It turns out that they actually copied the code bitcoin and optimized it a bit
as far as I know, they changed the approach to developing a new cryptocurrency. They used not only the idea of bitcoin.
In the process of developing ideas, developers realized that it is necessary to create not a copy, but a completely new cryptonomete, which would have a certain weight in the market.
Yes, without this in any way. Because simply to develop a clone and run into the masses is very simple, but the fact is that it will not be in demand.