Decred - About the company
Decred is a funded company based in Chicago (United States), founded in 2016 by David Hill, Dave Collins, Alex Yocom Piatt, Josh Rickmar and John Vernaleo. It operates as an Open-source cryptocurrency with a system of community-based governance integrated into its blockchain. The company has 564 active competitors, including 57 funded and 8 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like IoTeX, Bitcoin and Dash.
Company Details
Open-source cryptocurrency with a system of community-based governance integrated into its blockchain. It uses a hybrid consensus system (both PoW and PoS) and allows anyone to vote or participate. It is also working on a Decentralized Autonomous Organization.
- Website
- decred.org
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@decred.org
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2016
Location
Chicago, United States
Stage
Funding Raised
Investors
Ranked
87th among 564 active competitors
Employee Count
16 as on Aug 31, 2026
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Decred's funding and investors
Decred is a funded company. Decred has 12 institutional investors.
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Decred's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Decred are David Hill, Dave Collins, Alex Yocom Piatt, Josh Rickmar and John Vernaleo. Jake Yocom-Piatt is the CEO of Decred.
Here are the details of Decred's key team members:
- David Hill: Co-Founder of Decred. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Dave Collins: Co-Founder of Decred. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Alex Yocom Piatt: Co-Founder of Decred.
- Josh Rickmar: Co-Founder of Decred.
- John Vernaleo: Co-Founder of Decred.
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Decred's employee count trend
Decred has 16 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Decred's employee count trend over the years:
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Decred's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Decred include IoTeX, Bitcoin and Dash. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Decred, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | IoTeX 2017, Tortola (United Kingdom), Series A | Developer of blockchain infrastructure for real world artificial intelligence | $50M | 77/100 | |
2nd | Bitcoin 2009, Las Vegas (United States), Public | Decentralized P2P cryptocurrency for payments | $100M | 72/100 | |
3rd |  Dash 2014, Scottsdale (United States), Series B | Digital currency for making payments | $16.2M | 70/100 | |
4th | Operator of a platform for perpetual futures trading on Ethereum | $240M | 67/100 | ||
5th | Zora 2020, Sacramento (United States), Seed | Online marketplace for NFTs | $62.6M | 65/100 | |
6th | Crypto-based financial service provider | $500K | 64/100 | ||
7th | Provider of layer two scaling infrastructure for decentralized blockchain networks | $4M | 63/100 | ||
8th | Blockchain-based platform for NFT and Defi application development | - | 60/100 | ||
9th |  POAP 2019, Denver (United States), Seed | Cloud-based collection of NFTs | $10M | 58/100 | |
10th |  Decentraland 2017, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Series B | NFT-based platform for virtual world games | $25M | 58/100 | |
87th |  Decred 2016, Chicago (United States), Funding Raised | Open-source cryptocurrency with a system of community-based governance integrated into its blockchain | - | 32/100 |
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Decred's Investments and acquisitions
Decred has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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Decentralized Digital Currency Project Decred (DCR) Reaches Governance Milestone of 77% Voter ParticipationCrowdfund Insider•Oct 28, 2021•Decred
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