To develop your own cryptocurrency, you need to learn programming. More importantly, Solidity programming. Solidity is a language that is used to make smart contracts on the Ethereum platform. Since, the Bitcoin Blockchain has an non-editable code, for developing your own blockchains, one uses the Ethereum Blockchain by and large as it allows multiple programs and applications to be built on its platform. It stores Smart Contracts distributed ledgers, and it uses Solidity language similar to JavaScript.