The exchange Poloniex added Ethereum Classic
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex announced the addition of market Ethereum Classic, alternative token Ether, which appeared after a small group within the community refused to upgrade and transition to the new blockchain after a hard forks. Ethereum Classic is trading under the Ticker ETC, and it can be considered as the original version of Ether. ETC/BTC and ETC/ETH #Ethereum Classic markets added. https://t.co/EpuSKkJ207 — Poloniex Exchange (@Poloniex) July 24, 2016 As stated in the description Ethereum Classic, the project's goal is to keep the original Ethereum, the main characteristics of which are beyond censorship, the immutability and decentralization. The project has already received its share of popularity, especially among those members of the community who criticized the decision to hold hard forks in response to the withdrawal of funds from The DAO. Ethereum Classic is supported by two mining pools http://ethc.epool.io and http://pool.ethereumclassic.com and already got its own thread on Reddit. Earlier Ethereum Classic was added by the exchange Bitsquare, but it is the appearance of a token on Poloniex, the largest in terms of trading cryptocurrency platform can play a key role in its further development. Note that after an hour after adding the ETC on Poloniex, token climbed to third place on the volume of transactions, behind only the "new" version of NXT and Ether. As reported ForkLog, after a meeting held Wednesday hard forks value ETH is increased.