DecredDCR

A hybrid proof-of-work and proof-of-stake coin whose ticket holders govern upgrades and a treasury.

Rank #152Since February 2016

Price on 31 Oct 2026

C$18.26 -4.1% since 31 Jul 2026 · 94.1% below its all-time high

The short version

Decred launched on 8 Feb 2016 with a 21 million cap and a hybrid design: miners produce blocks, and ticket-holding stakers approve them and vote on rules and treasury spending through Politeia. No company runs it; the on-chain treasury, funded by 10% of block rewards, held 885,760 DCR on 2 Nov 2026. A mandatory consensus security patch, v2.1.6, shipped on 18 Aug 2026. On 31 Oct 2026 one DCR cost C$18.26. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed -4.1% in Canadian dollars, and it was 94.1% below its all-time high of C$309.40 set on 16 Apr 2021.^[1]

Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 14 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026

Price, past year

Past year: high C$61.79 (6 Nov 2025) · low C$13.73 (19 Aug 2026) · -29.2%^[1]

Month-end prices (table)

Date	C$	US$
31 Oct 2026	C$18.24	US$13.07
30 Sep 2026	C$25.74	US$18.08
31 Aug 2026	C$19.44	US$14.02
31 Jul 2026	C$19.02	US$13.56
30 Jun 2026	C$14.67	US$10.33
31 May 2026	C$22.14	US$16.05
30 Apr 2026	C$23.78	US$17.45
31 Mar 2026	C$26.72	US$19.17
28 Feb 2026	C$45.82	US$33.59
31 Jan 2026	C$24.46	US$18.04
31 Dec 2025	C$25.68	US$18.74
30 Nov 2025	C$32.93	US$23.56

Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.

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Key facts

Price, 31 Oct 2026: C$18.26^[1]
3-month change: -4.1% in C$ (31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026)^[1]
From its high: 94.1% below its high of C$309.40 (16 Apr 2021)^[1]
Market rank: #152, market value about C$322.7M^[1]
Kind: Native coin · Decred (its own network)
Started: February 2016

Checks: the same 9 questions for every coin

Facts, not a rating

Can an admin key create new coins?NoNew DCR come only from the protocol block subsidy^[2]

Can anyone freeze or take coins from holders?NoNo freeze function; consensus rules change only by stakeholder vote^{[2, 3]}

Can the token's contract code be changed?Not applicableRuns on its own blockchain; its rules change only through network upgrades

Is the supply capped?Yes21 million maximum; 17.67M mined^[4]

Any scheduled unlocks in the next 12 months?NoNo vesting; the 2016 premine was fully distributed^[5]

Does a team or foundation hold over 10% of supply?NoNo team allocation; the stakeholder-controlled treasury holds 885,760 DCR (5%)^{[6, 5]}

Do network fees reach coin holders?YesTicket holders receive 89% of each block subsidy; transaction fees go to miners^[2]

Main network hacked or halted in the past 2 years?NoNo exploit or halt; the Aug 2026 consensus flaw was patched before any attack was reported^{[7, 8]}

Is a regulator or court case targeting the coin itself?NoNo regulator or court action naming Decred found^[9]

Each answer is a fact with a source, not a score. What each check means.

Who controls it

Run by: No company; ticket holders vote on consensus changes and Politeia proposals; Company 0 (Jake Yocom-Piatt) led the 2016 launch^[10]
Treasury: 885,760 DCR (5% of mined supply) on 2 Nov 2026; spending capped at 4% of balance per window (DCP-0013)^{[6, 3]}
Admin key: None; rules change only by stakeholder vote and node upgrades^{[2, 3]}
Premine: 1.68M DCR (8%) in 2016: 840,000 airdropped to 2,972 people, 840,000 paid to developers (about US$415,000)^[5]

Supply

In circulation: 17.67M DCR of a 21.00M maximum (84.2%)^[1]
Maximum: 21 million; 17,673,432 DCR mined by block 1,128,912 (2 Nov 2026)^[4]
Reward split: Block subsidy: 89% to ticket voters, 10% treasury, 1% miners since 29 Aug 2023 (DCP-0012)^{[2, 10]}
Unlocks: None; no vesting allocations^[5]
Tickets: 40,969 live tickets locking 11.37M DCR (64% of supply) on 2 Nov 2026^[11]

Use and fees

Main use: Store of value, staking tickets and on-chain governance; CoinShuffle++ privacy mixing^{[10, 9]}
Who gets rewards: Stakers 89% and treasury 10% of each block subsidy; miners get 1% plus transaction fees^[2]
Security patch: v2.1.6 (18 Aug 2026) fixed a consensus flaw and a mixing deanonymization attack; v2.1.7 followed on 14 Oct 2026^[7]

Trading

Daily trading: About C$2.7M a day on average, 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026^[1]
Daily turnover: Typically 0.50% of its market value changes hands each day^[1]
20-week average: 6.6% below its 20-week average price^[1]
1-year change: -32.0% in C$^[1]^[12]
Thin trading: Typically under 1% of its market value trades in a day^[1]

History

Not a forecast

Coins ranked 51-200 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 4,050 cases, 612 coins

39% were higher a year later^[13]

Typical result: Median -25% after a year; 45% higher after two years
Lost half or more: 38% within a year
Against Bitcoin: 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year

History, not a forecast.

Red flags and things to watch

No red flags found

Stakeholders approved DCP-0013 (voting 14 Dec 2025 to 11 Jan 2026), capping treasury spending at 4% of its balance per policy window from 8 Feb 2026.^{[3, 14]}
A mandatory patch, dcrd v2.1.6, fixed a critical consensus flaw on 18 Aug 2026; no funds were reported lost.^{[7, 9]}

Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.

Sources and dates

Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.