"Decentralization is the reduction of the influence of trusted third parties in the operation of services that foster human action and thus the economy."
By that test, plenty of "decentralized" apps fail.
Oracles, off-chain backing, governance tokens, promised yield: each one brings a trusted third party back in.
How many apps you use actually pass?
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ETC Cooperative is winding down operations.
Their work on protocol support, infrastructure, and the early ecosystem since 2017 helped build the foundation. We're grateful for that.
Core clients and public goods remain openly maintained. Voluntary work continues.
Thank you to everyone still building.💚
#ETC #EthereumClassic
ETC Cooperative has begun winding down its operations. Since 2017 we've supported Ethereum Classic through protocol, infrastructure, tooling, education and community funding. Thank you to everyone who built this with us.
Details👇
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$ETC ~$6.6, tracking the broader market. No project-specific catalyst.
Hashrate remains elevated. Supply schedule unchanged.
Price reflects sentiment more than on-chain conditions.
How do you read the gap?
#ETC
No pivot to AI.
No pivot to gaming.
No pivot to the metaverse.
Ethereum Classic is still the chain it chose to be in 2016: proof-of-work, smart contracts and a ledger nobody gets to rewrite.
Ten years. Same answer.
CPI came in hot. December hike got fully priced. Longs got washed.
$ETC tracked the drop to \~$6.7. No independent bid.
The schedule didn’t notice.
Hashrate is still holding. Who’s still building?
#ETC
Plenty of people call Ethereum Classic “the old Ethereum".. a relic.
It’s really a computer no one owns:
→ Programs, data, and a processor
→ Run by nodes worldwide
→ Powering dApps, smart contracts and is a store-of-value
No company to shut it down. No admin to change the rules.
Leverage got washed out.
Price followed the tape down, then paused ahead of CPI.
$ETC simply recorded the move.
Hashrate kept digging. Issuance stayed on schedule.
The market is waiting for data.
The chain is not.
For exchanges, pools and service providers that handle Ethereum Classic:
When it comes to block reorgs, we stay proactive, monitoring the network 24/7 from 11 Triforce nodes across four clients – logging every one the instant it occurs.
We’ve counted 135 since late September, none deeper than 2 blocks, which is normal in proof-of-work.
If anything deeper shows up, we’re the first to see it. 🔍
ETC hasn’t had a reported 51% attack since August 2020, when only about 4 TH/s secured the network. Hashrate recently peaked at 235.98 TH/s, the highest since late December 2025.
Watch it live with us: https://t.co/TVawTutDq9
$ETC is around $6.6–6.9, following BTC’s pullback under $75k.
The move tracks the fading post-election rebound and continued exchange-related flows.
No chain-specific catalyst is visible in the data.
Price is reacting. The issuance schedule is not.
#ETC
What Classix shipped for #EthereumClassic in October:
• ETC’s full history back on Google BigQuery
• etchd, an OpenTimestamps calendar anchored to ETC
• Research on ETC held at exposed public keys
• New Nethermind ETC plugin and Besu for ETC releases
Building in public, every month.
$ETC \~$7.3–7.4, tracking the broader market.
Large off-chain incidents continue.
Base rules offer no freeze, no reversal.
Final stays final. The chain does not negotiate.
#ETC
Nick Szabo used a vending machine in 1997 to describe smart contracts: drop in coins and the exchange happens. No approval required. Just rules that execute.
That idea later landed on blockchains. Ethereum Classic runs full programmability on Proof-of-Work. Once deployed, the code executes as written. No one can step in and alter the outcome.
The rules stay fixed. Everything built on top of them can still change.#ETC
“The vending machine is a contract with bearer: anybody with coins can participate in an exchange with the vendor.”
Nick Szabo wrote that in 1997, describing the ancestor of the smart contract.
No cashier. No account. No approval. Just rules that execute.
#EthereumClassic runs on that idea for any agreement, secured by proof-of-work, with nobody holding the plug.
US midterms closed with Dem edge. Binance hack + outflows keep crypto risk subdued.
$ETC ~$7.06 (up today, lower on week). High-beta PoW, tracking macro more than on-chain.Hashrate >200 TH/s, fixed supply intact. Price = sentiment > fundamentals.
How do you see the short-term vs long-term gap? #ETC
ETC hashrate continues to hold near 200 TH/s after the Fifthening.
Block rewards are lower, yet miner participation remains consistent and the network keeps producing blocks on schedule.
Market moves are separate from the chain’s operating conditions. #ETC#PoW
🎉 Code is Law Creative Challenge — Rewards All Sent!
All prizes have been distributed. Thank you to everyone who participated.
We identified several areas for improvement during this round, and received valuable suggestions from the community. All of these will be addressed in the next challenge.
Stay tuned. 🍀
#ETC #CodeIsLaw #EthereumClassic #EGD
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$ETC down ~20% in a month, from around $9 to $7.1.
No ETC-specific bad news. Broader risk-off pulled it down.
Hashrate up, Fifthening already done. High-beta PoW, falls harder when risk leaves.
What is the market pricing in?
@furicryptss Hi! As discussed in our DM, we've just completed all 3 steps.
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