Done and done, sir. I can't speak to the purpose but I can speak to the code. A simple KDiff3 comparison of the original bitcoin source and the fork shows very few changes (aside from the obvious bitcoin->ixcoin in nearly every string in every file). The primary change is of course in main.cpp where nSubsidy has been set to 96 and the various necessary changes to the Genesis block have been made. Looks clean to me.
And that is why this is ridiculous. Anyone can change the number of coins per block and announce a new currency. So why? What is the point of creating this?
Well, you'd also have to make the tweaks to create a new genesis block, so at least that part is a bit more difficult than setting nSubsidy = 96.
As for the point, as I said I can't really speak to the purpose other than maybe as an experiment in varying rates of inflation/deflation. It's at least got my attention for its experimental value and I'm considering forking it again to make the ridiculously slow inflation variant I briefly mentioned before... As soon as I wrap my head around the genesis block code anyway
Also, my math now puts network speed over the 2 GH/s mark. Not a huge amount of interest, but considering this was posed a bit under 3 hours ago and one hour ago was a bit over 1 GH/s... I'm keeping my eye on this one. I still think Namecoin has more promise, since it also fulfills a non-monetary purpose, but I'm keeping my eye on this one.
