Layer 1 Blockchains
Layer 1 blockchains are the foundational networks that everything else in crypto is built on. Each runs its own consensus, settles its own transactions, and secures itself — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and dozens of others.
They differ in how they reach agreement (proof-of-work, proof-of-stake, and variants), how fast and cheap they are, and what trade-offs they make between decentralisation, security, and scale. The native coin of each chain pays for transactions and, in proof-of-stake networks, secures the network.
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49 Layer 1 Blockchains
Browse all coins →Abstract is a ZK-powered Ethereum Layer 2 built by Pudgy Penguins (the NFT…
Read →Pure PoS L1 designed for financial applications
Read →High-performance L1 from Meta/Diem lineage using Move language
Read →Fast L1 with subnet architecture for custom chains
Read →What is BEVM?
Read →The original cryptocurrency — digital money with a fixed 21 million supply secured by proof-of-work mining
Read →Bitcoin Cash forked from Bitcoin in August 2017 over a dispute about block size…
Read →What is Bitcoin Gold?
Read →What is Bitcoin SV?
Read →Binance's blockchain token — powers BSC ecosystem and Binance CEX
Read →Peer-reviewed PoS blockchain with academic research approach
Read →Celestia is the first modular blockchain — it separates data availability from…
Read →Internet of blockchains — IBC protocol for interoperability
Read →Programmable blockchain — home of DeFi, NFTs, and smart contracts
Read →What is Ethereum Classic?
Read →NFT-focused L1 — home of NBA Top Shot and Dapper Labs
Read →Enterprise-grade hashgraph network for tokenisation
Read →Dfinity's blockchain computing platform — smart contracts at web speed
Read →DeFi-native Cosmos L1 with built-in order book
Read →10 blocks per second PoW via GHOSTDAG DAG — Bitcoin-style fair launch
Read →What is Komodo?
Read →What is Litecoin?
Read →The world's lightest blockchain — entire chain history compressed to 22KB using recursive ZK SNARKs, enabling full verification from a smart
Read →What is Mintlayer?
Read →Developer-friendly L1 with sharding and human-readable accounts
Read →Cross-chain relay network connecting parachains
Read →What is Rootstock?
Read →Trading-optimised Cosmos L1 with built-in order book
Read →High-speed L1 blockchain — 65,000 TPS, sub-cent fees, home of meme coins and DePIN
Read →Bitcoin L2 bringing smart contracts and DeFi to Bitcoin
Read →What is Stellar?
Read →High-performance L1 using Move language and parallel execution
Read →What is Syscoin?
Read →Rebuilt Cosmos SDK blockchain launched after the original Terra chain's UST algorithmic stablecoin collapsed in May 2022 — wiping ~$40-60B a
Read →Self-amending L1 with on-chain governance
Read →Telegram's blockchain — 900M+ user distribution via Telegram apps
Read →What is Tron?
Read →VeChain is an enterprise-focused blockchain built for supply chain management…
Read →What is XRP?
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