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Title: Learning the mechanics of a coin Post by: reader31 on January 01, 2014, 07:05:45 PM Hi guys
I'm interested in learning the mechanics behind the workings of a coin. I want understand the mechanics of pow vs pos from a developers perspective. Enough to develop my own hybrid variations. I have a decent development background in c++. Other than cryptography what other areas of computer science would I be expected to delve into? What are some are some of the helpful starting points on this quest? Like I said I'm a competent C++ developer. Just new to coins. Thx for any and all suggestions. :) Title: Re: Learning the mechanics of a coin Post by: Nullu on January 01, 2014, 07:08:19 PM I would say Networking, P2P networks and cryptography. From a non-programming standpoint, a basic understanding of trade markets and economics, but they're not essential. A lot of the copycoins being released seem to be based on a basic knowledge of code compiling.
Title: Re: Learning the mechanics of a coin Post by: reader31 on January 01, 2014, 07:13:53 PM I definitly want to understand more than just code compiling :) but I don't want to be too academic either.
Say if I start with an existing coin...I would want to be in a position to incorporate new conceptual ideas into the coin. What would be the best place to start that learning? Title: Re: Learning the mechanics of a coin Post by: hmmmm on January 01, 2014, 07:22:25 PM Github for a coin:
https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin I found this informative: ls *.* | while read X ; do echo $X; diff $X ../../dogecoin/src; done| less pwd /cygdrive/c/work/litecoin/mooncoin/src Title: Re: Learning the mechanics of a coin Post by: reader31 on January 01, 2014, 07:48:14 PM Cool thx :)
Title: Re: Learning the mechanics of a coin Post by: nocoin on January 01, 2014, 08:00:03 PM Also take a look at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/
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