Ethereum Classic

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Why doesn’t Bitcoin just add smart contracts? Its scripting is limited on purpose. That’s part of what keeps it simple and highly secure. Ethereum Classic pairs the same proof-of-work security with a full virtual machine, the EVM. Programmable Digital Gold.🍀

Missed this one? The threat to ECDSA might not need a quantum computer. Some researchers warn that AI-assisted math could get there first. Community Call #62 covers what that means and where Ethereum Classic stands. nitter.gq/eth_classic/status/211…

July 30, 2015: genesis. July 20, 2016: Ethereum forked to reverse The DAO hack. Ethereum Classic keeps the original chain running. Today: 25,650,000 blocks and counting. Ten years of upgrades. Not one to rewrite history.

They’ve written Ethereum Classic’s obituary every cycle since 2016. 2018: dead. 2020: dead. 2022: dead. 2024: dead. 2026: still here.

👻Happy Halloween!🎃

18 years ago today, Satoshi published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Bitcoin proved proof-of-work money works. Ethereum made it programmable. Ethereum Classic kept both. Programmable Digital Gold.

In 1991, Philip Zimmermann released PGP, bringing strong encryption to ordinary people. The @NSAGov opposed its export, and the U.S. government investigated him for three years. What was at stake? The right to use powerful cryptography without government permission. That same cypherpunk spirit lives on in Ethereum Classic. Proof-of-Work. Censorship resistance. Immutability. Watch the full video from the Proof-of-Work Summit in Prague, co-hosted by @ETCCooperative. youtu.be/bbdoUAu6jqU #EthereumClassic #CodeIsLaw

People said Ethereum Classic was dead. Miners didn’t get the memo. Hashrate went from ~144 Th/s in early September to ~210 Th/s today, up 46% in under two months. That’s real energy securing the chain.⚡️ Same EVM you already know. Chain ID 61.

Bitcoin: Proof-of-Work, no smart contracts. Ethereum: smart contracts, no Proof-of-Work. #EthereumClassic: both, with a fixed supply. Ethereum technology with Bitcoin philosophy.

10 years ago this week, #EthereumClassic made its first hard fork as an independent chain. ECIP-1015: the fix for the 2016 Shanghai spam attacks, three months after ETC refused to fork over The DAO. Fork to upgrade technology. Never to redirect funds. ethereumclassic.org/blog/201…

Ethereum Classic hashrate, up ~38% since September.🔥 Sept 1: ~150 TH/s Oct 25: ~207 TH/s More hashrate. More energy. More security. #EthereumClassic #ClassicIsComing (source: @bitinfocharts)

Your weekend listen 🎧 "Code is law" gets quoted constantly. Rarely explained. On ETC Community Call 16, Donald McIntyre traces it back to the founding documents and lays out the ten principles underneath it. Press play 👇 #EthereumClassic #ETCCC youtube.com/watch?v=PQG0kD_6…

In 2016, rewriting the ledger would have been the easier and more popular choice. Ethereum Classic didn’t make it. That’s what “code is law” meant when it mattered: a decision with a cost, kept for ten years. #EthereumClassic ethereumclassic.org/blog/202…

ETC Community Call #62 is live.🔥 • Where ETC stands on the quantum threat to ECDSA. • What’s planned for the next core-geth release. • Are preconfirmations and native stablecoins a good fit for $ETC? Reflections on #TOKEN2049, and Alex from ETCMC. #EthereumClassic #ETCCC #ClassicIsComing youtube.com/watch?v=v8z06gxI…