how do you make a digital currency 
most digital currencies are created by issuing them on ethereum or another blockchain capable of running smart contracts the issuer must first decide how many tokens to issue and any special rules that limit transactions or ownership once these choices are coded into the smart contract the issuer pays a small amount of cryptocurrency to pay for the computational cost of issuing the tokens the bottom linedigital currencies are assets that are only used for electronic transactions they do not have any physical form although they can be exchanged for regular money or other assets although the most popular digital currencies are cryptocurrencies like bitcoin many national governments are considering issuing their own centralized digital currencies 