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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Altcoin Discussion => Topic started by: HDutchie on January 13, 2015, 05:17:27 AM



Title: How does one create an altcoin?
Post by: HDutchie on January 13, 2015, 05:17:27 AM
Hello all. I'm looking to make a very simple SHA coin called TestCoin (for miner testing, etc.). How exactly would I go about this? I would prefer NOT to use a service like CoinCreator if possible.

Thanks,
HD


Title: Re: How does one create an altcoin?
Post by: Tommo_Aus on January 13, 2015, 05:52:21 AM
Do what every other coin 'dev' does and copy the source code of another coin then change a few parameters, make sure you call it innovative and premine half the total coin supply.


Title: Re: How does one create an altcoin?
Post by: Enzyme on January 13, 2015, 05:59:25 AM
Hello all. I'm looking to make a very simple SHA coin called TestCoin (for miner testing, etc.). How exactly would I go about this? I would prefer NOT to use a service like CoinCreator if possible.

Thanks,
HD
Copy+Paste=Graduate


Title: Re: How does one create an altcoin?
Post by: LondonGoldCoin on January 13, 2015, 06:02:02 AM
Does seem to be lots of preminie going on, but not all altcoins have this issue  8)


Title: Re: How does one create an altcoin?
Post by: cassius69 on January 13, 2015, 12:32:27 PM
Hello all. I'm looking to make a very simple SHA coin called TestCoin (for miner testing, etc.). How exactly would I go about this? I would prefer NOT to use a service like CoinCreator if possible.

Thanks,
HD

this is pretty much it: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=225690.0

then some find/replace:

find /root/newcoin/ -name "*" | xargs perl -pi -e 's/oldcoin/newcoin/g'

create new genesis block. go to town. rinse repeat.


Title: Re: How does one create an altcoin?
Post by: LuckyBtc on January 13, 2015, 01:16:00 PM
Hello all. I'm looking to make a very simple SHA coin called TestCoin (for miner testing, etc.). How exactly would I go about this? I would prefer NOT to use a service like CoinCreator if possible.

Thanks,
HD
Read the guide here http://devtome.com/doku.php?id=scrypt_altcoin_cloning_guide
Understand it and make your own coin.(The guide is for Scrypt coin but i'll work for SHA coin too)