Proof of work or proof of stake? Our categories page groups crypto by how each network reaches consensus, then ranks every group by decentralization.
The proof of work group is led by $BTC 98, digibyte:native 96 and litecoin:native 96.
See who leads yours: BlockIndex.AI/categories
Solana's Alpenglow upgrade is live on devnet and testnet. It targets 150ms finality, down from 12.8 seconds, as validators swap votes directly instead of writing them into blocks.
Side effect: $SOL transaction counts will fall even if usage doesn't. No mainnet date yet.
Market cap tells you how much money sits in a coin. It tells you nothing about who controls it.
Our valuation page puts both side by side. $BTC scores 98 on decentralization, digibyte:native and litecoin:native 96. Plenty of bigger chains score far lower.
See the gap: BlockIndex.AI/valuation
If your favorite blockchain has a Terms of Service and a team that can ban you for breaking it, it's not decentralized. It's a website, and you're the product.
$BTC, digibyte:native and litecoin:native never made anyone click I agree.
See who actually passes: BlockIndex.AI/rankings
Researchers just published Shielded Bitcoin, a Zcash style design that hides amounts, senders and recipients with no change to Bitcoin's rules.
The catch: nodes would store the data but check nothing. Separate software does the verifying. That's a new trust layer.
People still call $DOGE a joke coin. Our data disagrees. It scores 93.5 on decentralization, higher than most chains with big teams and bigger promises.
No CEO calling the shots. Merge mined with litecoin:native by miners all over the world.
See why: BlockIndex.AI/coin/dogecoin
SEC staff just issued new crypto FAQs. One answer stands out: whether a project has "achieved decentralization" is judged by how the issuer defined it, not by any market standard.
So projects grade their own homework. We grade every chain the same way: BlockIndex.AI/dscore
How does digibyte:native earn a 96 decentralization score? We split every coin into five parts.
Nodes: 30 of 30
Initial distribution: 25 of 25
Governance: 21 of 25
Age and history: 15 of 15
Autonomy: 5 of 5
No black box. See the full breakdown: BlockIndex.AI/coin/digibyte
If your favorite blockchain needs a license and a regulator's blessing just to keep making blocks, it's not decentralized. It's a franchise with a token.
$BTC 98, digibyte:native 96, litecoin:native 96 never asked anyone for permission.
See who actually passes: BlockIndex.AI/rankings
Bitget lost about $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets Thursday and froze withdrawals. It says attackers hijacked a wallet backend and fed spoofed transfers into its signing system. It suspects North Korea.
One company, one point of failure. BlockIndex.AI/rankings
Ask a generic chatbot if a coin is decentralized and you usually get a polite maybe. Ask Emma and she pulls the decentralization score, then walks you through who runs the nodes and who controls the rules.
Try it on $DOGE or digibyte:native tonight: BlockIndex.AI/emma
The Federal Reserve just proposed GENIUS Act rules for stablecoin issuers it supervises: full backing with assets like Treasury bills, new capital requirements, and a path for banks to issue their own coins.
A dollar token run by a bank is still a bank. BlockIndex.AI/rankings
Sort 500+ cryptos by decentralization and look at the top. Eight projects score 90 or higher. The next best is 82. Nobody lives in between.
$BTC 98, digibyte:native 96, litecoin:native 96 and $DOGE 93.5 sit in that elite ring. Most of crypto floats far outside it.
BlockIndex.AI/bullseye
If your favorite blockchain ships upgrades whenever the team says so and every node just obeys, it's not decentralized. It's an app with auto update turned on.
$BTC 98, digibyte:native 96, litecoin:native 96 only change when the network agrees.
See who actually passes: BlockIndex.AI/rankings
Over 17 million litecoin:native moved across the Litecoin network in 24 hours on Wednesday, the Litecoin Foundation says. The fourth halving, due next July, cuts block rewards to 3.125 LTC.
Real usage on a chain with no CEO. litecoin:native scores 96: BlockIndex.AI/coin/litecoin
Most people buy a coin before they can answer three questions. Who runs the nodes? Who can change the rules? Who can freeze your funds?
Fail those and the logo means nothing. $BTC and litecoin:native pass. Plenty of big names don't.
Learn to check any coin: BlockIndex.AI/learn
Most people buy a coin before they can answer three questions. Who runs the nodes? Who can change the rules? Who can freeze your funds?
Fail those and the logo means nothing. $BTC and litecoin:native pass. Plenty of big names don't.
Learn to check any coin: BlockIndex.AI/learn
The New York Stock Exchange and Blockchain.com just signed a deal to offer tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs on NYSE's planned 24/7 digital trading venue, pending approval.
Tokenized is not decentralized. Same stocks, same gatekeepers, new rails.
BlockIndex.AI/rankings
Line up every crypto by launch year and a pattern jumps out. The early era is stacked with top decentralization scores: $BTC 98, litecoin:native 96, $DOGE 93.5, digibyte:native 96.
Most chains launched since then score under 60. Newer is not always better.
See the timeline: BlockIndex.AI/history
If one cloud outage can knock your favorite blockchain offline, it's not decentralized. It's a SaaS app with a ticker.
$BTC 98, digibyte:native 96, litecoin:native 96 run on nodes in basements all over the planet.
See who actually passes: BlockIndex.AI/rankings