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Differences between coins and tokens

A coin is a cryptocurrency that can operate independently. 

A token is a cryptocurrency that depends on another cryptocurrency as a platform to operate. Check out the crypto tokens listings to view a list of tokens and their respective platforms.

  1. Structure: Coins are digital financial assets; they are actual currencies and are capable of being exchanged and used for trading purposes. Tokens are also digital financial assets but rather than being  actual financial assets like the coins they act as a representation of the actual financial assets.
     
  2. Infrastructure: Each coin has its own independent blockchain, distinguishing it from any other coin. While the same cannot be said for tokens: tokens are built upon and entered into the same blockchain.
     
  3. Creation: Most of the coins use the basic framework of a bitcoin along with some additional coding and changes to the framework to introduce new and unique features so as to differentiate it from bitcoin or any other coin whose framework has been used. All the programming and coding is done from  scratch. The purpose of such a creation is to improve upon the existing technology, making it more efficient. While for creating a token no changes to the programming or additional coding are required, all the tokens use the same codes for their entry into a blockchain.
     
  4. Ease and Difficulty of Creation: Since, for the creation of cryptocurrency coins there is a need for programming and coding from  scratch, the level of difficulty of creation is higher  compared to tokens, which use the same set of codes and programming for their creation.
     
  5. Platform for Operation: Coins are  programmed so that it is in their nature to exist independently. Coins can be used for trading as well as a measure of exchange and a unit of measure for digital financial assets. Tokens, on the other hand, cannot exist independently and are not  direct financial assets but rather a mere representation of assets. They are based upon other platforms.
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