Welcome Roy!
You can always try teaming up with others. That's the best way to get projects done. You have your strengths, and others have theirs.
Come up with a name and a concept, and try to recruit others through IRC or forums. You'll find like-minded people who want to help.
That said, forget the 'just for fun' crap. Altcoins are a currency. They pretty much have to be about money at some point, especially because it costs real money to mine them.
Topic: A New Kid Needs Help! (Read 314 times)
Hello Everyone.
The past few days, I've really come to understand Bitcoin and I am quite excited that a community backed, secure currency is able to do so well. I have always been interested in cryptography and the like, especially public key cryptography (Like RSA and PGP). When I heard that Bitcoin was only possible because of public key systems, I got even more excited.
So what I'm getting at is, I have no Bitcoin to mess around with. So, I stated researching ways to make my own altcoin. Not for profit or anything, just purely for the educational value and the fun. However geeky and technically-minded I may be, I have no C++ experience, which is apparently required for such an endeavor. After reading several guides, I still feel like these projects all go way too deep for what I want.
The only thing I was really wanting to do was be able to trade it among friends and family, possibly on paper wallets and such, just for fun.
I think the closest thing I came to this was two things: Coingen.io, which I found out is either a scam or badly made, and Open Transactions.
Open Transactions has a currency/"asset" creation feature that essentially lets you create a cryptocurrency.
However, OT is still under construction, and I don't have a computer to compile the source on.
Pretty much all I have hardware-wise is a Galaxy S4.
I guess what I'm asking is, is there any way to make a simple cryptocurrency for fun? Open Transactions seems like my best bet right now, but I will be waiting a while for the Android App. Also, would I be able to create offline wallets for a cryptocurrency made in this way?
I hope I haven't lost, confused or annoyed anyone, I just would like some help from people with a bit more experience than me.
Once again, I don't expect this to go anywhere, or gain any profit, I just wanted to mess around with it purely for fun.
Thanks in advance for any help!
-Roy
The past few days, I've really come to understand Bitcoin and I am quite excited that a community backed, secure currency is able to do so well. I have always been interested in cryptography and the like, especially public key cryptography (Like RSA and PGP). When I heard that Bitcoin was only possible because of public key systems, I got even more excited.
So what I'm getting at is, I have no Bitcoin to mess around with. So, I stated researching ways to make my own altcoin. Not for profit or anything, just purely for the educational value and the fun. However geeky and technically-minded I may be, I have no C++ experience, which is apparently required for such an endeavor. After reading several guides, I still feel like these projects all go way too deep for what I want.
The only thing I was really wanting to do was be able to trade it among friends and family, possibly on paper wallets and such, just for fun.
I think the closest thing I came to this was two things: Coingen.io, which I found out is either a scam or badly made, and Open Transactions.
Open Transactions has a currency/"asset" creation feature that essentially lets you create a cryptocurrency.
However, OT is still under construction, and I don't have a computer to compile the source on.
Pretty much all I have hardware-wise is a Galaxy S4.
I guess what I'm asking is, is there any way to make a simple cryptocurrency for fun? Open Transactions seems like my best bet right now, but I will be waiting a while for the Android App. Also, would I be able to create offline wallets for a cryptocurrency made in this way?
I hope I haven't lost, confused or annoyed anyone, I just would like some help from people with a bit more experience than me.
Once again, I don't expect this to go anywhere, or gain any profit, I just wanted to mess around with it purely for fun.
Thanks in advance for any help!
-Roy
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