Best Layer 1 Protocols in Germany of 2026

Stellar

Stellar Development Foundation

Stellar makes it possible to create, send, and trade digital representations of all forms of money: dollars, pesos, bitcoin, pretty much anything. It’s designed so all the world’s financial systems can work together on a single network. Stellar's API and SDKs are ready to help you transform the world of finance, and the network’s currency connections could give even a small company the power and reach of an international bank. Leverage the many currency-backed tokens already on the Stellar network. Use Stellar's built-in decentralized exchange for crypto, forex, or securities. Users can swap between tokens using simple functions built into the protocol. Leverage the Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP) to initiate and disburse bulk payments that move in real-time and settle instantly 24/7/365 with full certainty of funds delivery. Stellar has the documentation, tooling, and support to help you get your project up quickly.

Starting Price: $0

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Zano

Zano is an open source platform designed to provide a simple, efficient way to manage and monitor personal data and digital identity. It allows users to take control of their online presence by offering tools for secure file storage, communication, and access management. Zano emphasizes privacy and security, providing end-to-end encryption for sensitive data and ensuring that users' information is protected from unauthorized access. It is designed for individuals who are concerned about the security of their personal information and want to safeguard their digital identity in a user-friendly environment. Zano also includes features such as customizable privacy settings, enabling users to control who can access their data and how it is shared. By combining secure storage and communication tools, Zano provides a comprehensive solution for managing and protecting personal digital assets.

Starting Price: Free

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Bitcoin Diamond

With lower transaction fees than any credit card, better exchange rates than any government-backed currency, and faster transaction confirmations than other digital payments, Bitcoin Diamond is the internet’s native currency. Bitcoin Diamond is a global currency that you can use to purchase products from any country and have them shipped to your doorstep, anywhere in the world. It all costs less than a penny per transaction and no currency exchange is required. With traditional government-backed currency, it can be difficult to protect your money from theft and inflation. Bitcoin Diamond is a fork of the Bitcoin blockchain, the most widely-used and most secure cryptocurrency. Unlike fiat currency, Bitcoin Diamond has a limited supply to make sure inflation is kept under control. It is based on a decentralized blockchain that keeps inflation under control by design; it can be easily accessed from any location; each transaction is verified by multiple computers around the world.

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Concordium

A blockchain that’s compliance ready with today’s and tomorrow’s economies. That enables private and public transactions. That offers high throughput, fast transactions, and predictable fees. That allows businesses, developers, and traders to harness blockchain’s true power and potential. Concordium’s decentralised blockchain technology is the first with layer-one ID built into the protocol. This means it offers forward-thinking businesses, application developers, and cryptocurrency traders unrivalled security, privacy, transparency and most importantly, compliance with regulations, if and when these come through. Utilizing zero-knowledge-proofs (ZKP) allows parties to verify information without exchanging or storing that information on-chain other than hash functions, so users can trust that their confidential business will become no one else’s business.

Starting Price: Free

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Fetch.ai

At Fetch.ai we build tools and infrastructure to enable a decentralized digital economy. Fetch.ai’s network is based around an open-source technology that any user can run to connect to the network, giving access to the power of AI on a world-scale secure dataset, to carry out complex coordination tasks in the modern economy. On this network a series of software agents represent and act on behalf of their owners. These autonomous agents work to provide an optimised service across a variety of ecosystems, to the benefit of both suppliers and consumers. This system has wide potential in many areas. Financial services users can optimize trading, public transport networks could be reconfigured, cities could intelligently adapt to usage by their citizens, the gig economy could be restructured, and energy networks can be connected in a smart grid.

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Flow

Flow Blockchain

Flow is a new blockchain built for the next generation of apps, games, and the digital assets that power them. Flow was designed from the ground up as a foundation for internet-scale protocols and applications that also require exceptional user experience. Conceived by the team behind CryptoKitties, Flow was developed and stress-tested with top global partners and is now open for anyone to contribute to and benefit from. Battle-tested in production and ready to help you build the kinds of applications that people want to use. A simple feature that will pay dividends in software quality and development speed. A new easy-to-learn programming language designed for dapps and digital assets. Securely and transparently patch bugs and upgrade pre-specified parts of a smart contract. Flow is built to be fast and responsive – achieving global finality within seconds.

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Terra

Anchor Protocol allows Terra stablecoin deposits to earn stable yield, powered by block rewards of leading proof-of-stake blockchains. Terra stablecoins offer instant settlements, low fees and seamless cross-border exchange - loved by millions of users and merchants. Mirror Protocol allows the creation of fungible assets, “synthetics”, that track the price of real world assets. Mirror synthetics are intended to be used as key building blocks in smart contracts, and to bring the world’s assets to the blockchain. Build smart contracts in Rust, Go, or AssemblyScript. Run on multiple chains, connected by the Cosmos IBC. Use Terra stablecoins, onchain swaps, layer 1 oracles as primitives. Expose dApp userbases to Terra's payment services in a permissionless fashion. Terra aims to make its stablecoins available to every developer on every blockchain. Now live on Ethereum and Solana, and coming to more soon.

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OKT Chain (OKTC)

OKX

The world's first trading chain, a decentralized, borderless, blockchain-based ecosystem for exchanging value. OKT Chain (OKTC) is a public permissionless blockchain that no one fully controls. Anyone can create projects and use applications from anywhere in the world. OKX can neither control nor endorse any projects on OKT Chain (OKTC). The decentralized nature of blockchain may lead to risks. Make sure you're responsible for your financial decisions and do proper research on projects. Research and understand a project before interacting with OKT Chain (OKTC) in any way. Remember that all developers and users can access both main and test networks for free. Distinguish between OKC main and test networks. All assets on the testnet are valueless. Protect your private keys and never share them. Make sure third-party projects are safe before authorizing them. We support MetaX, MetaMask, imToken, TokenPocket and other wallets.

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Conflux

Conflux Network

Conflux enables creators, communities, and markets to connect across borders and protocols. Our breakthrough Tree-Graph consensus algorithm uses parallel processing of blocks and transactions to lower confirmation times and increase TPS. Conflux utilizes a highly tested PoW consensus to provide increased security and anti-reentrance attack protection at the protocol level. ShuttleFlow is a lightening fast cross-chain asset bridge built on Conflux that enables seamless asset transfers between multiple protocols. Our Fee Sponsorship Mechanism allows users with zero wallet balance to still engage with blockchain. Sponsors pay a portion or all of another user’s transaction fees to help with user onboarding. Built-in staking interest provides a foundation for innovative DeFi apps. Staked tokens currently receive an annualized rate of 4%, generated by the additional issuance of tokens.

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Waltonchain

Waltonchain is the underlying public business ecochain. It resorts to RFID technology to create a unique combination of blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT). On this ecochain, merchants can create customized child chains and monitor production, logistics, warehousing and retail circulation of all commodities. As a business ecochain, Waltonchain ensures that all data on it is authentic and credible. With the self-developed reader chip and tag chip, all data of physical commodities in circulation is automatically recorded to blockchain. Thus Waltonchain avoids human interference, minimizes the data tampering possibility and creates a fair, transparent, traceable and credible new-generation business ecosystem. The Waltonchain technical team has developed a smart RFID reader-writer with independent intellectual property rights, which can collect data, process it and upload to blockchain automatically.

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IoTeX

IoTeX is the fastest, most secure, and most scalable blockchain platform on the market. IoTeX currently leads the world’s premier industry consortiums and standards bodies. The IoTeX platform hosts an ever-growing ecosystem of projects and products that have been developed by members of the IoTeX community. The IoTeX blockchain already powers real devices, including award-winning blockchain-powered cameras from Consumer Electronic Show (CES) and the pebble geo device, perfect for supply chain optimization in any industry.

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Kadena

Kadena’s public blockchain is a braided, high-throughput Proof of Work system that improves throughput and scalability while maintaining the security and integrity found in Bitcoin. Kadena uses its native token, KDA, to provide a secure and scalable means of providing virtual currency. Furthermore, Kadena serves as a way of sharing data and is implemented across various industries: finance, health care, insurance, and more. Kadena’s main net is now fully accessible for public mining. You can find the latest release on our Chainweb-node GitHub Project and watch the mining of the parallel chains in real-time through Kadena’s Block Explorer. We also released our Testnet Portal, a one-stop shop where you can download our testnet wallet, get testnet coins, play a game, and have fun interacting with our blockchain! Kadena’s public blockchain is a massively parallel protocol that brings efficiency to Proof of Work.

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ICON

ICON is a blockchain protocol for decentralized applications. As an aggregator chain, it achieves interoperability, a web of interconnected networks aggregating all blockchain data into one layer. We want to build a new world where everyone builds and connects their own communities, that's the world that ICON will create. Learn about the ICON Republic and its cryptocurrency, ICX. Build on one of the world’s fastest-growing decentralized networks. Find out about launching your idea on ICON. It is important to delegate to P-Reps that add value to the ICON ecosystem to ensure the growth of the network and your staked ICX. ICON currently boasts one of the highest rewards for blockchain staking. Official wallet for managing tokens on ICON Network. Easily vote and get rewarded. MyIconWallet is ICON's Wallet supporting ICX and various cryptocurrencies. Our decentralized network allows independent blockchains with different governances to transact with one another without intermediaries.

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Telos

Telos Blockchain

Telos is the ideal network for real-world use across multiple industries, Telos-based Tokens NFT’s and Smart Contracts are already used for DeFi, gaming, social media amongst a backdrop of almost unlimited real-world use cases. There are over 100 projects already building on Telos. Top brands already use Telos Blockchain for real-world activities including transparent hackathon judging and payments through Taikai. Telos natively runs eosio C++ smart contract technology. The leading decentralized stack for high throughput decentralized applications. Telos will be the first EVM-compatible blockchain built on eosio. Deploy and run your Ethereum Apps using Telos EVM for the most performant DeFi available. Join hundreds of developers and thousands of users who are choosing Telos. Economic and geographic decentralization to ensure the security and safety of the chain. Community support, including the Telos Works proposal system and grant making for new projects.

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Ontology

Ontology supports identity authentication and data collaboration between users, vehicles, and third parties. Data can only be accessed, used and stored with the consent of the owner. Through the Ontology Trust Framework and Self-Sovereign Data Storage, a number of cryptographic algorithms are implemented to protect user identity and data privacy security. Each data exchange operation requires authorization and selective exchange can be achieved through authorization protocols and cryptographic algorithms. Traceability, authorization and authentication of personal data is possible through blockchain. In some cases, we integrate TEE technology to support data analysis and processing without privacy disclosure. It's time to reclaim control of your digital identity. ONT ID enables autonomous control of your private data. You decide if and when your data is accessible by others.

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Decred

Decred employs an innovative hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake system that layers security and carefully aligns incentives. This system yields the best of both worlds, making it an order of magnitude more expensive to attack than pure proof-of-work or pure proof-of-stake. Decred’s built-in governance systems empower its community with formal rights to make consensus changes and manage project-level decisions. These systems make Decred adaptable, allowing it to evolve per the will of the stakeholders, resist forks and incorporate new technology over the long run. Decred continuously funds its treasury with 10% of each block reward and employs a flexible contractor model that allows contributors to receive compensation for their work. This makes Decred a sustainable and self-funded decentralized autonomous organization. Use DCRDEX inside Decrediton and vote on four new consensus changes. Upgrade to the 1.7 release now!

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Topl

Transparent yet secure, scalable yet flexible, affordable, and 10 million times more energy-efficient than early blockchains, the Topl Blockchain is the ultimate tool for maximizing the value of impact. Topl is an impact technology economy changing the way the world does business. Why? The big problems of today call for big solutions. We empower corporations, startups, and nonprofits to unlock the value of their positive global impact. Our secret sauce? The Topl Blockchain is the world’s first blockchain built for impact tracking, tokenization, and transaction. New data capture techniques. New storytelling capabilities. New smart assets and digitalization. New markets. Even new economies are built on the Topl blockchain. Topl is the world's premier impact monetization engine. Actions that advance ESG efforts, solutions to global crises, and the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals have an impact.

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Qtum

Qtum is an open-sourced public blockchain platform, leveraging the security of UTXO while enabling multiple virtual machines including EVM. Qtum is PoS based and boasts a Decentralized Governance Protocol (DGP) allowing specific blockchain settings to be modified by making use of smart contracts. For instance, the block size of Qtum can be increased without the need for a hard fork. Qtum provides a standardized, stable, and safe development environment for smart contracts, enabling business-friendly smart contract coding, deploying, and executing. Qtum is also a decentralized application platform, compatible with existing blockchain infrastructure, and is modularized so new technology can always be added. There is a full spectrum of crypto wallets supporting Qtum, that meet the needs of different users. Qtum also provides mature development resources for blockchain and app development.

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xx network

Introducing the xx network, the first and only quantum-resistant and privacy-focused blockchain ecosystem. Now offering the ultra-secure messaging application, xx messenger. Start using the blockchain of the future, the only Layer One protocol protected against quantum computing attacks. Introducing the first and only messenger app that truly protects communication between sender and receiver. All messages are end-to-end encrypted, and no metadata is ever collected. Powered by the xx network. A new easy-to-use digital currency. Designed to be the most secure and usable digital currency available today. xx messenger keeps all user activity private. No tracking, no profiling, and no surveillance. With end-to-end encryption, of course. Introducing xx messenger. Imagine a world where no one, no one, can read your messages and sell your data. Low-cost, quantum-ready, and metadata-protected. A next-gen currency to protect against next-gen threats.

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Verge

Our network provides world-class features to ensure our users are able to send and receive digital payments quickly, safely, and securely. Simplified digital payments through our vergePay applications powered by blockchain technology. We are proud to be 100% open-source. Our project is run entirely by volunteer community members and dedicated individuals who wish to make a difference in the world. Verge provides the security of blockchain-based payments to everyday users with easy-to-use software tailored to real-life needs and applications. Verge provides an easy-to-use platform that enables everyday users to be able to transact quickly and efficiently across a blockchain-based network. Low fees, quick transactions, high volume in circulation, and multiplatform support are the ingredients that make Verge perfectly positioned for mass adoption. Our mission is to empower people around the world by bringing blockchain transactions into everyday life.

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Fluence

Fluence is a decentralized platform designed to enable the freedom of digital innovation via peer-to-peer applications. Fluence provides an open-source, permissionless, decentralized platform and a development toolkit for building, hosting, and running peer-to-peer applications and protocols. Develop peer-to-peer software without reliance on proprietary cloud services. Fluence network executes applications without a single coordination center, eliminating potential failure and censorship. Nodes run only applications they are interested in or that are commercially viable. Computations are secured with cryptography and no data leaks to untrusted peers. The network serves a diverse set of computing providers, hardware, and available services. Leverage the power of Web 3 by connecting decentralized storage, identity, and on-chain smart contracts to your Fluence application. Make full-featured apps with community-built integrations to Web 3 networks.

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Waves Enterprise

A combination of private and public networks ensures high throughput, scalability, and reliability of solutions, as well as data immutability and confidentiality. Waves Enterprise provides consulting, deployment, and support services. Off-the-shelf solutions for fast deployment in a corporate environment. The ability to build failure-proof enterprise-grade solutions. Smart contracts of any complexity, in any programming language. Innovative tools for system adjustment and monitoring. Confidential data exchange between authorized participants. Meeting all relevant regulatory requirements. Waves Enterprise is a hybrid blockchain that combines the advantages of both private and public permissioned blockchain technologies. Depending on the customer’s requirements, a solution can be realized either on a public permissioned or a private network. To ensure additional security of data storage and privacy, a hybrid model can be employed.

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Radix

The only decentralized network that lets you build fast, rewards everyone who makes it better, and scales without friction. A purpose-built DeFi programming environment that will enable fast and secure development. A system of on-ledger royalties that will reward those that contribute dApp code to the ecosystem. A consensus algorithm that will provide unlimited scalability without breaking DeFi composability. Radix is the only decentralized network where developers will be able to build quickly without the constant threat of exploits and hacks, where every improvement will get rewarded, and where scale will never be a bottleneck. Radix is building an open, interconnected platform where the full range of powerful DeFi applications will be built securely and safely. Staking provides a critical function for the Radix network. The greater the value staked, the more secure the network is.

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Dogecoin

Dogecoin is an open-source peer-to-peer digital currency, favored by Shiba Inus worldwide. You have to sync with the blockchain to use Dogecoin. MultiDoge is a "light" wallet. It syncs with the blockchain by "skimming" through the blockchain, providing fast sync times. Dogecoin Core, on the other hand, is a "full" wallet. It syncs by downloading it, providing a solid-working Dogecoin wallet. Dogecoin sets itself apart from other digital currencies with an amazing, vibrant community made up of friendly folks just like you. "Doge" is our fun, friendly mascot! The Shiba Inu is a Japanese breed of dog that was popularized as an online meme and represents Dogecoin. A Wallet is used for holding your Dogecoins directly on your computer/smartphone. There are numerous amounts of ways to get Dogecoin. You can buy them, trade for them, get tipped, "mine" them, and more. They are surprisingly endless!

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IOST

IOST is an ultra-fast, scalable, and secure blockchain network based on the next-generation consensus algorithm “Proof of Believability” (PoB). Led by a team of seasoned experts and backed by world-class investors, our mission is to be the underlying architecture for online services that meet the security and scalability needs of a decentralized economy. High fees and slower transaction times on the Ethereum network have left the door open for new solutions to emerge, and IOST is the pioneering project that has been gaining traction for its superior and revolutionary technology since its main net launch in 2019. The basic technology behind IOST–a decentralized, high throughput blockchain, supersedes 37 high-profile competitors, including EOS and Ethereum, by more than 5 times, per the latest ranking from China’s Center for Information and Industry Development. With 0.5 block time and 8,000 TPS, you can build any application on IOST without concerning about the speed.

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aelf

aelf is the most advanced and secure blockchain cloud infrastructure with segregate, unlimitedly scalable cloud computing networks, leading the decentralized future. Innovative cross-chain interoperability, elegant multi-level main-side chains structure; unlimited scalability, leading in Blockchain 3.0 era with unique cross-chain technology. Based on this public beta testnet, you can try the core functions of the aelf main network, node building and election, mining rewards, sidechain configuration, cross-chain interaction, DApp deployment, and more. A complete suite of application development tools for underlying decentralized blockchain layers to suit a wide range of developer needs. aelf community members participate in building aelf ecosystem, achieving progressive development through different governance methods such as the aelf DAO, Node Election, Resource Purchase, and Proposals.

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Obyte

Obyte is a distributed ledger based on the directed acyclic graph (DAG). Unlike centralized ledgers and blockchains, access to the Obyte ledger is decentralized, disintermediated, free (as in freedom), equal, and open. Use Bonded Stablecoins website to issue stablecoins pegged to USD or BTC, or create new stablecoins pegged to any other asset or index. Stable+ coins that programmatically appreciate in value, you can earn interest by holding them (e.g. 16% p.a. in USD). Governance tokens whose value grows as more stable+ coins are issued. Use ODEX decentralized exchange or Oswap automated market maker to trade tokens issued on Obyte against each other. ODEX uses off-chain order matching and is as fast as a centralized exchange. Oswap allows to provide liquidity and earn fees from every trade. Obyte allows you to do something that traditional currencies can't: conditional payments. You set a condition when the payee receives the money.

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RChain

A breakthrough concurrent computational system that unshackles the blockchain. RChain is pioneering transparent and secure transactions with an ultra-fast, global-scale technology platform. Cooperative governance and a sustainable economic model make RChain a public utility that can be applied to climate change, data security, digital identity, and many other challenges we are collectively facing. RChain realizes superior scalability and speed by doing intelligent concurrency throughout the network and right-sized validation of every transaction. Transactions now happen with low execution costs and greater efficiency. RChain's decentralized architecture design does not compromise security to achieve scale. Rholang, RChain's contract programming language, lets developers write for concurrency and formally verify all processes. RChain is built in a radically open-source fashion. The contributions of cooperative members enrich and extend the RChain ecosystem.

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VITE

We believe that innovations on the blockchain don’t need to come at the expense of user experience. Hence we created Vite to make sure Web3 apps are free and fast like their Web2 counterparts. Vite is a lightning-fast smart contract network with zero-fee transactions. ViteBridge is a generic and decentralized cross-chain transfer protocol to bridge all blockchains. ViteBridge will allow unconstrained transfer of information and value between heterogeneous ecosystems and push our industry towards more openness and interoperability. ViteX is the world's first decentralized exchange built on DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph). It is a cross-chain DEX that offers a fast, secure, and smooth trading experience with zero gas fees. Trade and earn the platform token VX at the same time. VX speakers get to share 100% of the trading fees collected on the platform. List your trading pairs permissionless. No KYC. Your information only stays with you.

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Dusk Network

Dusk Network is a technology for securities. An open-source and secure blockchain (DLT) infrastructure that businesses use to tokenize financial instruments and automate costly processes. A distributed Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) should provide a clear and final settlement of transactions. Moreover, the settlement of transactions should be instant or near-instant (<15s). The popular proof-of-work consensus mechanism used by Bitcoin and Ethereum does not address these requirements. Therefore, we designed a more performant consensus called Succinct Attestation agreement that enables instant settlement of transactions within 15 seconds. Powered by zero-knowledge technology, organizations use the dusk networks to issue tokens that are governed by privacy-preserving smart contracts. Harnessing the power of DLT while respecting confidentiality agreements, and data protection legislation.

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Best Layer 1 Protocols in Germany

Compare the Top Layer 1 Protocols in Germany as of January 2026

What are Layer 1 Protocols in Germany?

Stellar

Zano

Bitcoin Diamond

Concordium

Fetch.ai

Flow

Terra

OKT Chain (OKTC)

Conflux

Waltonchain

IoTeX

Kadena

ICON

Telos

Ontology

Decred

Topl

Qtum

xx network

Verge

Fluence

Waves Enterprise

Radix

Dogecoin

IOST

aelf

Obyte

RChain

VITE

Dusk Network

Best Layer 1 Protocols in Germany

Compare the Top Layer 1 Protocols in Germany as of January 2026

What are Layer 1 Protocols in Germany?

Stellar

Zano

Bitcoin Diamond

Concordium

Fetch.ai

Flow

Terra

OKT Chain (OKTC)

Conflux

Waltonchain

IoTeX

Kadena

ICON

Telos

Ontology

Decred

Topl

Qtum

xx network

Verge

Fluence

Waves Enterprise

Radix

Dogecoin

IOST

aelf

Obyte

RChain

VITE

Dusk Network

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