{"id":537,"date":"2022-05-24T07:06:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T07:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/?p=537"},"modified":"2022-05-24T07:16:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T07:16:55","slug":"ethereum-classic-ethereum-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/ethereum-classic-ethereum-2022","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Classic Vs Ethereum: which cryptocurrency to buy in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethereum cryptocurrency has an Alter ego &#8211; Ethereum Classic. About the reasons for its emergence and the prospects of investing in the coin &#8211; further in the material.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Contents of the article<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"#part1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The history of Ethereum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"#part2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is it worth investing in Ethereum in 2022?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"#part3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is it worth investing in Ethereum Classic in 2022<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"#part4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conclusions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"part1\"><b>The history of Ethereum<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethereum (ETH) is a popular crypto project. It differs from bitcoin by its smart contracts and a number of other solutions. One of the developers is Vitalik Buterin, a programmer with Russian roots. In early 2013, he first introduced the concept of Ethereum. Further stages of the project&#8217;s development are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of 2013, Vitalik Buterin created the technical basis for Ethereum. In parallel, he gathered a team of developers to improve the project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 22, 2014, the Ethereum team launched a pre-sale of the project&#8217;s cryptocurrency.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On July 30, 2015, the developers launched the Ethereum network.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2016, the developers launched The DAO, a digital decentralized autonomous organization. It was a crowdfunding platform based on smart contracts. The decision to launch The DAO was largely decisive for the further history of the project&#8217;s development, as it was thanks to it that Ethereum Classic emerged.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How Ethereum Classic was created<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In June 2016, attackers discovered a bug in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_DAO_(organization)\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DAO&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> software code, which gave them access to the project&#8217;s funds. There were two ways to solve the problem:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conduct a soft fork &#8211; freeze the stolen funds and roll back the system to the point before the hack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To hold a hard fork &#8211; to separate a new branch from the Ethereum blockchain without security gaps and continue to develop the project already on it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The developers chose the second option. At this point, an ideological problem arose. The fact is that one of the rules of decentralization, which the Ethereum team adhered to, says that &#8220;the code is the law&#8221;. Accordingly, it cannot be changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the same time, the implemented hardfork, from a technical point of view, can be considered as a replacement of the vulnerable code. It turns out that such a decision is against the rules of the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the hard fork, the project was supposed to continue working on the second, bug-free version. The first version was planned to be abolished. Some participants of the cryptocommunity didn&#8217;t agree with such a decision and supported the first version of Ethereum. Thus, the project was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/division-of-ethereum\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">divided into two full-fledged parts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To avoid confusion, the first version of the platform began to be called Ethereum Classic (ETC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The updated version was renamed Ethereum.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"part2\"><b>Is it worth investing in Ethereum in 2022<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As of early May 2022, Ethereum developers continue to work on converting the cryptocurrency from the extremely energy-consuming PoW mining algorithm to its more environmentally friendly counterpart, PoS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the cryptocurrency community, the updated version of the project, which its team aims for, is called ETH 2.0. Many investors believe that the improvement of the technical component of the cryptocurrency will cause the growth of its rate. Analysts at Goldman Sachs believe that the changes will increase the value of Ethereum, making the coin a means of saving assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the same time, some members of the cryptocommunity believe that ETH may have a deeper fall before the next exit to the growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-541 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture1-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"Ethereum chart\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture1-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture1-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture1-768x407.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture1.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethereum exchange rate. Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coinmarketcap.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"part3\"><b>Is it worth investing in Ethereum Classic in 2022<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the fact that Ethereum Classic lags far behind its &#8220;updated&#8221; version in the capitalization rating, the project is still interesting to the cryptocurrency community. The developers continue to work on improving the technical component of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-539 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture2-1024x541.jpg\" alt=\"Ethereum classic chart\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture2-1024x541.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture2-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture2-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ethereumclassicwallet.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/etc-ethinv-intext-picture2.jpg 1041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethereum Classic exchange rate. Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coinmarketcap.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the latest growth spurts of Ethereum Classic is associated with the publication of news in the project&#8217;s microblog about the developers&#8217; preparations for the next hard fork in its network &#8211; Magneto. It turns out that ETC can be still considered as an asset for earning on trading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, Ethereum Classic, like Ethereum, is one of the oldest cryptocurrencies. It is ranked 29rd in the world in terms of capitalization, which is a good enough position. Many stores around the world accept it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fact that many people underestimated ETC at the time allowed owners of this coin to earn good money from its growth in 2017-2018 and 2021 (though, in the first half of 2021, the crypto market as a whole grew a lot).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, Ethereum Classic cannot be considered a stable asset. It is characterized by sharp rate hikes, which end up falling and fluctuating around the same mark for a couple of years. Now the rate of ETC is decreasing, which is a good opportunity to buy the coin. In May 2022 its value is small &#8211; about $22, but it may well grow several times in the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are certain prerequisites for this. First of all, stable support from the crypto community and users can positively influence the movement of the ETC exchange rate. Also, given the announced transition of Ethereum to the PoS algorithm, many owners of mining equipment will switch to mining Ethereum Classic, which will add popularity to this coin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"part4\"><b>Conclusions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It turns out that Ethereum and Ethereum Classic have common roots, but are developing separately today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development teams are working on improving each of the cryptocurrencies. At the same time, if we go deeper into charts and figures, Ethereum Classic has the best growth result in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, both cryptocurrencies repeat the movements of bitcoin. Accordingly, their growth output depends largely on the behavior of BTC and general investor sentiment. 2022 is not off to a good start.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/YEEVieA9HxQ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ethereum cryptocurrency has an Alter ego &#8211; Ethereum Classic. About the reasons for its emergence and the prospects of investing in the coin &#8211; further in the material. 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