Vincent Durham

Forked Bitcoin's codebase to launch Namecoin, the first altcoin, in 2011

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Event April 18, 2011 Added May 6, 2026 Updated September 13, 2026 Article

Namecoin launches as the first altcoin — Vincent Durham realizes the BitDNS proposal (April 2011)

Vincent Durham launched Namecoin on April 18, 2011 — the first altcoin and first fork of the Bitcoin codebase. It implemented the BitDNS proposal as a decentralized name registration system.