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Re:Dogecoin now accounts for more transactions than any othe... by wielebny on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @01:33AM (#7061977)
Keep in mind that this generator uses premined genesis block - the same for all currencies. Creating new one, with unique genesis block, with adjusted difficulty can take some time.
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Re:Dogecoin now accounts for more transactions than any othe... by ubercow13 on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @06:04AM (#7062687)
What's the downside to having a reused genesis block?
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Re:Dogecoin now accounts for more transactions than any othe... by wielebny on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @07:03AM (#7062867)
By mining your own genesis block, you can adjust starting difficulty. If the difficulty is set too low, then first miners will mine enormously more blocks, before the difficulty readjusts.
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