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 October 2026, ranking #10,230 (top 5%) among 497,973 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 50,696 followers as of October 2026 and has published 3,377 posts. Decred DCR has been mentioned by 407 accounts a total of 1,796 times.
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The accounts that follow Decred DCR include 312 founders, 79 angel investors, 159 influencers and 8 VCs. Among them are Ansem, Laura Shin, Chris Burniske, Andrew Kang, Smolting Wassie and Joseph Lubin.