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Proof of Work (PoW) coins: are they halal?

73 Proof of Work (PoW) coins screened against our 27-point Shariah methodology. Open any report for pillar scores, criterion breakdowns and purification guidance.

What is Proof of Work (PoW)?

Proof of Work coins secure their network through competitive computational mining rather than staked capital, with miners rewarded for successfully validating blocks.

Halal: 24 coins (33%)Mashbooh: 45 coins (62%)Haram: 4 coins (5%)73 coins
  • Halal33%
  • Mashbooh62%
  • Haram5%
ShariahRibaGhararMaysir
109DashDASHHALAL83
371DigiByteDGBHALAL82.7
14ZcashZECHALAL82.2
368RavencoinRVNHALAL81.6
1586AlephiumALPHHALAL78.7
1BitcoinBTCHALAL78.3
27LitecoinLTCHALAL77.8
23Bitcoin CashBCHHALAL77.7
470Nervos NetworkCKBHALAL77.4
156DecredDCRHALAL77.2
654SiacoinSCHALAL77.1
150ConfluxCFXHALAL76.6
62Ethereum ClassicETCHALAL76.3
869ErgoERGHALAL75.8
880FluxFLUXHALAL75.3
440VerusVRSCHALAL74.9
81KaspaKASHALAL74.8
20MoneroXMRHALAL74.1
2261YcashYECHALAL73.5
210eCashXECHALAL72.6
1344NimiqNIMHALAL72.2
1840MinimaMINIMAHALAL70.5
1836VertcoinVTCHALAL70.1
2408KadenaKDAMASHBOOH70
360QubicQUBICHALAL70
1642NexaNEXAMASHBOOH70
309HorizenZENMASHBOOH69.9
2619CypheriumCPHMASHBOOH69.9
1816Bitcoin GoldBTGMASHBOOH69.5
614NockchainNOCKMASHBOOH69.1
89BeldexBDXMASHBOOH68.6
2240MinoTari (Tari)XTMMASHBOOH68.6
2530HathorHTRMASHBOOH68.1
2060SyscoinSYSMASHBOOH68
319Quantum Resistant LedgerQRLMASHBOOH67.5
862Quai NetworkQUAIMASHBOOH67.4
1465Iron FishIRONMASHBOOH66.5
1518Epic Private Internet CashEPICMASHBOOH66.3
2482XelisXELMASHBOOH65.9
498Pirate ChainARRRMASHBOOH65.8
139Bitcoin SVBSVMASHBOOH65.6
1777GrinGRINMASHBOOH65
535Fractal BitcoinFBMASHBOOH65
250MimbleWimbleCoinMWCMASHBOOH64.7
555The Innovation GameTIGMASHBOOH63.9
1072AbelianABELMASHBOOH63.8
1301MonaCoinMONAMASHBOOH63.4
1577Zephyr ProtocolZEPHMASHBOOH62.8
205ZanoZANOMASHBOOH62.2
2813DeroDEROMASHBOOH61.6
2218NervaXNVMASHBOOH61.2
1732CounterpartyXCPMASHBOOH61
1067FiroFIROMASHBOOH60.7
2373ZclassicZCLMASHBOOH60
2616SignumSIGNAMASHBOOH60
2400GridcoinGRCMASHBOOH59.7
467XphereXPMASHBOOH59.4
1960DingocoinDINGOMASHBOOH59
2662RadiantRXDMASHBOOH58.8
2596TidecoinTDCMASHBOOH58.8
573VergeXVGMASHBOOH58.5
1677DiamondDMDMASHBOOH58
939AbeyABEYMASHBOOH57.5
692EthereumPoWETHWMASHBOOH57.1
286PearlPRLMASHBOOH57
2825XDAGXDAGMASHBOOH56.9
1378PeercoinPPCMASHBOOH56.6
2188GoldcoinGLCMASHBOOH51.2
2336SafeCoinSAFEMASHBOOH50.6
1618BytecoinBCNHARAM45.8
11DogecoinDOGEHARAM45
1960BellscoinBELLSHARAM45
2444BOBBOBHARAM39.9

How CryptoUmmah screens Proof of Work (PoW) coins

This is consistently one of our cleanest categories, since PoW mining rewards are unambiguously compensation for real computational labor and energy expenditure — a textbook Ju'alah structure with no lending relationship anywhere in the mechanism. There's no staking-related riba concern to evaluate at all, since PoW coins don't stake by design. Where scores vary, it's almost entirely a gharar factor around team transparency, treasury management, and governance, rather than anything intrinsic to the consensus mechanism. Across the 73 Proof of Work (PoW) coins we've screened, the average Shariah compliance score sits at 66.3/100, with 33% classified Halal, 62% Mashbooh, and 5% Haram.