--- title: "Peercoin (PPC) price, heat score and market data" symbol: "PPC" name: "Peercoin" coingecko_id: "peercoin" canonical: https://crypheat.com/c/peercoin.html robots: index, follow heat_score: "14" heat_band: "COLD" market_cap_rank: "1390" price_as_of: "2026-08-14" last_updated: "2026-08-14" source: "CoinGecko / DefiLlama / alternative.me" tier: free disclaimer: "Information only; not investment advice or a recommendation to trade" --- # Peercoin (PPC) Peercoin (PPC) trades at $0.223214, down 0.2% over the past 30 days. Its market cap — supply times price — is $6.8M, the 1390-largest in crypto. Over a year it is -26% (down), and it sits -98% from its all-time high. On tradability, the book is thin, so incoming money moves the price easily. Taken together, the overall heat score is 14 (COLD). A higher number means more of the conditions for a rally are in place — it is not a price forecast. Last updated 2026-08-14 · Price $0.223214 (as of 2026-08-14) Heat score: **14** (COLD) — a deterministic 0–100 read on how many of the conditions for a move are in place. Not a price forecast. ## Market data (as of 2026-08-14) | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Price | $0.223214 | | Market cap | $6.8M (rank #1390) | | 24h volume | $72 | | Circulating supply | 30,365,934 PPC (about 100% of total supply) | | Total supply | 30,366,231 PPC | | Change from all-time high | -97.6% | ## What is Peercoin The Peercoin network activated in 2012 and is one of the first cryptocurrencies to ever be released. It is responsible for inventing proof-of-stake consensus, which makes it the first efficient and sustainable public blockchain technology. Peercoin was inspired by bitcoin, and it shares much of the source code and technical implementation of bitcoin. The Peercoin source code is distributed under the MIT/X11 software license. Unlike bitcoin, Namecoin, and Litecoin, Peercoin does not have a hard limit on the number of possible coins, but is designed to eventually attain an annual inflation rate of 1%. There is a deflationary aspect to Peercoin as the transaction fee of 0.01 PPC/kb paid to the network is destroyed. This feature, along with increased energy efficiency, aim to allow for greater long-term scalability. With the same cryptographic hash function as Bitcoin (SHA-256), Peercoin is 100 times more energy efficient. Transactions in the Peercoin network are faster and cheaper. If there were not fierce competition on the cryptocurrency market, Peercoin would probably have long since become one of the most important cryptocurrencies. But in 2014 and 2015, however, there were many other interesting innovations in the cryptocurrency market that outperformed peercoin in a number of important properties. In contrast to DASH, Peercoin could not offer anonymity and the transactions in Dogecoin were even faster and cheaper than those of Peercoin. PoS technology ceased to be an advantage of peercoin and PoS continued to spread to other cryptocurrencies. The interest of the users drew it to the side of the minings on the CPUs and GPUs, then to the side of the Smart Contracts and PPC began to get a little forgotten. The Peercoin Team believes that adapting blockchains for wide scale use only through on-chain transactions will negatively affect the decentralization level and security of the network over time, therefore we choose to develop the Peercoin blockchain as a base layer settlement network with a sole focus on securing all forms of value recorded into the chain. This can be accomplished through Peercoin's philosophy of preserving and maximizing decentralization (which increases security) by developing the majority of features and technologies on top of the blockchain, rather than directly into the blockchain protocol itself. Thus the Peercoin Team focuses on developing second layer protocols and sub-networks that can interact with the base layer blockchain to adapt it for wide scale use and improve functionality such as tokens, smart contracts and high speed low cost transaction processing. In this way, Peercoin will act as a secure and censorship resistant base layer for the future blockchain connected world. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is Peercoin (PPC)? The Peercoin network activated in 2012 and is one of the first cryptocurrencies to ever be released. Read more → ### What is the current price of Peercoin (PPC)? $0.223214 as of 2026-08-14. The price moves daily, and this page is rebuilt every day. ### What is the market cap of Peercoin (PPC)? About $6.8M as of 2026-08-14, which ranks #1390 across all crypto assets. ### What is Peercoin's heat score, and what does it mean? The heat score is 14 (COLD) as of 2026-08-14. It is our own 0–100 measure of how many of the conditions a rally needs — momentum, tradable volume, light supply and a supportive market — are currently in place. It is not a price forecast. The model multiplies its factors, so a single missing condition holds the whole score down. ### What is the supply of Peercoin (PPC)? As of 2026-08-14, 30,365,934 PPC is in circulation out of a total supply of 30,366,231 PPC — about 100%. The remainder may reach the market through future unlocks. ### What is the all-time high for Peercoin (PPC)? The all-time high on record as of 2026-08-14 is $9.45.The price is $0.223214 today, -97.6% from that high. ### How much Peercoin (PPC) can I buy with $100? At the 2026-08-14 price ($0.223214), $100 buys roughly 448.00 PPC before fees and spread. Crypto is divisible, so you do not need to buy a whole coin. ### Will Peercoin (PPC) go up? What are its prospects? We do not forecast prices or give investment advice. What this page does is track Peercoin every day through factual data — the heat score, supply structure, charts and development activity. Use it as material for your own judgement; the decision is yours. ### Where can I buy or trade Peercoin (PPC)? It trades on major crypto exchanges. Which venues you can use depends on where you live, so check what is licensed in your own jurisdiction. This is information, not a recommendation of any asset or exchange. --- Sources: CoinGecko (data provided by CoinGecko), DefiLlama and alternative.me. Figures are as of 2026-08-14 and change daily. Information only; not investment advice or a recommendation to trade. HTML version: https://crypheat.com/c/peercoin.html