Ethereum Classic (ETC) is the unforked, original history-containing version of Ethereum, supported by advocates – but not the core team of Ethereum developers. Due to a $60m hack of a third-party project in 2016, the Ethereum Foundation made the decision to hard-fork the network and restore the lost funds. That fork became the ETH we all know today. However, the original network continued – renamed Ethereum Classic – championing the philosophy that smart contracts shouldn’t be interfered with, regardless of how painful a hack may be.
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