user18421: Where do i start for creating a bitcoin altcoin? Like for changing block times, names, coin max, etc? I know what i want to change but I don't know where to change the code for the basic things mentioned above. 

user841: This post on bitcointalk is a good starting point.
The basic idea is to:

fork an existing coin
Customize some values (block reward, block time, hash algorithm, etc.)
Boot strap the coin by mining then encoding some checkpoints.


18421: <p>Where do i start for creating a bitcoin altcoin? Like for changing block times, names, coin max, etc? I know what i want to change but I don't know where to change the code for the basic things mentioned above. </p>
 841: <p>This <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=225690.0" rel="nofollow">post</a> on bitcointalk is a good starting point.</p>

<p>The basic idea is to:</p>

<ol>
<li>fork an existing coin</li>
<li>Customize some values (block reward, block time, hash algorithm, etc.)</li>
<li>Boot strap the coin by mining then encoding some checkpoints.</li>
</ol>
