Ethereum Classic (ETC) is a hard fork of Ethereum (ETH). It was launched to preserve the integrity of the original Ethereum blockchain after a major hacking event led to a reversal of harmful transactions on the ETH blockchain in 2016.

ETC is a not-for-profit project with no official team attached to it and in fact, its “global development community is a permissionless 'do-ocracy,' where anyone can participate”. Like ETH, ETC is proof-of-work but has no plans to switch to proof-of-stake. It also has a maximum supply capped at 210,700,000 ETC (roughly 10x that of BTC).

Important: please note that ETC deposits and withdrawals are currently not supported. You can exchange and store ETC. If you'd like to receive or send it, you'll have to first exchange it for a currency which supports crypto deposits and withdrawals – you can always check with the list in this article.

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