Is possible to clone Bitcoin?

[Tellek Garing]

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.

[cryptoaddictchie]

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.

[Helena Yu]

WTF, you ask the question and then answer it by yourself.

In Bitcoin there's no clone terms, but fork (soft fork and hard fork) or 51% attack. Soft fork is just a development in Bitcoin, while hard fork is a fake Bitcoin e.g. BCH, BSV, WBTC etc. 51% attack is when the attacker adding their own blocks and make the valid blocks become invalid, it's not change the coin, but it can't be trusted anymore. The good thing is BTC has no chance to get 51% attack.

[m2017]

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.

The presence of any clone is a clear illustration of the fact that the original is more valuable. The more clones, the higher the value of the original. Look at the bitcoin forks. There are quite a lot of coins, some are more popular, others less, but none of them comes close in terms of price, capitalization and user base. For the most part, these are all garbage and pathetic fakes trying to profit from the well-known bitcoin brand.

Technically, it is not difficult to clone bitcoin and many cryptocurrency projects do this. I mean the coin itself and the blockchain.

And if think about it, what makes the bitcoin unique? This is decentralization due to the lack of a project team and the fact that bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency created.

[philipma1957]

It is easy to copy or clone.

But it won't be accepted.

BetterBitcoin sha-256 algo

Start at block 1 on Jan 1 2024

No one will want it.  As it is a simple copy of the original.

[franky1]

You can not clone bitcoin because there is nothing there to copy,

everyone that has a bitcoin full node has a clone of bitcoin. they are identical to every other bitcoiners copy. perfectly matched and inter-communicable with each other, in sync. there is no single unique copy in a centralised location. every copy of bitcoin on all full nodes is a clone of each other

if you want to make a mutant version thats not the same. then you change the code and fork it to an altcoin

[Shishir99]

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.

What about BCH and BSV?
They tried to clone the result in front of you. What is the benefit of cloning Bitcoin while you have the original bitcoin in front of you? People do it because they were unable to buy bitcoin when it was cheap. Now they want to recreate it and hold a big portion from the beginning so they can manipulate the market in the future. But, this is not going to happen because there is no reason people will choose fake bitcoin over original bitcoin. Right? Basically, those cloners and the creators or fake bitcoins are scammers! I don't have good words for them, unfortunately.

[Ucy]

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.

Ofcourse, you can create a copy of Bitcoin that contains the whole data of the original (by downloading it & choosing to become a distinct network) , even with satoshi transactions but the copy will become a different chain and incompatible with the Bitcoin chain. That's pretty much what it means to clone but it's given another name on Cryptocurrency space.
To clone mean to duplicate. You don't need to alter or change the data of something to successfully duplicate it.

[BIT-BENDER]

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.

Yes mate speaking of Bitcoin Fork, Bitcoin has been hard forked numerous times, we have seen some results of Bitcoin folk Bitcoin cash, Bitcoin SV, Bitcoin gold this are the popular ones but they all did not come close to being like Bitcoin. The real deal to the OP's topic is that Bitcoin can not be cloned, imitated.

[tjtonmoy]

Bitcoin will always be Bitcoin. People have tried copying it or should I say cloned it multiple times and they were successful in creating something but not so successful in terms of delivering what Bitcoin does. They have copied every feature that Bitcoin has (people call it forking) but that's just it. From what I understand, Bitcoin's success lies in its being decentralized. Every crypto somehow is a copy of Bitcoin. Either those coins have fewer or more features than Bitcoin has or are the same as Bitcoin.

So the answer is that it is possible to clone but not entirely. You can't copy the decentralized nature of Bitcoin. People want control and they will do it by any means. That's the reason clones never work out the way Bitcoin did. So you can also say that it is not possible to clone Bitcoin in that sense.

[CageMabok]

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.

Why do you mention that as a common misconception? Because in my opinion, every asset that is very valuable and valuable in the eyes of many people will always be difficult to clone, because if an asset that has good value like Bitcoin can be easily cloned by many people, that will be a problem that can affect its value too. So it really can't be cloned by anyone because it is hindered by blockchain technology which is very reliable and very trustworthy.

[cryptoaddictchie]

The real deal to the OP's topic is that Bitcoin can not be cloned, imitated.

Yes imitated is the right term. Most fo these forked coins are cant compared still to bitcoin. I think in terms of comparison if ever there is coin to be match with it Id say that ethereum will be the closest competition with an upgraded use case than being a store of value.

[batang_bitcoin]

There have been a lot of forks that were made and based from Bitcoin but they're not clones. As pointed by everybody here, it's out of Bitcoin's code but it's not an actual clone of it because there can only be one in existence and that's the real and actual Bitcoin.
While the copied ones cannot be called as bitcoin so they add something like gold or any term and that's distinguishing them from the real Bitcoin. Anyway, why have you brought this topic? Did someone asked you to or it just came to your mind out of nowhere?

[MAAManda]

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.

Then what about the fork? it records all the data in the original Bitcoin blockchain and forwards it with new blockchain data, we can find it on several Blockchains such as Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin Gold (BTG) and also Bitcoin Diamond (BCD). Then about cloning the idea of ​​Bitcoin, everyone can clone that, but will people be interested in it? Of course not, Bitcoin as the Genesis of crypto will always be and remains the main choice.

[usekevin]

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.

The bitcoin was the unique project,you can’t clone with the other project.So the possibility of cloning the bitcoin is not the possible one.The alter blockchain will help to clone with the bitcoin.But their no such cloning possibility now.If you want to hold the bitcoin,it’s most essential one to buy the bitcoin or mining the bitcoin.If your country doesn’t against the bitcoin mining,even now you can mine the bitcoin which gives you bitcoin without buying.The bitcoin was designed as the unique project which never able to clone.

[BitMaxz]

You can clone Bitcoin the only problem is if you clone Bitcoin it will start from zero blockchain and you are the only one who mines blocks with rewards of 50 BTC and confirms transactions.

Look at most of the altcoins out there they only change the name but it works like Bitcoin so I consider those coins as clones of Bitcoin.

[crwth]

There are a lot of things that you could do aside from thinking of this. Do you mean cloning itself or just coding your own cryptocurrency and copying it entirely? It's not just some basic virtual currency that is a "copy and paste" thing. If you want BTC, you only have it.

You can have it with the same name but you can never have the same thing literally. People should be aware of that.

[franky1]

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.

What about BCH and BSV?
They tried to clone the result in front of you.

thats not a clone.. altcoin are not clones

altcoins are genetically modified organisms (if we use biology definition) an offspring/fork
altcoin like BCH BSV are mutant, they are different

[suzanne5223]

WTF, you ask the question and then answer it by yourself.

I think that's the OP sarcasm way.

while hard fork is a fake Bitcoin e.g. BCH, BSV, WBTC etc.

Yes, we can say Bitcoin hard fork coins are fake Bitcoin because they imitate the Bitcoin concept, and the project team somehow tries to change the mind of people towards their shitcoin.
That's what we see in the case of Roger Ver and CSW which once made some false information about BTC.

[Sophokles]

In Bitcoin there's no clone terms, but fork (soft fork and hard fork) or 51% attack. Soft fork is just a development in Bitcoin, while hard fork is a fake Bitcoin e.g. BCH, BSV, WBTC etc.

WBTC is not a fork. Its a wrapped version of bitcoin. It is backed by original bitcoin with 1:1 ratio.

Look at most of the altcoins out there they only change the name but it works like Bitcoin so I consider those coins as clones of Bitcoin.

Most of the altcoins out there can be called hybrids or modified versions of bitcoin. Most of their purpose for creation was to be the better version of bitcoin that would have cheap transaction costs, more transaction speed, and be able to do what bitcoin could not. Their purpose is the same: to overthrow bitcoin, but their working structure is different. Some of them were inspired by bitcoin, while others were inspired by altcoins that were inspired by bitcoin. There can be a few similarities, like some of them using POWs like bitcoin... but they are not identical or clone.