Decred DCR is a self-funded, open-source cryptocurrency built around a hybrid Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake consensus model that gives coinholders direct governance over the protocol. Decred DCR's Twitter Score is 79 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of July 2026, ranking #12,688 (top 5%) among 473,418 tracked accounts.
Decred DCR was founded by tacotime, _ingsoc, and Jake Yocom-Piatt, with its mainnet launching on February 8, 2016 via an airdrop and a small premine used to bootstrap the staking component. The project was formerly affiliated with Company 0, LLC, the development firm that helped bring it to life. Decred DCR has a hard cap of 21 million coins and is governed as a Layer 1 DAO, where stakeholders vote on proposals and treasury spending through the on-chain platform Politeia.
Decred DCR has expanded beyond its core chain with several in-house products. DCRDEX is a decentralized exchange built on atomic-swap technology that charges no trading fees and requires no KYC from users. In December 2022, Decred DCR launched Bison Relay, a peer-to-peer social media platform combining end-to-end encryption with Lightning Network payments. Both products are developed and maintained by Decred Developers.
Decred DCR has 50,880 followers as of July 2026 and has published 3,353 posts. Decred DCR has been mentioned by 405 accounts a total of 1,790 times.
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The accounts that follow Decred DCR include 325 founders, 72 angel investors, 207 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are Ansem, Laura Shin, Chris Burniske, smolting wassie, verse, Andrew Kang and Joseph Lubin.