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October 13, 2013, 01:25:55 AM
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How hard is it to copy bitcoin exactly or with minor changes and would merged mining work with this new alt coin?

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October 13, 2013, 01:34:18 AM
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Well the source code of bitcoin is available so not too hard i would imagine.

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October 13, 2013, 01:44:38 AM
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How hard is it to copy bitcoin
Trivial, It;s why there have been hundreds of poinless & worthless 'clones'

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October 13, 2013, 02:07:18 AM
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Easy, just duplicate the source code and change the name Smiley

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October 13, 2013, 04:21:42 AM
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Just Copy / Paste, then Find / Replace(d).

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October 13, 2013, 05:32:38 AM
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What would be needed in terms of minimum amount of nodes or miners?

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