1. Philosophy and positioning
"Code is Law" in the era of regulations:
- The only major PoW blockchain supporting smart contracts
- Preservation of original Ethereum without hard forks
- Niche of "antifragile" blockchain for:
- Censorship-resistant applications
- Long-term data storage
- Base layer for critical infrastructure
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2. Technical innovations 2025
2.1. MESS 2.0 (Modified Exponential Subjective Scoring)
- Protection against 51% attacks with 99.8% effectiveness
- Automatic rollback of malicious blocks
- Energy efficiency (+40% by 2023)
2.2. EVM Compatibility Layer
- Execution of ETH contracts without migration
- Gas fees fixed in ETC (not in dollars)
2.3. Zk-SNARKs for private transactions
- Optional privacy for DeFi
- Compatibility with Tornado Cash 3.0
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3. Economic model (Ultra Sound Money)
| Parameter | ETC | ETH 2.0 |
|-------------------|-------------|-------------|
| Issuance | Fixed (~3.2% per year) | Deflationary |
| Mining reward | 2.56 ETC/block | None |
| Stochasticity | High | Low |
Key metric:
- 87% of coins mined (about 27 million ETC remaining)
- Halving in 2027 (reward reduction to 1.28 ETC)
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4. Real use cases
4.1. Immutable registries:
- Land cadastres (Mexico, Philippines)
- Medical records (protection against falsifications)
4.2. Hardware integration:
- Samsung chips with ETC wallets
- Automotive blackbox (data on the blockchain)
4.3. "Digital artifacts":
- NFTs with immutability guarantee (vs ETH, where upgrades are possible)
- Eternal storage of scientific data (CERN experiments)
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5. Mining revolution
5.1. Next-generation equipment:
- ETC Titan X5: 14 TH/s at 0.9 W/GH
- Hybrid farms: GPU (for flexibility) + ASIC (for efficiency)
5.2. Geography (after bans in 2024):
- Leaders: Paraguay (35%), Oman (22%), Texas (18%)
- Energy: 71% hydro/wind/nuclear
5.3. Economy:
- Profitability: $0.18/KH/s (at ETC price $32)
- Payback: 7 months (best indicator among PoW)
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6. Institutional adoption
6.1. Corporations:
- Shell: Tracking oil supplies
- Lockheed Martin: Secure communications
6.2. States:
- El Salvador: Reserve asset (5% of treasury)
- UAE: Digital court records
6.3. Funds:
- Grayscale ETC Trust: $1.2B AUM
- ETC ETF in Canada and Brazil
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7. Forecast and prospects
7.1. Pricing models:
- Conservative: $45 (if hash rate is maintained)
- Optimistic: $120 (PoW renaissance)
- Hedge scenario: $18 (in case of PoW ban in the EU)
7.2. Technological roadmap:
- 2026: Quantum protection (cryptography upgrade)
- 2027: Light clients for IoT
- 2028: Interplanetary nodes (partnership with SpaceX)
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8. Why ETC in 2025?
For investors:
- Hedge against inflation (fixed issuance)
- Diversification from ETH (correlation of only 0.4)
For developers:
- Stable environment (no unexpected hard forks)
- Grants up to $250K from ETC Cooperative
For idealists:
- The last bastion of "true blockchain"
- Philosophy of immutability as a competitive advantage
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"Ethereum Classic is the Swiss watch of the blockchain world: simple, reliable, timeless" — Bob Summerwill
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Where to buy/use ETC?
- Exchanges: Binance, Kraken, Gemini
- Mining pools: 2Miners, F2Pool
- Wallets: Ledger, Trezor, Trust Wallet
