oneitguy/clone_coin

Clone Coin is a script used to make generic cryptocurrencies out of the bitcoin source code

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Clone Coin Script

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Preface

I have spent the past few weeks messing around with the Bitcoin sourcecode. In my exercises I have figured out how to make a new genesis block, and get it working with Bitcoind as the daemon process, in effect making a new blockchain based on Bitcoin. Now, DISCLAIMER: I HAVE ONLY A SLIGHT IDEA OF WHAT I'M DOING. USE THIS ALL AT YOUR OWN RISK.

UNTESTED - draft of code

The purpose of this script is to take the bitcoin reference client and make a new "cryptocurrency".

This is done by following these steps:

1. Run GenesisH0 with appropriate params
2. Put the params spit out by GenesisH0 into the chainparams.cpp file
3. Setup the dependencies for building bitcoind
4. Build the binary for the cloned coin
5. Start the cloned coin in two or more instances
6. Get a new address using RPC commands
7. Generate 1 block using RPC commands
8. Mine 100 more blocks using CGMiner
   • my github has a link to a script for building CGMiner for bitcoin mining using a GPU
9. Deploy the blockchain to three or more servers

Notes:

1. The parameters inside of the bitcoin reference client stay the same - half lilfe of coins is still the same, difficulty adjustment period stays the same

Requirements:

• python-pip: sudo apt install python-pip
• libssl-dev: sudo apt install libssl-dev

Compatability: bitcoin 0.15.0.1