How did the bitcoin or any crypto coin network start? I'm not talking about developing and compiling the actual software. How does the actual block chain get started?How is the first block of the block chain started? Is it simply created automatically by the first person to load and run the cryptocurrency's wallet?
Once you completed the code, you need to establish a local network, say from two different IP addresses. Once connected, you can start to mine the coin from one or both computers. Then you publish the IP addresses and coin software (source and/or compiled client), people will start their own client and join your network, they will mine coins, etc. And by then you launched a coin.