Proof of Stake chains

Chains whose next block is chosen by validators who stake the chain's own coin as collateral. Correct behaviour earns rewards paid from issuance and fees; misbehaviour costs the stake — the security guarantee is economic rather than physical.

Chains counted
65
Combined market cap
$556.6B
Snapshot
24 September 2026
#AssetConsensusMarket cap
2 EthereumETH Gasper (Casper-FFG + LMD-GHOST) $328.4B
3 BNBBNB PoSA (exchange chain) $102.3B
5 SolanaSOL Tower BFT + Proof of History $67.8B
6 TRONTRX DPoS $32.3B
11 CardanoADA Ouroboros $9.0B
14 NEAR ProtocolNEAR Nightshade (Doomslug) $5.7B
20 SuiSUI Mysticeti (Narwhal/Bullshark) $4.0B
23 PolkadotDOT NPoS (BABE + GRANDPA) $1.9B
28 KuCoinKCS PoSA (exchange chain) $982M
29 AlgorandALGO Pure PoS (PPoS, VRF) $950M
35 AptosAPT AptosBFT (PoS) $664M
37 XDC NetworkXDC XDPoS (delegated PoS) $595M
43 TezosXTZ Liquid PoS (Tenderbake) $354M
53 Mina ProtocolMINA Ouroboros Samasika $187M
57 VaultaA DPoS $154M
58 MultiversXEGLD Secure PoS (SPoS) $129M
60 GRX ChainGRX DPoS $124M
62 QtumQTUM Mutualized PoS (UTXO) $102M
63 WEMIXWEMIX Staking-based PoS $99M
64 peaqPEAQ NPoS (Substrate) $89M
70 ONEchainONE Effective PoS + FBFT (sharded) $75M
75 PolymeshPOLYX NPoS (BABE + GRANDPA) $55M
77 FlowFLOW Flow / HotStuff variant $53M
84 Casper NetworkCSPR Highway (CBC-Casper) $48M
86 RoninRON DPoS $45M
87 ConcordiumCCD PoS + Afgjort finality $45M
88 HydrationHDX NPoS (Polkadot parachain) $44M
89 KUB CoinKUB PoSA (exchange chain) $42M
92 HarmonyONE Effective PoS + FBFT (sharded) $39M
95 SteemSTEEM DPoS (21 witnesses) $32M
96 ARKARK DPoS (51 delegates) $32M
97 SomniaSOMI MultiStream (PoS + PBFT) $30M
98 HiveHIVE DPoS (witnesses) $30M
106 Geode ChainGEODE NPoS (BABE + GRANDPA) $28M
107 UCHAINUCN DPoS $28M
108 ArdorARDR Pure PoS (Nxt-derived) $27M
111 XertraSTRAX PoS (StratisEVM) $24M
115 FogoFOGO SVM (Firedancer, PoS) $24M
119 KONETKONET PoS (PoSDAO) $9M
120 MAP ProtocolMAPO HotStuff PoS (light-client bridge chain) $9M
137 Klever CoinKLV DPoS (bonded) $6M
138 LUKSOLYX Casper FFG + LMD-GHOST (Ethereum-clone) $6M
139 MEVerseMEV DPoS $6M
141 PlatONLAT CBFT (Concurrent BFT with PPoS) $5M
144 Steem DollarsSBD DPoS (Steem, 21 witnesses) $5M
148 AergoAERGO DPoS + Raft (SBP-based) $5M
150 ParticlPART PoSv3 (Peercoin lineage) $4M
151 BitSharesBTS DPoS (graphene) $4M
152 NimiqNIM Nimiq Albatross (single-chain PoS) $4M
154 DiamondDMD PoS 3.0 $4M
157 ProjectVexVEX DPoS (EOSIO) $4M
158 ABBC CoinABBC DPoS (EOSIO-derived) $4M
160 CloakCoinCLOAK PoSA (Enigma privacy) $3M
167 PkoinPKOIN PoS + Reputation (Pocketnet) $3M
175 Electra ProtocolXEP Delta PoSV (X11) $2M
177 VelasVLX PoH + PoS (Solana fork) $2M
178 PIVXPIVX Time Protocol v2 (PoS) $2M
180 WhiteCoinXWC PoS 3.0 (DPoS-hybrid) $2M
182 ReefREEF NPoS (BABE + GRANDPA, Substrate EVM) $2M
200 ADAMANT MessengerADM DPoS (Lisk-derived) $1M
202 RENECRENEC PoH + PoS (Solana fork) $1M
216 EnergiNRG PoS + Masternodes (Dash-derived) $845,666
232 BlockassetBLOCK PoS (service nodes) $521,874
260 StaFiFIS NPoS (BABE + GRANDPA, Substrate) $241,143
331 BityuanBTY Safe PoS (SPOS, Chain33) $0

Methodology — the rules under which each chain's family was decided. Wrapped, staked and pegged claims are listed separately and never counted toward this total.