<p>Off the top of my head:</p>

<ul>
<li>You need a new genesis block.  </li>
<li>You need a different address byte (e.g. bitcoin uses 0).  </li>
<li>You need to change the default port and rpc port.  </li>
<li>You need a way for clients to find one another. You can run a DNS seed.  </li>
<li>You need to change the "backup client list" which is a bunch of 32 bit integers which represent IP addresses.  </li>
<li>You need somebody to mine initially, because otherwise transactions won't confirm.</li>
<li>You need to alter the default datadir directory.  </li>
<li>You need to change the magic number in the protocol header, otherwise your client might connect to the Litecoin network by accident, wasting bandwidth.  </li>
<li>You need to change the alert keys, otherwise the Litecoin devs can send alerts onto your network.</li>
<li>Add a transaction to the UTXDB which is your premine transaction</li>
</ul>

<p>That's all I can think of, though obviously you'd want to change GUI elements to the actual name of your currency.</p>

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2014-09-30T04:55:34.797Z
Someone remind OP of the service which makes clone coins using a website where you put in block time and algorithm and total coin supply in exchange for the new icon-ed version of *Litecoin*?
Wizard Of Ozzie
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2014-09-30T16:16:46.190Z
@AussieCryptocurrency This? http://coincreator.net/
Nick ODell
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2014-09-29T21:10:32.927Z
Nick ODell
<p>I need a Detailed guide on how to Create a Litecoin Fork, With Pre-mine instructions, I would be very grateful if someone posted a comprehensive guide on how to Create a Litecoin software fork, with a Pre-mine.</p>

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2014-09-29T05:12:00.117Z
You have to create value before you can divide it up.
David Schwartz
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I'm also interested to know how to form an altcoin to play around with. Which is why I'm learning the basics. What level of skill in C++ have you got? What's the project's goal? What can others learn from this? Any coding section of SE would shoot this down for those reasons as it really feels like a "someone do my homework" query which doesn't sit well on Stack Exchange.
Wizard Of Ozzie
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@DavidSchwartz no that's where we come in
Wizard Of Ozzie
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2014-09-30T04:56:55.987Z
This is not easy when every time this question gets asked in some form there's never any follow up info from the OP's solitary post! @Wonker, details?
Wizard Of Ozzie
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@wonker  tell me your email id or skypeid?
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Detailed guide on how to Create a Litecoin Fork, With Pre-mine instructions
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# Detailed guide on how to Create a Litecoin Fork, With Pre-mine instructions

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-29)

I need a Detailed guide on how to Create a Litecoin Fork, With Pre-mine instructions, I would be very grateful if someone posted a comprehensive guide on how to Create a Litecoin software fork, with a Pre-mine.

**Tags:** litecoin, altcoin, blockchain-fork

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You have to create value before you can divide it up.  
> **username_2**: I'm also interested to know how to form an altcoin to play around with. Which is why I'm learning the basics. What level of skill in C++ have you got? What's the project's goal? What can others learn from this? Any coding section of SE would shoot this down for those reasons as it really feels like a "someone do my homework" query which doesn't sit well on Stack Exchange.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 no that's where we come in  
> **username_2**: This is not easy when every time this question gets asked in some form there's never any follow up info from the OP's solitary post! @username_0, details?  
> **username_3**: @username_0  tell me your email id or skypeid?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2014-09-29. Score: 3

Off the top of my head:

* You need a new genesis block.
* You need a different address byte (e.g. bitcoin uses 0).
* You need to change the default port and rpc port.
* You need a way for clients to find one another. You can run a DNS seed.
* You need to change the "backup client list" which is a bunch of 32 bit integers which represent IP addresses.
* You need somebody to mine initially, because otherwise transactions won't confirm.
* You need to alter the default datadir directory.
* You need to change the magic number in the protocol header, otherwise your client might connect to the Litecoin network by accident, wasting bandwidth.
* You need to change the alert keys, otherwise the Litecoin devs can send alerts onto your network.
* Add a transaction to the UTXDB which is your premine transaction

That's all I can think of, though obviously you'd want to change GUI elements to the actual name of your currency.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Someone remind OP of the service which makes clone coins using a website where you put in block time and algorithm and total coin supply in exchange for the new icon-ed version of *Litecoin*?  
> **username_4**: @AussieCryptocurrency This? http://coincreator.net/  

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