user10789: Is RonPaulCoin a clone of Bitcoin/Litecoin or are there differences beyond the specifications such as coin limit and difficulty algorithm?

user11369: Yep, that coin has no technological innovations beyond a name change and a different block reward (max coins that could exist for it is apparently 2.1 million, instead of bitcoin's 21 million).

user5406: RonPaulCoin uses Scrypt (like Litecoin). It is a Litecoin clone that only differs in the specifications:

Limit: 2.1 Million
Block time: 2 minutes
Reward schedule: 1 RPC per block, halving every four years.
Difficulty retargeting: Every 48 blocks (~96 minutes) with a maximum difficulty shift of 11%.


10789: <p>Is RonPaulCoin a clone of Bitcoin/Litecoin or are there differences beyond the specifications such as coin limit and difficulty algorithm?</p>
 11369: <p>Yep, that coin has no technological innovations beyond a name change and a different block reward (max coins that could exist for it is apparently 2.1 million, instead of bitcoin's 21 million).</p>
 5406: <p>RonPaulCoin uses Scrypt (like Litecoin). It is a <strong>Litecoin clone</strong> that only differs in the specifications:</p>

<ul>
<li>Limit: 2.1 Million</li>
<li>Block time: 2 minutes</li>
<li>Reward schedule: 1 RPC per block, halving every four years.</li>
<li>Difficulty retargeting: Every 48 blocks (~96 minutes) with a maximum difficulty shift of 11%.</li>
</ul>
