Top 12 Altcoin Libraries
by Ashok Balasubramanian Updated: Mar 30, 2022
Guide Kit
If you've been looking for open source libraries to help you build Altcoin applications, this is the post for you. When Bitcoin was released in 2008, it blew everyone's minds. It was the first peer-to-peer currency transfer system that didn't require any intermediary—no banks, no credit card companies. It was also open source and decentralized, so everyone could use it equally. But there are lots of issues with Bitcoin as well, including scalability and security. So people started to create their own cryptocurrencies, called Altcoins. Altcoins are alternatives to bitcoins. They're often used to solve problems that have come up with bitcoin and other cryptocurrency users. What's interesting about Altcoin is that they're built on top of bitcoin's open source code, then modified to fit the needs of their developers and users. Now there are hundreds of these Altcoins out there, each doing something a little different than others. They're mostly open source and decentralized as well, but some help to solve the problems Bitcoin has with security or scalability better than others. In the past few years, the number of Altcoins has increased exponentially—just like the number of Bitcoin applications. We love seeing people use these open source libraries in their own development projects, so we're highlighting some of the popular open source libraries across Ethereum, Aave, Lucky Block, Cardano, Decentraland, Algorand and others.
solidityby ethereum
Solidity, the Smart Contract Programming Language
solidityby ethereum
C++
20327
Version:v0.8.20
License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)
parity-ethereumby openethereum
The fast, light, and robust client for Ethereum-like networks.
parity-ethereumby openethereum
Rust
6741
Version:v3.0.1
License: Others (Non-SPDX)
ethminerby ethereum-mining
Ethereum miner with OpenCL, CUDA and stratum support
ethminerby ethereum-mining
C++
5870
Version:v0.19.0-alpha.0
License: Strong Copyleft (GPL-3.0)
rippledby ripple
Decentralized cryptocurrency blockchain daemon implementing the XRP Ledger in C++
rippledby ripple
C++
4124
Version:1.9.0
License: Permissive (ISC)
stellar-coreby stellar
stellar-core is the reference implementation for the peer to peer agent that manages the Stellar network
stellar-coreby stellar
C
3045
Version:v19.11.0
License: Others (Non-SPDX)
go-algorandby algorand
Algorand's official implementation in Go.
go-algorandby algorand
C
1251
Version:v3.16.2-beta
License: Others (Non-SPDX)
marketplaceby decentraland
🏛️ Decentraland's NFT Marketplace
marketplaceby decentraland
TypeScript
1011
Version:6.0.3
License: Others (Non-SPDX)
rust-cardanoby input-output-hk
rust client libraries to deal with the current cardano mainnet (byron / cardano-sl)
rust-cardanoby input-output-hk
Rust
270
Version:Current
License: Permissive (MIT)
js-algorand-sdkby algorand
The official JavaScript SDK for Algorand.
js-algorand-sdkby algorand
TypeScript
269
Version:v2.3.0
License: Permissive (MIT)
aave-v3-coreby aave
This repository contains the core smart contracts of the Aave V3 protocol.
aave-v3-coreby aave
TypeScript
590
Version:v1.17.2
License: Others (Non-SPDX)
cryptosmtby kste
An easy to use tool for cryptanalysis of symmetric primitives based on SMT/SAT solvers.
cryptosmtby kste
Python
54
Version:Current
License: Permissive (MIT)