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The night before Devcon 8, Classix hosted an Ethereum Classic meetup in a full upstairs room at Leopold Cafe in Mumbai. Istora and Diego gave three talks between them. Together they answer what most people here want to know: where ETC came from, what’s holding it up today, and where it’s headed. https://preview.redd.it/bm0xmf3z9h1i1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c103c85dba5627626a86598da483e8e91a0e195f **Where ETC came from**. Istora started at genesis and walked through the DAO fork, Code is Law, and ten years of deliberately conservative upgrades. His argument is that “a reassuringly boring proof-of-work EVM” might be innovation enough. Most chains chase new features every year. ETC’s value is that it doesn’t. **Where it’s going.** In part 2 he looked ahead at what AI and quantum computing mean for ETC. ETC’s proof-of-work is already hash-based, which leaves it better placed than most chains. He closed by launching the ETC Community Survey 2026, the first in seven years. **What’s holding it up today**. Diego, an ECIP editor and one of ETC’s core developers, talked about the clients, the software every node runs. His comparison: “ETC flies today on one engine.” About 94% of ETC nodes run Core-Geth, a bigger share than Geth ever had on Ethereum. If that one client hits a consensus bug, the chain can split, as Bitcoin’s did for six hours in 2013, and miners, pools and exchanges have to sort it out by hand. Ethereum had Geth on 89% of nodes for years before people took the risk seriously, and it’s around 41% now. https://preview.redd.it/i8etnj78ah1i1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50112377211dfca2cccd66a7c4390a019ec2e46a **His fix is simple:** run a minority client. He called it “cheap and easy insurance”. It’s easier than it used to be. Nethermind now runs ETC through a plugin of about 2,000 lines on top of stock Nethermind, Besu has an ETC plugin too, and there’s Go Ethereum Classic, a new-generation take on Core-Geth. In his demo, Core-Geth and Nethermind returned the same block hash for the same block. https://preview.redd.it/rjl746siah1i1.jpeg?width=2576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=685321d50a55b5a3a1382fab00745c3e840e63cd **What changes and what doesn’t**. Diego was clear on what ETC takes from Ethereum: EVM opcodes, precompiles, gas repricing and security fixes, so the same wallets and tools keep working. And what it leaves out: proof-of-stake, EIP-1559 fee burning, any difficulty bomb, and anything that touches the fixed supply. The next upgrade under discussion, Bastion, would bring ETC’s EVM up to date with Ethereum’s, and it’s open for review now. >After every network upgrade ships, “for like many months, the only thing I feel is fear that something breaks.” That’s the job, and there are very few people doing it. **How you can help:** Run a minority client: Besu, Nethermind or Go Ethereum Classic If you run Core-Geth, update it, since many nodes are behind on fixes Join the community calls every two weeks at [cc.ethereumclassic.org](http://cc.ethereumclassic.org) Read and comment on the ECIPs, Bastion included All three talks: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2kSx-OCYWA](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2kSx-OCYWA) If you run a node, which client are you on?

The night before Devcon 8, Classix hosted an Ethereum Classic meetup in a full upstairs room at Leopold Cafe in Mumbai. Istora and Diego gave three talks between them. Together they answer what most people here want to know: where ETC came from, what’s holding it up today, and where it’s headed. [Istora presenting](https://preview.redd.it/jra3dxct4h1i1.jpeg?width=4928&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cdd2911f17686e8849742e698aea51be1a16f3c8) **Where ETC came from.** Istora started at genesis and walked through the DAO fork, Code is Law, and ten years of deliberately conservative upgrades. His argument is that “a reassuringly boring proof-of-work EVM” might be innovation enough. Most chains chase new features every year. ETC’s value is that it doesn’t. **Where it’s going.** In part 2 he looked ahead at what AI and quantum computing mean for ETC. ETC’s proof-of-work is already hash-based, which leaves it better placed than most chains. He closed by launching the ETC Community Survey 2026, the first in seven years. [ETC in the \\"danger zone\\" just as Ethereum once was](https://preview.redd.it/12n1cemc6h1i1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab9692232f188c679b31c3e1fa488871aef553e4) **What’s holding it up today.** Diego, an ECIP editor and one of ETC’s core developers, talked about the clients, the software every node runs. His comparison: “ETC flies today on one engine.” About 94% of ETC nodes run Core-Geth, a bigger share than Geth ever had on Ethereum. If that one client hits a consensus bug, the chain can split, as Bitcoin’s did for six hours in 2013, and miners, pools and exchanges have to sort it out by hand. Ethereum had Geth on 89% of nodes for years before people took the risk seriously, and it’s around 41% now. [One minority client is \\"cheap and easy insurance\\"](https://preview.redd.it/0ovh418v3h1i1.jpeg?width=2576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51531e90da8bf5537b2dbbdc9e7ce121bba63a5c) His fix is simple: run a minority client. He called it “cheap and easy insurance”. It’s easier than it used to be. Nethermind now runs ETC through a plugin of about 2,000 lines on top of stock Nethermind, Besu has an ETC plugin too, and there’s Go Ethereum Classic, a new-generation take on Core-Geth. In his demo, Core-Geth and Nethermind returned the same block hash for the same block. **What changes and what doesn’t.** Diego was clear on what ETC takes from Ethereum: EVM opcodes, precompiles, gas repricing and security fixes, so the same wallets and tools keep working. And what it leaves out: proof-of-stake, EIP-1559 fee burning, any difficulty bomb, and anything that touches the fixed supply. The next upgrade under discussion, Bastion, would bring ETC’s EVM up to date with Ethereum’s, and it’s open for review now. One line from him stuck with me. After every network upgrade ships, “for like many months, the only thing I feel is fear that something breaks.” That’s the job, and there are very few people doing it. **How you can help:** * Run a minority client: Besu, Nethermind or Go Ethereum Classic * If you run Core-Geth, update it, since many nodes are behind on fixes * Join the community calls every two weeks at [cc.ethereumclassic.org](http://cc.ethereumclassic.org) * Read and comment on the ECIPs, Bastion included All three talks: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2kSx-OCYWA](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2kSx-OCYWA) If you run a node, which client are you on?S

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