CryptoCurrency Hashing and Proof of Work Functions

Scrypt

• Wikipedia: Scrypt

SHA-256

• Wikipedia: SHA-256

SHA-2

• Wikipedia: SHA-2

CryptoNote

• Wikipedia: CryptoNote
• Wikipedia: Proof Of Stake

ECDSA

• Wikipedia: ECDSA

X11

• Wikipedia: X11  – Dash uses a chained hashing algorithm called X11 for the proof-of-work. Instead of using the SHA-256 (from well-known Secure Hash Algorithm family) or scrypt it uses 11 rounds of different hashing functions

Research Links

• Wikipedia: List of CryptoCurrencies