---
title: "How to create your own cryptocurrency in JavaScript"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-create-your-own-cryptocurrency-in-javascript-z-zpxx7zd
source_url: https://blog.logrocket.com/how-to-create-cryptocurrency-javascript/
type: article
source: "LogRocket"
published: 2021-11-03T19:07:01.991Z
updated: 2021-11-03T19:07:01.992Z
tags: ["javascript", "crypto"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 12
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# How to create your own cryptocurrency in JavaScript

**[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · 8 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Cryptocurrency is a great way to send money anonymously to others. The network is decentralized, which means there’s no one looking over the transaction. Some people think this is not good because most scammers operate on cryptocurrencies. But some think that this is another step towards privacy. We are going to create a cryptocurrency using JavaScript.

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**@alfreddagenais** · 0 upvotes

> Very simple and good explanation of the project! Thank you

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