How to you create a altcoin?

[Steven x869]

Hello, All

I have downloaded the bitcoin source files: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.

How do you create a altcoin? I want to create an exact replica of Bitcoin, except from changing the name and logo of the coin. I am creating a new project for fun. I am "NOT" trying to create a altcoin for the sole purpose of gaining profit.

(Keeping the block-time, difficulty re-targeting time, initial coins per block, coin halving configuration etc, exactly the same settings.)

Change: BitCoin [to] ExampleCoin & BTC [to] EEC
Change: BitCoin image [to] ExampleCoin image

Thanks

[2fireddog]

It is not that easy for you to learn the mechanics of creating an altcoin in a short time!

[MbccompanyX]

There is a guide on this forum as far as i remember, you tried to use that one?

[LiteCoinGuy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaiJKZdjDsk

[Snoopy1]

There is websites that will do all the work for you, for small fee.

[volker1]

There are people in the services sub forum offering to do this for a small amount if you dont mind paying something like 0.1/0.2

[tiggytomb]

There are some websites and I think a few threads on here if you do a search that will provide this service for you.

[gentlemand]

If you just want to play around there's a free BTC replica available here - http://coincreator.net/

[jazlos]

I know you claim its a fun project but no doubt in my mind we'll be seeing you releasing a coin either under this name or another in a few weeks if you learn how to do it

[gentlemand]

I know you claim its a fun project but no doubt in my mind we'll be seeing you releasing a coin either under this name or another in a few weeks if you learn how to do it

What's wrong with that? Hundreds of people have done it.

[tyz]

There are a couple of tutorials for creating an altcoin. Here is an extensive one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=225690.0

Also use Google. There are services which create a altcoin for you that is ready to use.

[Steven x869]

Bump here

[tommorisonwebdesign]

I know you claim its a fun project but no doubt in my mind we'll be seeing you releasing a coin either under this name or another in a few weeks if you learn how to do it

LOL. What's wrong with that? Money makes the world go round. Would you rather sleep under a bridge and perform free service for people all day long?

[rnicoll]

Hello, All

I have downloaded the bitcoin source files: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.

How do you create a altcoin? I want to create an exact replica of Bitcoin, except from changing the name and logo of the coin. I am creating a new project for fun. I am "NOT" trying to create a altcoin for the sole purpose of gaining profit.

(Keeping the block-time, difficulty re-targeting time, initial coins per block, coin halving configuration etc, exactly the same settings.)

Change: BitCoin [to] ExampleCoin & BTC [to] EEC
Change: BitCoin image [to] ExampleCoin image

Thanks

To give you an idea of the scale of the task, here's two of about 20 patches to rebrand Bitcoin to Dogecoin: https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/commit/81e0c8ca74c05225629646de3af5236ebd6f0154 https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/commit/c11cf63209ab6cedafd61837bd904126c7c2cddc

It's a fiddly task because you want to modify only values within strings, without modifying the build setup accidentally (which is what happens if you start naively replacing "Bitcoin" with "ExampleCoin"), and must keep all of the translations in sync with your changes.

[iGotSpots]

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1151674.0

^ That's how to do it the easy way

[rikkejohn]

modify btc 8.6, I would avoid anything later given your lack of knowledge.

[Dogecoin]

modify btc 8.6, I would avoid anything later given your lack of knowledge.

Given there's the rather nasty CVE-2015-3641 in pre-0.10 (details aren't released, but see https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2015-June/009135.html ), no-one should be using anything less than 0.10 for new coins.

[tonycamp]

you can create a x11 sha 256 or scrypt or x15 or even scrypt n mining ones but you see the thecs

[favdesu]

easiest way to create an altcoin is through NXT. you can  build any coin (PoW/PoS) on the NXT Blockchain and maintain it very easily

[DickSwagger]

Here on Btc talk there are some very good tutorials posted. Best one i have seen here was by a user muddafudda. I am sure u can find it