It is possible to clone the Ark blockchain and launch your own coin with it. This article will explain how to use the Ark Desktop Client for such a clone chain based on the Ark code. Just having a clone chain without an application to send coins is not much fun after all.

Here is my guide to launch your own clone chain:

This guide is also useful if you do not create your own clone chain as there are already some clone chains live.

Known Ark based chains which are compatible with the Ark Desktop client:

Blockpool Kapu Devnet — Testing Network for Ark Mainnet — The one you have been using all the time

You could download their wallets to use these blockchains. But you can also use the Ark Desktop Client and add a new custom Token to it. The next steps will explain how to add a second Ark Mainnet to the Desktop Client.

Launch the Desktop Client

Ark Desktop Client

Manage Networks

MANAGE NETWORKS

Create a new Network

New Network

Enter a Name and a Seed Server

Enter a Seed Server

The Seed Server for Ark Mainnet to copy & paste:

http://5.39.9.240:4001

You can choose another seed if you want to add another coin.

You can choose any name you want.

Save the Network

Additional parameters of the network will be automatically loaded from the seed server.

Save new Network

Switch Network

Switching Networks

Now that you have multiple networks you can switch between them.

Use the new Network and Coin

New Network

You can now use the new network and import or create accounts. As you can see I created another Ark mainnet. This means you can also use this feature to create different “work-spaces” with different accounts for the same coin.

Remove the Network to clean up

Remove the Network

You can also remove the additional networks which you do not need anymore.

Limitations

Please be aware that the current client does have hard-coded fees. This means that you might end up paying too high fees if you use the Ark Desktop Client for some coins with other fee structures.

Conclusion

It is really easy to use the Ark Desktop Client for other coins.

Here are the current interesting Seed Servers:

Blockpool Mainnet: http://13.56.163.57:9031 Kapu Mainnet: http://51.15.198.173:4600 Ark Devnet: http://167.114.29.55:4002 Ark Mainnet: http://5.39.9.240:4001

Please check for a updated Seed Servers if these are not working anymore.

I hope that gave you some new ideas.

Delegate jarunik