Creating an Altcoin

[Enzyme]

Welcome,

I've seen many scamcoins hitting the exchanges lately and I'm beginning to think that creating an altcoin is easier than it seems.
So the big question is, how is it done?

I want to create a mini economy which my friends and I can test out, probably something similar to HyperStake.
Everyone knows that BTC/altcoins are open source, but how do you change the code/settings and what else is needed to run a coin? (e.g nodes..)

Thanks,
Enzyme

[fast2fix]

if you have little bit of knowledge in programming then you can do it easily.
follow this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=225690.0

[finlon]

Welcome,

I've seen many scamcoins hitting the exchanges lately and I'm beginning to think that creating an altcoin is easier than it seems.
So the big question is, how is it done?

I want to create a mini economy which my friends and I can test out, probably something similar to HyperStake.
Everyone knows that BTC/altcoins are open source, but how do you change the code/settings and what else is needed to run a coin? (e.g nodes..)

Thanks,
Enzyme

Even if you are able to create an altcoin, it doesn't hit an exchange simply. There has to be something innovative, and a mass adoption by people has to happen, before exchanges pick it up. If there is negligible trade volume, exchanges will not consider adding the coin to their exchange.
Here is a thread with more info.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=193025.0
But these threads are not sufficient to be able to create the more modified coins.