diff --git a/contrib/init/README.md b/contrib/init/README.md
index 0d19da303..54a04a426 100644
--- a/contrib/init/README.md
+++ b/contrib/init/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Sample configuration files for:
 
-SystemD: bitcoind.service
-Upstart: bitcoind.conf
-OpenRC:  bitcoind.openrc
-         bitcoind.openrcconf
-CentOS:  bitcoind.init
+SystemD: dogecoind.service
+Upstart: dogecoind.conf
+OpenRC:  dogecoind.openrc
+         dogecoind.openrcconf
+CentOS:  dogecoind.init
 
 have been made available to assist packagers in creating node packages here.
 
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.conf b/contrib/init/bitcoind.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index f9554eecd..000000000
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-description "Bitcoin Core Daemon"
-
-start on runlevel [2345]
-stop on starting rc RUNLEVEL=[016]
-
-env BITCOIND_BIN="/usr/bin/bitcoind"
-env BITCOIND_USER="bitcoin"
-env BITCOIND_GROUP="bitcoin"
-env BITCOIND_PIDDIR="/var/run/bitcoind"
-# upstart can't handle variables constructed with other variables
-env BITCOIND_PIDFILE="/var/run/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid"
-env BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE="/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf"
-env BITCOIND_DATADIR="/var/lib/bitcoind"
-
-expect fork
-
-respawn
-respawn limit 5 120
-kill timeout 60
-
-pre-start script
-    # this will catch non-existent config files
-    # bitcoind will check and exit with this very warning, but it can do so
-    # long after forking, leaving upstart to think everything started fine.
-    # since this is a commonly encountered case on install, just check and
-    # warn here.
-    if ! grep -qs '^rpcpassword=' "$BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE" ; then
-        echo "ERROR: You must set a secure rpcpassword to run bitcoind."
-        echo "The setting must appear in $BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE"
-        echo
-        echo "This password is security critical to securing wallets "
-        echo "and must not be the same as the rpcuser setting."
-        echo "You can generate a suitable random password using the following"
-        echo "command from the shell:"
-        echo
-        echo "bash -c 'tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32 && echo'"
-        echo
-        echo "It is also recommended that you also set alertnotify so you are "
-        echo "notified of problems:"
-        echo
-        echo "ie: alertnotify=echo %%s | mail -s \"Bitcoin Alert\"" \
-            "admin@foo.com"
-        echo
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    mkdir -p "$BITCOIND_PIDDIR"
-    chmod 0755 "$BITCOIND_PIDDIR"
-    chown $BITCOIND_USER:$BITCOIND_GROUP "$BITCOIND_PIDDIR"
-    chown $BITCOIND_USER:$BITCOIND_GROUP "$BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE"
-    chmod 0660 "$BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE"
-end script
-
-exec start-stop-daemon \
-    --start \
-    --pidfile "$BITCOIND_PIDFILE" \
-    --chuid $BITCOIND_USER:$BITCOIND_GROUP \
-    --exec "$BITCOIND_BIN" \
-    -- \
-    -pid="$BITCOIND_PIDFILE" \
-    -conf="$BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE" \
-    -datadir="$BITCOIND_DATADIR" \
-    -disablewallet \
-    -daemon
-
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.init b/contrib/init/bitcoind.init
deleted file mode 100644
index db5061874..000000000
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-#  bitcoind The bitcoin core server.
-#
-#
-# chkconfig: 345 80 20
-# description: bitcoind
-# processname: bitcoind
-#
-
-# Source function library.
-. /etc/init.d/functions
-
-# you can override defaults in /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind, see below
-if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind ]; then
-        . /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind
-fi
-
-RETVAL=0
-
-prog=bitcoind
-# you can override the lockfile via BITCOIND_LOCKFILE in /etc/sysconfig/bitcoind
-lockfile=${BITCOIND_LOCKFILE-/var/lock/subsys/bitcoind}
-
-# bitcoind defaults to /usr/bin/bitcoind, override with BITCOIND_BIN
-bitcoind=${BITCOIND_BIN-/usr/bin/bitcoind}
-
-# bitcoind opts default to -disablewallet, override with BITCOIND_OPTS
-bitcoind_opts=${BITCOIND_OPTS--disablewallet}
-
-start() {
-    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
-    daemon $DAEMONOPTS $bitcoind $bitcoind_opts
-    RETVAL=$?
-    echo
-    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
-    return $RETVAL
-}
-
-stop() {
-    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
-    killproc $prog
-    RETVAL=$?
-    echo
-    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
-    return $RETVAL
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-    start)
-        start
-        ;;
-    stop)
-        stop
-        ;;
-    status)
-        status $prog
-        ;;
-    restart)
-        stop
-        start
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Usage: service $prog {start|stop|status|restart}"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc b/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
deleted file mode 100644
index a94f03680..000000000
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/runscript
-
-# backward compatibility for existing gentoo layout 
-#
-if [ -d "/var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin" ]; then
-	BITCOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR="/var/lib/bitcoin/.bitcoin"
-else
-	BITCOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR="/var/lib/bitcoind"
-fi
-
-BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE=${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE:-/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf}
-BITCOIND_PIDDIR=${BITCOIND_PIDDIR:-/var/run/bitcoind}
-BITCOIND_PIDFILE=${BITCOIND_PIDFILE:-${BITCOIND_PIDDIR}/bitcoind.pid}
-BITCOIND_DATADIR=${BITCOIND_DATADIR:-${BITCOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR}}
-BITCOIND_USER=${BITCOIND_USER:-${BITCOIN_USER:-bitcoin}}
-BITCOIND_GROUP=${BITCOIND_GROUP:-bitcoin}
-BITCOIND_BIN=${BITCOIND_BIN:-/usr/bin/bitcoind}
-BITCOIND_NICE=${BITCOIND_NICE:-${NICELEVEL:-0}}
-BITCOIND_OPTS="${BITCOIND_OPTS:-${BITCOIN_OPTS}}"
-
-name="Bitcoin Core Daemon"
-description="Bitcoin cryptocurrency P2P network daemon"
-
-command="/usr/bin/bitcoind"
-command_args="-pid=\"${BITCOIND_PIDFILE}\" \
-		-conf=\"${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}\" \
-		-datadir=\"${BITCOIND_DATADIR}\" \
-		-daemon \
-		${BITCOIND_OPTS}"
-
-required_files="${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}"
-start_stop_daemon_args="-u ${BITCOIND_USER} \
-			-N ${BITCOIND_NICE} -w 2000"
-pidfile="${BITCOIND_PIDFILE}"
-retry=60
-
-depend() {
-	need localmount net
-}
-
-# verify
-# 1) that the datadir exists and is writable (or create it)
-# 2) that a directory for the pid exists and is writable
-# 3) ownership and permissions on the config file
-start_pre() {
-	checkpath \
-	-d \
-	--mode 0750 \
-	--owner "${BITCOIND_USER}:${BITCOIND_GROUP}" \
-	"${BITCOIND_DATADIR}"
-
-	checkpath \
-	-d \
-	--mode 0755 \
-	--owner "${BITCOIND_USER}:${BITCOIND_GROUP}" \
-	"${BITCOIND_PIDDIR}"
-
-	checkpath -f \
-	-o ${BITCOIND_USER}:${BITCOIND_GROUP} \
-	-m 0660 \
-	${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}
-
-	checkconfig || return 1
-}
-
-checkconfig()
-{
-	if ! grep -qs '^rpcpassword=' "${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}" ; then
-		eerror ""
-		eerror "ERROR: You must set a secure rpcpassword to run bitcoind."
-		eerror "The setting must appear in ${BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE}"
-		eerror ""
-		eerror "This password is security critical to securing wallets "
-		eerror "and must not be the same as the rpcuser setting."
-		eerror "You can generate a suitable random password using the following"
-		eerror "command from the shell:"
-		eerror ""
-		eerror "bash -c 'tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32 && echo'"
-		eerror ""
-		eerror "It is also recommended that you also set alertnotify so you are "
-		eerror "notified of problems:"
-		eerror ""
-		eerror "ie: alertnotify=echo %%s | mail -s \"Bitcoin Alert\"" \
-			"admin@foo.com"
-		eerror ""
-		return 1
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrcconf b/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrcconf
deleted file mode 100644
index d8d7f5833..000000000
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.openrcconf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/conf.d/bitcoind: config file for /etc/init.d/bitcoind
-
-# Config file location
-#BITCOIND_CONFIGFILE="/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf"
-
-# What directory to write pidfile to?  (created and owned by $BITCOIND_USER)
-#BITCOIND_PIDDIR="/var/run/bitcoind"
-
-# What filename to give the pidfile
-#BITCOIND_PIDFILE="${BITCOIND_PIDDIR}/bitcoind.pid"
-
-# Where to write bitcoind data (be mindful that the blockchain is large)
-#BITCOIND_DATADIR="/var/lib/bitcoind"
-
-# User and group to own bitcoind process
-#BITCOIND_USER="bitcoin"
-#BITCOIND_GROUP="bitcoin"
-
-# Path to bitcoind executable
-#BITCOIND_BIN="/usr/bin/bitcoind"
-
-# Nice value to run bitcoind under
-#BITCOIND_NICE=0
-
-# Additional options (avoid -conf and -datadir, use flags above)
-BITCOIND_OPTS="-disablewallet"
-
diff --git a/contrib/init/bitcoind.service b/contrib/init/bitcoind.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 9132957c3..000000000
--- a/contrib/init/bitcoind.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Bitcoin's distributed currency daemon
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-User=bitcoin
-Group=bitcoin
-
-Type=forking
-PIDFile=/var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/bitcoind -daemon -pid=/var/lib/bitcoind/bitcoind.pid \
--conf=/etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf -datadir=/var/lib/bitcoind -disablewallet
-
-Restart=always
-PrivateTmp=true
-TimeoutStopSec=60s
-TimeoutStartSec=2s
-StartLimitInterval=120s
-StartLimitBurst=5
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/contrib/init/dogecoind.conf b/contrib/init/dogecoind.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8faf8bd58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/dogecoind.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+description "Dogecoin Core Daemon"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on starting rc RUNLEVEL=[016]
+
+env DOGECOIND_BIN="/usr/bin/dogecoind"
+env DOGECOIND_USER="dogecoin"
+env DOGECOIND_GROUP="dogecoin"
+env DOGECOIND_PIDDIR="/var/run/dogecoind"
+# upstart can't handle variables constructed with other variables
+env DOGECOIND_PIDFILE="/var/run/dogecoind/dogecoind.pid"
+env DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE="/etc/dogecoin/dogecoin.conf"
+env DOGECOIND_DATADIR="/var/lib/dogecoind"
+
+expect fork
+
+respawn
+respawn limit 5 120
+kill timeout 60
+
+pre-start script
+    # this will catch non-existent config files
+    # dogecoind will check and exit with this very warning, but it can do so
+    # long after forking, leaving upstart to think everything started fine.
+    # since this is a commonly encountered case on install, just check and
+    # warn here.
+    if ! grep -qs '^rpcpassword=' "$DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE" ; then
+        echo "ERROR: You must set a secure rpcpassword to run dogecoind."
+        echo "The setting must appear in $DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE"
+        echo
+        echo "This password is security critical to securing wallets "
+        echo "and must not be the same as the rpcuser setting."
+        echo "You can generate a suitable random password using the following"
+        echo "command from the shell:"
+        echo
+        echo "bash -c 'tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32 && echo'"
+        echo
+        echo "It is also recommended that you also set alertnotify so you are "
+        echo "notified of problems:"
+        echo
+        echo "ie: alertnotify=echo %%s | mail -s \"Dogecoin Alert\"" \
+            "admin@foo.com"
+        echo
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "$DOGECOIND_PIDDIR"
+    chmod 0755 "$DOGECOIND_PIDDIR"
+    chown $DOGECOIND_USER:$DOGECOIND_GROUP "$DOGECOIND_PIDDIR"
+    chown $DOGECOIND_USER:$DOGECOIND_GROUP "$DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE"
+    chmod 0660 "$DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE"
+end script
+
+exec start-stop-daemon \
+    --start \
+    --pidfile "$DOGECOIND_PIDFILE" \
+    --chuid $DOGECOIND_USER:$DOGECOIND_GROUP \
+    --exec "$DOGECOIND_BIN" \
+    -- \
+    -pid="$DOGECOIND_PIDFILE" \
+    -conf="$DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE" \
+    -datadir="$DOGECOIND_DATADIR" \
+    -disablewallet \
+    -daemon
+
diff --git a/contrib/init/dogecoind.init b/contrib/init/dogecoind.init
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c00d18f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/dogecoind.init
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+#  dogecoind The dogecoin core server.
+#
+#
+# chkconfig: 345 80 20
+# description: dogecoind
+# processname: dogecoind
+#
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/init.d/functions
+
+# you can override defaults in /etc/sysconfig/dogecoind, see below
+if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/dogecoind ]; then
+        . /etc/sysconfig/dogecoind
+fi
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+prog=dogecoind
+# you can override the lockfile via DOGECOIND_LOCKFILE in /etc/sysconfig/dogecoind
+lockfile=${DOGECOIND_LOCKFILE-/var/lock/subsys/dogecoind}
+
+# dogecoind defaults to /usr/bin/dogecoind, override with DOGECOIND_BIN
+dogecoind=${DOGECOIND_BIN-/usr/bin/dogecoind}
+
+# dogecoind opts default to -disablewallet, override with DOGECOIND_OPTS
+dogecoind_opts=${DOGECOIND_OPTS--disablewallet}
+
+start() {
+    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    daemon $DAEMONOPTS $dogecoind $dogecoind_opts
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+    killproc $prog
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        start
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        stop
+        ;;
+    status)
+        status $prog
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        stop
+        start
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: service $prog {start|stop|status|restart}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/contrib/init/dogecoind.openrc b/contrib/init/dogecoind.openrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d34133573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/dogecoind.openrc
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/sbin/runscript
+
+# backward compatibility for existing gentoo layout 
+#
+if [ -d "/var/lib/dogecoin/.dogecoin" ]; then
+	DOGECOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR="/var/lib/dogecoin/.dogecoin"
+else
+	DOGECOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR="/var/lib/dogecoind"
+fi
+
+DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE=${DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE:-/etc/dogecoin/dogecoin.conf}
+DOGECOIND_PIDDIR=${DOGECOIND_PIDDIR:-/var/run/dogecoind}
+DOGECOIND_PIDFILE=${DOGECOIND_PIDFILE:-${DOGECOIND_PIDDIR}/dogecoind.pid}
+DOGECOIND_DATADIR=${DOGECOIND_DATADIR:-${DOGECOIND_DEFAULT_DATADIR}}
+DOGECOIND_USER=${DOGECOIND_USER:-${DOGECOIN_USER:-dogecoin}}
+DOGECOIND_GROUP=${DOGECOIND_GROUP:-dogecoin}
+DOGECOIND_BIN=${DOGECOIND_BIN:-/usr/bin/dogecoind}
+DOGECOIND_NICE=${DOGECOIND_NICE:-${NICELEVEL:-0}}
+DOGECOIND_OPTS="${DOGECOIND_OPTS:-${DOGECOIN_OPTS}}"
+
+name="Dogecoin Core Daemon"
+description="Dogecoin cryptocurrency P2P network daemon"
+
+command="/usr/bin/dogecoind"
+command_args="-pid=\"${DOGECOIND_PIDFILE}\" \
+		-conf=\"${DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE}\" \
+		-datadir=\"${DOGECOIND_DATADIR}\" \
+		-daemon \
+		${DOGECOIND_OPTS}"
+
+required_files="${DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE}"
+start_stop_daemon_args="-u ${DOGECOIND_USER} \
+			-N ${DOGECOIND_NICE} -w 2000"
+pidfile="${DOGECOIND_PIDFILE}"
+retry=60
+
+depend() {
+	need localmount net
+}
+
+# verify
+# 1) that the datadir exists and is writable (or create it)
+# 2) that a directory for the pid exists and is writable
+# 3) ownership and permissions on the config file
+start_pre() {
+	checkpath \
+	-d \
+	--mode 0750 \
+	--owner "${DOGECOIND_USER}:${DOGECOIND_GROUP}" \
+	"${DOGECOIND_DATADIR}"
+
+	checkpath \
+	-d \
+	--mode 0755 \
+	--owner "${DOGECOIND_USER}:${DOGECOIND_GROUP}" \
+	"${DOGECOIND_PIDDIR}"
+
+	checkpath -f \
+	-o ${DOGECOIND_USER}:${DOGECOIND_GROUP} \
+	-m 0660 \
+	${DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE}
+
+	checkconfig || return 1
+}
+
+checkconfig()
+{
+	if ! grep -qs '^rpcpassword=' "${DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE}" ; then
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "ERROR: You must set a secure rpcpassword to run dogecoind."
+		eerror "The setting must appear in ${DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE}"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "This password is security critical to securing wallets "
+		eerror "and must not be the same as the rpcuser setting."
+		eerror "You can generate a suitable random password using the following"
+		eerror "command from the shell:"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "bash -c 'tr -dc a-zA-Z0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32 && echo'"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "It is also recommended that you also set alertnotify so you are "
+		eerror "notified of problems:"
+		eerror ""
+		eerror "ie: alertnotify=echo %%s | mail -s \"Dogecoin Alert\"" \
+			"admin@foo.com"
+		eerror ""
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/contrib/init/dogecoind.openrcconf b/contrib/init/dogecoind.openrcconf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e9398f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/dogecoind.openrcconf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# /etc/conf.d/dogecoind: config file for /etc/init.d/dogecoind
+
+# Config file location
+#DOGECOIND_CONFIGFILE="/etc/dogecoin/dogecoin.conf"
+
+# What directory to write pidfile to?  (created and owned by $DOGECOIND_USER)
+#DOGECOIND_PIDDIR="/var/run/dogecoind"
+
+# What filename to give the pidfile
+#DOGECOIND_PIDFILE="${DOGECOIND_PIDDIR}/dogecoind.pid"
+
+# Where to write dogecoind data (be mindful that the blockchain is large)
+#DOGECOIND_DATADIR="/var/lib/dogecoind"
+
+# User and group to own dogecoind process
+#DOGECOIND_USER="dogecoin"
+#DOGECOIND_GROUP="dogecoin"
+
+# Path to dogecoind executable
+#DOGECOIND_BIN="/usr/bin/dogecoind"
+
+# Nice value to run dogecoind under
+#DOGECOIND_NICE=0
+
+# Additional options (avoid -conf and -datadir, use flags above)
+DOGECOIND_OPTS="-disablewallet"
+
diff --git a/contrib/init/dogecoind.service b/contrib/init/dogecoind.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..159222280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/dogecoind.service
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Dogecoin's distributed currency daemon
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=dogecoin
+Group=dogecoin
+
+Type=forking
+PIDFile=/var/lib/dogecoind/dogecoind.pid
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dogecoind -daemon -pid=/var/lib/dogecoind/dogecoind.pid \
+-conf=/etc/dogecoin/dogecoin.conf -datadir=/var/lib/dogecoind -disablewallet
+
+Restart=always
+PrivateTmp=true
+TimeoutStopSec=60s
+TimeoutStartSec=2s
+StartLimitInterval=120s
+StartLimitBurst=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target