Ethereum Classic (ETC)
Ethereum Classic is a decentralized computing platform that executes smart contracts. Applications are ran exactly as programmed without the possibility of censorship, downtime, or third-party interference. Ethereum Classic is the continuation of the unaltered history of the original Ethereum chain. The ETC network exists to preserve the principle of “Code is Law”.
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Ethereum Classic (ETC)
Ethereum Classic provides a decentralized platform that runs decentralized applications exactly as programmed.
Website
Whitepaper
Source code
Explorer
Consensus: Proof of Work
Hash algorithm: ETHash
Block time: 13 seconds
Max supply: 210.7 Million
Circ. supply: ≈116.5 Million
Block reward: 3.2 ETC
Mainnet: 30th July 2015
Main use cases:
General purpose, dApps, smart contracts
Community & Communication:
ETC Labs Telegram
Wechat
Discord Eth Core Discord Chat
Reddit
Twitter
The story of Ethereum Classic
Ethereum Classic maintains the original, unaltered history of the Ethereum network. A third-party project called “the DAO” was hacked and about one third of the funds were siphoned. The Ethereum Foundation created a new version of the Ethereum mainnet with an irregular state change implemented that erased The DAO theft from the Ethereum blockchain history. The Ethereum Foundation applied their trademark to the new, altered version of the Ethereum blockchain (ETH). The older, unaltered version of Ethereum was renamed and continued on as Ethereum Classic (ETC). In Ethereum Classic “Code is law” and all executions and transactions are final and immutable.
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Non-technical Ethereum Onboarding Resources
These resources help you to get to know Ethereum Classic, understand how Ethereum Classic works and how you can use Ethereum Classic.
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- What is ETC
- Freqently asked questions
- Theory: Vision & core principles of ETC
- What is Ethereum Classic (Binance Research)
- An explanation of Ethereum Classic’s monetary policy
- Resources for investors looking into ETC
- Check out past conferences and videos
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Ethereum Classic Onboarding Resources for technical people
These resources help you to get to know Ethereum Classic on a technical level and to start working with it. After going through these resources you are able to determine when it makes sense to use Ethereum Classic, how to set up and run a node, network or application.
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- Simple guide to starting “Ethereum career”
- Run a node
- Learn to code dApps by building a simple game
- Guide to smart contracts
- A 101 Noob Intro to Programming Smart Contracts on Ethereum
- Ethereum Builder’s Guide
- ETC Blocks explained
- Public and private keys
- Accounts and states
- An intro to hashes
Find more development guides and tutorials here.
Become an Ethereum Classic developer
- A walk through Ethereum Classic digital signature code
- An intro to RLP
- Interpretation of the mining parameter
- Implicit Ethereum Classic blockchain information
- Full Stack dApp tutorial series
- 10-part tutorial on creating dApps
- Learning Solidity
- Solidity tutorials
Find more development guides and advanced concepts here.
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The ecosystem
The Ethereum Classic ecosystem is led by Bob Summerwill and supported by some of the crypto pioneers such as Charles Hoskinson and a number of teams. 5 teams mainly drive adoption but there are more supporting companies and projects in the ecosystem since ETC shares great tooling with Ethereum and allows cheaper transactions. Ethereum Classic will continue to be based on PoW and its miners.
Important parties in the ecosystem
Roadmap
After the split from Ethereum, the Ethereum Classic ecosystem and development seemed to slow down. In 2019, Ethereum Classic was revived and ETC is on track to adopt most of Ethereum’s updates. Ethereum Classic core is supported by multiple companies and the roadmap for 2020 is ambitious. Besides a modernization of websites, new guides, grants for projects, Ethereum classic will implement critical protocol upgrades and add interoperability with Ethereum