<p>"Can you mine smaller cryptocurrencies?" </p>

<p>if they are mineable: obvious yes. (otherwise they can not be used to execute transactions so they would not have any benefit.)
but there are also some not mineable cryptocurrencies, for example ripple or cryptocurrencies which have 100% proof of stake.</p>

<p>"... e.g. coins found in an ICO etc?"</p>

<p>nearly all ICOs use tokens. a token is not a mineable coin. a token exist due to a smartcontract of another cryptocurrency. so the creator of the smartcontract can decide who gets how many tokens.</p>

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2018-01-18T10:52:22.023Z
2018-01-18T10:52:22.023Z
anion
<p>You can mine those: <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/coins/views/filter-non-mineable/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://coinmarketcap.com/coins/views/filter-non-mineable/</a></p>

<p>But <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/tokens/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">those</a> coins are not minable cause they are Ethereum tokens or the people behind it don't want you to mine them (Ripple for example)</p>

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2018-01-18T07:31:53.117Z
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hardfork
<p>E.g. any of the coins found here:</p>

<p><a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://coinmarketcap.com/</a></p>

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2018-01-18T06:05:23.637Z
Many cryptocurrencies are mineable, some are not. On Coinmarketcap, any coin supplies marked with an asterisk are not mineable.
chytrik
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Can you mine smaller cryptocurrencies - e.g. coins found in an ICO etc?
tr4ssj2
# Can you mine smaller cryptocurrencies - e.g. coins found in an ICO etc?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-18)

E.g. any of the coins found here:

<https://coinmarketcap.com/>

**Tags:** mining-theory, bitcoin-core-development

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Many cryptocurrencies are mineable, some are not. On Coinmarketcap, any coin supplies marked with an asterisk are not mineable.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-18. Score: 1

"Can you mine smaller cryptocurrencies?"

if they are mineable: obvious yes. (otherwise they can not be used to execute transactions so they would not have any benefit.)
but there are also some not mineable cryptocurrencies, for example ripple or cryptocurrencies which have 100% proof of stake.

"... e.g. coins found in an ICO etc?"

nearly all ICOs use tokens. a token is not a mineable coin. a token exist due to a smartcontract of another cryptocurrency. so the creator of the smartcontract can decide who gets how many tokens.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-18. Score: 0

You can mine those: <https://coinmarketcap.com/coins/views/filter-non-mineable/>

But [those](https://coinmarketcap.com/tokens/) coins are not minable cause they are Ethereum tokens or the people behind it don't want you to mine them (Ripple for example)


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