Requirements for adding an alternative base currency

ManfredKarrer · September 19, 2017, 6:02pm

I have drafted a new document for the requirements for adding an alternative base currency.

ManfredKarrer/docs/blob/add-alternative-base-currency/exchange/howto/add-alternative-base-currency.adoc

= How to add an alternative base currency
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== Introduction

This document describes the process how to submit a request for adding an alternative base currency (we refer as Altcoin in that document) to be supported in Bisq. Adding an Altcoin does not mean any endorsement. For making decisions in case of politically controversial requests we use the Bisq DAO voting process.

Altcoin support is restricted by the technical infrastructure Bisq is based on. Supporting Altcoins which don't have BitcoinJ support would result in a huge implementation effort and it is not considered to be feasible in the near future. Mid term we might move to a new model based on Bitcoin Core in SPV mode with RPC interface and then the requirement for BitcoinJ and Java will get lifted.


== Prerequisites

=== Altcoin is already traded in Bisq

The Altcoin needs to have been already added to Bisq.

=== Java

The Altcoin needs to come with a Java implementation.

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