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Understanding the Inception of Ethereum Classic
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Ethereum classic is ranked 5th on coinmarketcap.com
At the time of this recording, it’s price is $19.82 per coin
with a current circulating supply at 93 million coins
the 24 hour volume is at $740 million
and the market cap totaling $1 billion.

Blockgeeks Article: https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-ethereum-classic/
Ethereum Classic Website: https://ethereumclassic.com/
ETC Monetary Policy: https://www.etcdevteam.com/blog/articles/a-joint-statement-ecip1017.html

If you didn’t already know by now, Ethereum Classic exists because a group of people believed strongly in upholding the values of an immutable blockchain, one that cannot be manipulated.
This difference in ideals was brought to light thanks to what happened when one hacker took advantage of a loophole in the code for the DAO.

I found a good article on blockgeeks.com that explains the back story of the DAO and the emergence of ethereum classic, this article also further explains soft forks and hard forks sp for those of you who need a bit more clarification on that topic be sure to check out the link for this article down in the description.
So the DAO was a complex smart contract that would pretty much enable anyone to be a venture capitalist for emerging projects that were developed on the platform. If you wanted to help determine funding for a particular project you would have to purchase DAO tokens and use them to cast your vote.
The crowdfunding for the DAO raised 150million dollars worth of ether.
Only three weeks after they raised these funds, a hacker began draining what would be a total of $50million.
Here is where the panic and controversy begins. The Ethereum Foundation had a decision to make. After a failed attempt for implenting a soft fork, which was found to have vital flaws that would open the door for denial of service attacks, they were stuck with deciding to initiate a hard fork, or essentially let the hacker get away with
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