Bitcoin Takes 14th Position And EOS Tops China’s Public Blockchain Index

The Blockchain Research Institute led by China’s Center for Information and Industry Development, or CCID, published its 17th Global Public Chain Technology Evaluation Index on April 10, with Bitcoin and EOS on the list.

The index includes 37 of the most popular public blockchains, ranking them according to three different criteria: basic technology, applicability and creativity. The ranking of each project is then based on the sum of scores it gets in each of these three sections.

The latest China’s index lists EOS as the best performing blockchain project, while the most widely used blockchain, Bitcoin, has slid down three places and now is number 14 on the list.

Coronavirus pandemic has slowed down progress

While the overall index has not experienced a severe impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, “the update of selected public chain projects has slowed down.”

Same as the previous ranking, EOS, Tron, and Ethereum keep the first three positions on the list reserved to themselves. However, according to the basic technology index, Tron and IOST take 2nd and 3rd places after EOS.

The applicability index places Ethereum at the top of the list, followed by Tron, Nebulas, and Xiaoyi.

The highest scorer under the creativity index remains Bitcoin, with EOS, Ethereum, and Application Chain following its lead.

Performance in general

BitShares has emerged as the best performing project, skipping 11 places and reaching 13th place. BigZero, Dash, and NashChain also saw significant improvements in their rank as they rose by 6, 5, and 4 positions respectively.

The overall basic technology index saw a slight dip compared to the previous index whereas both the applicability and creativity indexes showed minor increases.