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Ethereum Classic (ETC)
Ethereum Classic (ETC) is a blockchain that resulted from a hard fork of Ethereum in 2016 following the DAO hack. It maintains the original Ethereum chain's history and upholds the principle that blockchain transactions should be immutable.
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“After the 2016 DAO hack, the Ethereum community split — those who supported rolling back the theft continued on the new Ethereum chain, while those who believed in immutability stayed on what became Ethereum Classic (ETC).”