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* [Solid](https://solid.mit.edu/) - a proposed set of conventions and tools for building decentralized social applications based on Linked Data principles.
### Cryptocurrencies
* [Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.org) - It is the first decentralized digital currency, as the system works without a central bank or single administrator.
* [Ethereum](https://ethereum.org) - Blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract (scripting) functionality. It provides a decentralized Turing-complete virtual machine
* [Monero](https://getmonero.org/) - Aims to improve on existing cryptocurrency design by obscuring sender, recipient and amount of every transaction.
* [Zcash](https://z.cash/) - Open, permissionless cryptocurrency that can fully protect the privacy of transactions using zero-knowledge cryptography.
### Databases
* [BigchainDB](https://www.bigchaindb.com/) - a scalable database that layers blockchain technology over decentralized data.
* [IPDB](https://ipdb.foundation/) - a federated database network built on BigchainDB and IPFS. It is maintained by a network of caretakers around the world, at least half of which are nonprofits.