged mining. Eligible rewards can be combined; rig power is charged once.
ASICOfficial docs
SHA-256d
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Separate Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash networks. Hashrate and rewards must be calculated for the chosen chain.
VerusHash 2.2
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Hybrid 50% proof of work and 50% proof of stake. Supports merged mining of PBaaS chains.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
ASICOfficial docs
X11
—Listed coin market cap (USD)
Mining rewards are distinct from masternode and treasury allocations.
Coin statistics No revenue preset for this algorithm.
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