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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Altcoin Discussion => Topic started by: mironkraft on February 25, 2021, 12:57:14 PM



Title: help with checkpoint data and genesis block // creating altcoin
Post by: mironkraft on February 25, 2021, 12:57:14 PM
hi there guys, im newbie and im learning/creating altcoin, for now i am following this tutorial:

https://medium.com/@jordan.baczuk/how-to-fork-bitcoin-part-2-59b9eddb49a4

1 - right now, im stuck at Checkpoint data, where i dont understand exactly what i have to do:

// Line 246
checkpointData = {
    {
    }
};




2 - second, i dont understand how to generate the Genesis Block, nothing at all, im for now stuck since it is not clear at all what i have to do exactly...

any help will be apreciated