This is something I know probably will not happen for some time. If I was a coder I'd do it myself, however, but I can be taught. Can someone walk me through building a sample program? Also. The request is as follows:
Peercoin
Peercoin.exe from peercoin.net
If there existed something to the tune of multi bit for this coin, I could see this happening. The block chain as of this point is not as big as bitcoin, so that is a plus. Building one with the block chain included each round would be something I could put some time into, if someone was to let me know how difficult it is to do/what steps are involved etc. The open source files are available on github at:
https://github.com/ppcoin/ppcoin
I also realize this can't be done for each coin that pops up, however peer coin is well known and in the top 5 coins at the moment. Again I am a good learner, so please let me know what is involved, thank you.
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As I understand it, all of the e-currencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Peercoin, Dogecoin, etc.) are pretty much cloned off the original Bitcoin client. They usually (but not always) only have a few differences (like changing Bitcoin to Peercoin or whatever coin in the source).
Several people here have done the official Bitcoin client a while back. It is outdated, but is simple to update. I know this is not what you want, but bear with me. I get long winded.
Just download the latest Bitcoin ZIP and extract it into \PortableApps\BitCoinPortable\App\BitCoin overwriting what is there. If you can't find the PAF versions floating around, let me know. I have 2 from 2 different devs. I've also taken one and undated it myself to the current version.
Usually, when you want to swap Bitcoin for another official client, you would need to do the following.
Rename \PortableApps\PeerCoinPortable\Data\BitCoinWallet to \PortableApps\PeerCoinPortable\Data\PeerCoinWallet, delete everything in here, and copy your Peercoin wallet into this directory. You can skip copying your wallet if you plan on sharing that PAF file
One thing to keep in mind is that there will probably be some additional changes that *may* need to be taken into account because of the POS (Proof of Stake) of this coin. I would have no idea what would need to be done, or how to do that. The above process does work for Bitcoin or Altcoin variants. A few of the coin developers have made extensive modifications to their source code, so a few coins may need more done.
I hope this reply helps, and is clear enough. Feel free to ask if I need to explain more. Good luck, and peace...
Bill G.
Frozen St. Paul, MN
land of the frozen mosquito
Just posted this over in another forum post...
Found this : http://worldcoin.global/blog/guide-to-creating-a-usb-stick-worldcoin-wal... ages ago (link broken and Archive.Org missed trawling it)
Basically, copy all the exe dir and the C:\Users\(blah)\AppData\Roaming\PeerCoin into one directory (ie combine the two directories)
and then add a bat file thus:
PeerCoin.bat
peercoin-qt.exe -datadir=%~dp0
Then ONLY RUN THE BAT FILE (clicking on the EXE will cause a new wallet to be created) which can be launched from FreeCommander XE .