There are a lot of alternative currencies: litecoin, ppcoin, terracoin and so on. You can easily mine your own, but it trades at 1/100 of BTC usually. "Mine yo

There are a lot of alternative currencies: litecoin, ppcoin, terracoin and so on. You can easily mine your own, but it trades at 1/100 of BTC usually. "Mine your own new currency" -- pre-mining coins before releasing your coin to general public is considered very improper act.