About Decred
Decred is a cryptocurrency that combines two consensus models: proof of work and proof of stake. When new blocks are mined, 60% of the block reward goes to proof of work miners, 30% to proof of stake voters, and 10% to fund development of the protocol. Stakeholders may also vote on changes to the protocol itself.
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Trading Insights
Searched
17
Market Stats
Market Cap
$277.16M
FDV
$340.71M
Circ. Supply
17M DCR
Max Supply
21M DCR
Total Supply
17M DCR
Performance
Popularity
Not enough data
Dominance
0.01%
Volume (24H)
$2.47M
-60.5%
Volume (7D)
$26.18M
Volume (30D)
$151.03M
All time high
$250.02
Price Change (1Y)
27.89%
Additional details
Market details
DCR vs markets
↘ 21.08%
DCR vs BTC
↘ 23.51%
DCR vs ETH
↘ 16.57%
Tags
mineable
hybrid-pow-pos
medium-of-exchange
store-of-value
+3
Network & Addresses
Network | Address | |
|---|---|---|
Decred | NA |
Price history
Time | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
Today | $16.22 | ↗ 0.93% |
1 Day | $16.09 | ↗ 0.82% |
1 Week | $18.35 | ↘ 11.60% |
1 Month | $16.29 | ↘ 0.38% |
1 Year | $12.69 | ↗ 27.89% |
FAQ
Decred (DCR) is a blockchain-based platform with a primary focus on community input and open governance. The platform welcomes everyone to participate, join project groups and contribute to development. As per the whitepaper, the platform operates with the hybrid Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mining process. The hybrid model ensures that a small group does not overpower the flow of transactions or modify Decred without the community's inputs. The protocol aims to facilitate sustainable funding for the development of the cryptocurrency.
Further, DCR is the native utility token of the Decred platform. Decred holders can stake DCR to obtain voting tickets to vote on on-chain decisions. Also, 30% of the block reward goes to holders of the tickets who vote in one particular block. DCR token holders get an opportunity to choose a project by randomly sealing their coins in exchange for tickets in order to gain staking rewards. Listed below are some of the ways a user can acquire Decred (DCR):
Jake Yocom-Piatt is the founder of the Decred platform. The platform went live on February 8, 2016.
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Social stats
Popularity in posts
#789
Contributors
113
Posts
334
% About Decred
0.031%
Hold times
0 days
X (Twitter)
31.03% bullish
Sentiment
3.8 ★
Highlights
113 unique individuals are talking about Decred and it is ranked #789 in most mentions and activity from collected posts. In the last 24 hours, across all social media platforms, Decred has an average sentiment score of 3.8 out of 5. Finally, Decred is becoming less newsworthy, with 0 news articles published about Decred.
On Twitter, people are mostly neutral about Decred. There were 34.23% of tweets with bullish sentiment compared to 10.33% of tweets with a bearish sentiment about Decred. 65.77% of tweets were neutral about Decred. These sentiments are based on 366 tweets.
On Reddit, Decred was mentioned in 3 Reddit posts and there were 26 comments about Decred. On average, there were less upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit posts and more upvotes compared to downvotes on Reddit comments.
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