user76942: I am trying to create a genesis block for a personal play coin. I get the correct output of assertion failed. However when compiling I noticed the ./altcoin folder is not created at all.  

user48884: The data directory (~/.altcoin) is created when the software is run, not when it is being compiled. Compilation has nothing to do with the datadir.

76942: <p>I am trying to create a genesis block for a personal play coin. I get the correct output of assertion failed. However when compiling I noticed the <code>./altcoin</code> folder is not created at all.  </p>
 48884: <p>The data directory (<code>~/.altcoin</code>) is created when the software is run, not when it is being compiled. Compilation has nothing to do with the datadir.</p>
