Convert between DCR and US dollars at the live rate.
$247.35
−95.12% from current
$0.43154
+2699.28% from current
Independent editorial ranking. Score is 0–10 across six criteria: Security, Fees, UX, Features, Support, Reputation.
US and EU users who prioritise a spotless security record — no major hack since 2011 — and want a serious pro-grade trading terminal.
Institutions and funds requiring an SEC-registered venue with segregated qualified custody and audited on-chain reserves.
Active spot traders chasing the deepest global liquidity and the widest listing catalogue outside the US perimeter.
Traders who mix spot and on-chain — the Web3 wallet, DEX aggregator and Ethereum L2 X Layer sit inside the same account as CEX pairs.
Long-horizon EU holders who want the oldest continuously-operating exchange (2011) with conservative listings and full MiCA licensing.
Derivatives-first traders who want tighter perp funding and a maker-friendly fee schedule; accept offshore regulatory footprint.
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Decred (DCR) is a self-funding cryptocurrency that launched in February 2016. The founding team included Jake Yocom-Piatt and several developers who had previously worked on btcsuite, an alternative Bitcoin implementation written in Go. Decred started from a fresh genesis block rather than forking the Bitcoin chain, but it borrowed the UTXO model and added significant changes on top.
The pitch is governance you can audit. Decred uses a hybrid proof-of-work plus proof-of-stake consensus, an on-chain voting system called Politeia, a treasury that takes 10% of every block reward, and DCRDEX, a peer-to-peer exchange built around atomic swaps. The maximum supply is 21 million DCR, the same number Bitcoin uses, and the block reward shrinks gradually instead of cutting in half all at once.
DCR trades against the US dollar, USDT, and BTC on a shrinking roster of exchanges. The reference DCR/USD quote on this page is a volume-weighted average across the venues with the deepest order books, refreshed every 60 seconds.
What tends to push the price around:
The figure in the price card above is the live quote at page load. For longer-term scenarios, see our Decred price forecast.
Decred runs proof-of-work and proof-of-stake at the same time. PoW miners produce candidate blocks, the same way Bitcoin miners do. PoS voters then validate those blocks. Each block needs at least three of five randomly selected ticket votes before it counts as confirmed. If a miner produces a block the voters reject, the miner loses most of the reward.
This split changes the security model. A miner with a majority of hashrate alone cannot rewrite Decred history without also acquiring a majority of the ticket pool, which is expensive and visible on chain. Stakeholders effectively act as a check on miners. The same mechanism gives DCR holders a direct say in protocol upgrades, since the ticket vote is also how consensus rule changes get approved.
The reward split reflects the dual model. Roughly 60% of each block reward goes to PoW miners, 30% to ticket voters, and 10% to the project treasury. Those numbers were set at launch, briefly tweaked through a stakeholder vote, and have stayed stable since.
Staking on Decred works through a ticket system rather than a continuous delegation. A holder locks a fixed amount of DCR (the ticket price drifts with demand and currently sits in the 150 to 220 DCR range) to receive one ticket. The ticket sits in a pool until it is randomly called to vote on a block.
A few practical points worth knowing before locking coins:
Politeia is the proposal system that turns the 10% treasury share into actual project funding. Anyone can submit a proposal: a development milestone, a marketing campaign, an integration grant, a research project. DCR ticket holders then vote yes or no. Approved proposals draw payments from the treasury as work gets delivered and invoiced.
A few features make Politeia unusual compared to other DAO-style systems:
The result is one of the most self-funded crypto projects in the industry. Development has continued through multiple bear markets without an external token sale.
DCRDEX launched in 2020 as a non-custodial exchange built directly into the Decred ecosystem. Trades settle through atomic swaps between supported chains, which means the assets move directly from one user’s wallet to the other’s with no operator holding funds in between.
The economics are different from a centralized venue. There is no maker or taker fee paid to the exchange itself; users only pay the underlying mining fees on each chain. Supported assets include BTC, DCR, LTC, BCH, DOGE, ETH, and a handful of others added over time. Order matching uses an epoch-based system that batches trades to discourage front-running.
DCRDEX is small compared to centralized venues. Daily volume rarely competes with the top-tier order books, but the protocol is one of the few production-grade non-custodial exchange options for native BTC trading without wrapping or bridging. For holders who want self-custody throughout the trade, that matters.
DCR availability has thinned over the years. Bittrex shut down in 2023, and several smaller venues have delisted DCR pairs. The path is still straightforward where listings remain.
Send a small test transaction first whenever moving a larger DCR balance, especially between exchanges and Decrediton.
DCR has held up technically, but the market position is weaker than the technology suggests. A handful of risks deserve a careful look before sizing a position.
This page is information, not financial advice. Talk to someone licensed before allocating real capital.
Analysis last updated:
Decred (DCR) trades at $12.08 with a 24-hour volume of $817.15K and a market capitalization of $211.63M. The asset is currently ranked #157 among all tracked cryptocurrencies.
In the last 24 hours, the DCR price has fallen +3.30%. On a seven-day window, Decred has retraced +9.43%, under sustained selling pressure on both windows. Short-term moves are often amplified by liquidity, news flow, and derivatives positioning, so confirm signals across multiple indicators before acting.
Decred's all-time high of $247.35 was set on April 16, 2021. The current price sits +95.12% below that peak. Distance from the all-time high is a common reference point when evaluating long recoveries and macro support or resistance.
Buying Decred (DCR) is a five-step routine once you have picked the right venue and pair. The steps below mirror what most investors do today.
You can also use the Decred converter above to estimate how much DCR you would get for a given dollar amount before placing the order.
Whether Decred is a good investment depends on your goals, time horizon, and tolerance for volatility. Like all cryptocurrencies, DCR carries real market risk: prices can rise or fall sharply in a day, and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.
This page provides data and analysis for educational purposes only. It is not financial advice. Always do your own research, diversify, and never invest more than you can afford to lose.
