Is possible to clone Bitcoin?

[Stalker22]

You can not clone bitcoin because there is nothing there to copy, bitcoin are result of caculation on the blockchain data, to clone bitcoin you have to alter the blockchain data, and blockchain is designed in such a way that since data is stored and secured they can not be altered this is common misconception.

It depends on your definition of Bitcoin cloning. You can copy (clone) the entire software and even the entire blockchain and run your own node, but that does not mean you can make alterations to the blockchain or the software. As soon as you try to change some things, it will no longer be Bitcoin but rather an altcoin.

[The Cryptovator]

Anything on the Internet is open-source; you can clone it. Since Bitcoin is open source, you can definitely clone everything. But it will create a new blockchain; you have to start mining from the beginning. You can't send cross-chain transactions to the Bitcoin blockchain. So ultimately, it will be an altcoin. Its like you clone fiat, but it will be treated as fake money. You can't use real money, though criminals try to do something like this, but eventually fake money gets caught. Interesting thing you are questioning and answering wrong. However, you may Google your query to get better answers. There is a fact. What do you mean exactly by clone Bitcoin?

[panganib999]

It's possible and it's been done in the past. Cryptocurrencies are open-source, so as long as you can gain access to their source code and make something of it you can basically create your own bitcoin which is known as forking. Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, hundreds of bitcoin derivatives have been made in the past. You can even copy the entire blockchain node and effectively create your own network. It doesn't make sense for bitcoin to not be open-source either, it's literally the champion of democracy in the financial world, to shroud itself in a cloak of copyright infringement is a massive disrespect to the values that it upholds right from when it was made by Satoshi Nakamoto.

[serjent05]

You can not clone bitcoin because there is nothing there to copy, bitcoin are result of caculation on the blockchain data, to clone bitcoin you have to alter the blockchain data, and blockchain is designed in such a way that since data is stored and secured they can not be altered this is common misconception.

It cant be clone but it can be forked or created something almost the same with bitcoin. Many users or developers have tried to recreate bitcoin with a different name but has the same purpose but since bitcoin is the first its literally hard to clone.

Bitcoin can be cloned and Bitcoin can be forked, and at the end of the day, these two are not Bitcoin but rather an altcoins.

Cloning Bitcoin is possible because anyone can copy the bitcoin codebase and create their own coins but as I stated they are not Bitcoin since they run in different blockchain or network.  This article: https://casebitcoin.com/critiques/bitcoin-can-be-cloned gives an explanation of the question @OP

[adaseb]

Well you can actually clone it and you can alter what happened in previous blocks but it would be next to impossible to gain enough hashpower to be the blockchain with the largest block height.

Its basically the reason why many exchanges just require 1 block confirmation for bitcoin while for other coins they usually require quite a few. Reason why is because most other blockchains don't have as much hashpower behind it and its possible to cause a double spend but with bitcoin its very difficult and not cheap to perform.

[taufik123]

Bitcoin can be cloned and Bitcoin can be forked, and at the end of the day, these two are not Bitcoin but rather an altcoins.

Bitcoin cloning or forking results that exist to date even provide statements that they are the best compared to the original Bitcoin and have many advantages.
and see how when BCH, BSV, the results of the Bitcoin Fork stated that they were The Bitcoin Original Blockchain and superior to Bitcoin.

Is it a statement that is just a hoax and eventually unpopular again and abandoned.
They are just a bunch of Altcoins that ride on the fame of Bitcoin.

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Cloning Bitcoin is possible because anyone can copy the bitcoin codebase and create their own coins but as I stated they are not Bitcoin since they run in different blockchain or network.  This article: https://casebitcoin.com/critiques/bitcoin-can-be-cloned gives an explanation of the question @OP

Bitcoin remains Bitcoin no one can clone.
The network remains the Bitcoin network, if you want to consider the original Bitcoin clone look at the Lightning Network,
it is a clone of the Bitcoin network which is faster but still in the development stage.

[gunhell16]

As far as I know, Bitcoin clones are altcoins. Because of these altcoins, the popularity of Bitcoin has increased even more; that's what I know to be true. They copied or imitated Bitcoin, and then they just made a modification so that it is not really a 100% copy. It's just like BCH before, when it just started. Everyone was hyped in the community here, and it was said that it would beat and surpass the price value of Bitcoin, but what happened now? Did it really overtake Bitcoin? right, but BCH still exists because bch is one of Bitcoin's clones in my opinion.

The only thing I can say is that even if there are thousands of Bitcoin clones, this is the first cryptocurrency that has a large network of users and miners. Moreover, it is the most secure and has never been hacked in history because it is decentralized.

[Bitco55]

Well, after asking a question and answering it, your answer may have to be questioned cause Bitcoin can be cloned and has been cloned. That's how Bitcoin Gold and Bitcoin SV came to be. Bitcoin was forked to create those other coins.
However, it also depends on what you mean by clone. Something exactly Bitcoin or something with the same characteristics? Bitcoin has been cloned, but no clone has served like Bitcoin, and none matches it. I think that's cause, apart from the fact that Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency, it is also very popular. The more people use a particular cryptocurrency,  the more power it gets.

So, in as much as there is no crypto like Bitcoin though, it still has its clones.