Update on this. We stopped paying out for debates and have pivoted to a fact-checking bot for Twitter -- you can activate the bot using #factcheck @dimosfactcheck

Why did we stop the paid debates? Simple...no one was interested. Seriously. We could barely get anyone to participate when we were paying out $50 in BTC

Im much happier working on something that feels real...the paid debates were the wrong angle

This is still something we are building -- so any ideas on how to best reward and rank discussion contributions is something we really want to discuss. We have a community discord we would love to invite people to participate in setting the logic for how the whole system works. This is for all of us

https://discord.gg/3yP5G3U

This is a new platform, so the rules will constantly be tweaked and we need more people discussing so we can figure out the best way to rank and reward participation. The current model is heavily influenced by engagement, but that wont be the case at scale.

What i am most excited about is this is a great use case for Bitcoin that supports the same ideals of freedom and equality

There is an active discussion happening right now on Defunding the Police.

From the discussion topic:

“Defund the police” means reallocating or redirecting funding away from the police department to other government agencies funded by the local municipality. It's as straightforward as it sounds: Instead of funding a police department, a sizable chunk of a city's budget is invested in communities, especially marginalized ones where much of the policing occurs.

To be eligible for competitive debating in this discussion, focus on the following concepts:

-How reallocating funds decreases crime (cite examples of community funding that lead to decreased crime) -How defunding police departments will increase crime (cite examples of decreased funding that led to an increase in crime) -The pros and cons of disbanding police departments -Alternatives for community-led public safety

Fact submission can be done directly on Twitter or the community Discord channel

Reward structure: 1st Place Debate - $25 2nd Place Debate - $10 Most Useful Fact - $15

Hey thanks for posting this! We just started our first paid debate and we are giving out up to $50 in Bitcoin to discuss the topic of "Defunding the Police"

Check out the tweet here for more information and DM me for a login (still invite only)

https://twitter.com/JoinDimos/status/1275376328615788546?s=20

Very interesting to hear how much DASH dominates Venezuela and how many crypto funds are holding DASH right now.

I didn't know there was such significant usage before this Interview!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo5FEiaZYmQ

Thanks! Working hard on socializing this across different projects. The BIP seems to be well received, but we need to socialize it more. Im going to move forward with the email list submission and see if that helps move things along.

I circled back to see where this had been left off

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/776

Looks like Luke Jr is a fan, but the bip needs to be resubmitted

Either way, looks like their is agreement on using OpenRPC specifications and I invite others to join the conversation. The earlier we phase out REST and jointly use the same framework the better

Different teams are working on different ideas, which makes Ethereum Classic fucking awesome. Did you see the Astor Net Tsankov released for testing SHA3? Name one other blockchain community with kickass mofos like that

I think "new management" isn't a concept that ever will be part of Ethereum Classic, but I do know that ETCDEV funding issues reported back in December are no longer an issue, with ETC Labs hiring multiple members of that team and also adding new developers.

My two cents - The excitement comes from renewed sources of funding, accelerated development (look at Kotti, OpenRPC, and the Atlantics hardfork), and the ETC Labs accelerator promoting more dapp and tooling development on ETC (check out Ethernode)

This is the continuation of the original thread for Ethereum Classic hosted by BitPop https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1559630.0

If you have updates you'd like to see to this thread please contact me here

ETC Businesses

Ethereum Classic Labs - https://etclabs.org/

ETCBets - https://www.etcbets.com/ - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1907827.0


Community

http://www.ethereumclassic.org

http://ethcwiki.org/

https://github.com/ethereumproject
https://github.com/ethereumclassic

https://www.reddit.com/r/EthereumClassic/

https://twitter.com/eth_classic

https://ethereumclassic.herokuapp.com/ - Slack

https://telegram.me/ethclassic
https://telegram.me/ethereumclassic

https://trello.com/b/aiSzWBm7/ethereum-classic-clients

QQ Groups: 361470220 - 568474359

Russian
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1563268
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1563328
https://ethclassic.ru

Indonesian
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1563400

Italian
https://t.me/ETC_Italia

There are no bounties at this time


Exchanges

https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_etc
https://poloniex.com/exchange#usdt_etc
https://poloniex.com/exchange#eth_etc

https://bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-ETC

https://www.kraken.com

https://www.bitfinex.com

https://c-cex.com/?p=etc-btc C-CEX is not recommended

https://shapeshift.io

https://changelly.com

https://bitsquare.io

https://anycoindirect.eu/buy/etherclassic

https://www.bitwa.la

https://www.chbtc.com/etc

https://yunbi.com/markets/etccny?confirm=true

https://bter.com/trade/etc_btc
https://bter.com/trade/etc_eth

https://www.korbit.co.kr/etc_market

https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange/?market=ETC_BTC

https://www.bitmex.com/app/trade/ETC24H

https://www.coinexchange.io/market/ETC/BTC

https://yobit.net/en/trade/ETC/BTC


Wallets and Explorers

https://github.com/ethereumproject/mist/releases
https://github.com/ethereumproject/go-ethereum/releases

https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases
https://github.com/ethereum/mist/releases/download/0.8.1/Ethereum-Wallet-win64-0-8-1.zip Choose NO fork
You can't have the forked blockchain though. So if you already had this software you need to rename Mist and Ethereum in appdata to start fresh and choose no fork.

https://info.shapeshift.io/blog/2016/08/03/shapeshift-releases-ethereum-splitter-cleanly-separate-eth-and-etc

https://elaineo.github.io/etherwallet/
https://classicetherwallet.com

https://etherx.com

http://www.fauceting.com/faucet/74

http://coinmarketcap.com

https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/etc/overview

http://polotrex.com

https://www.etc-eth.com

http://fork.ethstats.net

http://stats.ethc.io

http://etcstats.net

http://www.etcminer.com

http://ethereumwisdom.com/#!/ethclassic

https://etcchain.com/

http://blocks.elaineou.com

http://gastracker.io

http://classic.aakilfernandes.com

http://explorer.ethereumclassic.com

https://minergate.com/blockchain/etc/blocks
https://minergate.com/calculator/ethereum


Pools - I can't vouch for any though

https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/etc
https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/#/pools?f0=ETC

https://etherx.com/pools - Hashrate distribution

http://etc.ethermine.org
https://etc.bw.com
https://f2pool.com
http://ethc.epool.io
http://clu.epool.io
http://pool.ethereumclassic.com
https://ethc.coin-miners.info
http://etc.nanopool.org
https://etcpool.io
https://etc.suprnova.cc
https://minergate.com
http://etc.coinpool.biz
http://www.ethteam.com
http://etc.poolto.be
http://yolo.ethclassic.faith
https://ethereum-classic.miningpoolhub.com
http://etc.coinpool.biz
https://www.coinotron.com
http://etc.digger.ws
http://etc.4miners.net
http://etc.akasha-pool.eu
https://aikapool.com/etc
http://etc.pool.sexy
https://pool.zet-tech.eu
https://etcmine.pro
https://ucrypto.net/pools/


Press

http://fortune.com/2016/09/04/ethereum-fall-out/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOxwuoJaJXc - Ethereum Classic Video

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/ethereum-classic-community-navigates-a-distinct-path-to-the-future-1471620464

https://youtu.be/Vgz7k5iTGkI

https://steemit.com/ethereum/@charleshosk/thoughts-on-an-ethereum-classic-roadmap

http://cointimes.tech/2016/08/13/ethereum-reputation-has-been-damaged-with-the-finance-and-banking-community/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGGW9ozE-ys

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/how-the-great-ethereum-schism-can-end-well-for-ethereum-classic-part-2-of-3-cm657748

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/how-the-great-ethereum-schism-can-end-well-for-ethereum-classic-part-of-1469905980

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/rejecting-today-s-hard-fork-the-ethereum-classic-project-continues-on-the-original-chain-here-s-why-1469038808

http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2016/07/21/a-painful-lesson-for-the-ethereum-community/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2016/07/28/ethereum-the-battle-of-the-chains

http://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-hard-fork-creates-competing-currencies-support-ethereum-classic-rises/

https://medium.com/@zsfelfoldi/a-tale-of-two-chains-3f6d58a9df4a

https://medium.com/@Stampery/why-stampery-supports-ethereum-classic-4c86ec7cca17

https://steemit.com/ethereum/@cryptorune/a-ethereum-civil-war-is-happening-right-now-and-why-classic-should-win

https://ethereumheadlines.com/2016/07/25/ethereum-classic-is-now-trading-on-poloniex/

http://www.coindesk.com/tale-two-chains-ethereum/

http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/07/26/case-ethereum-classic/

https://steemit.com/dao/@gedae/the-dao-and-the-benefactors

http://themerkle.com/etc-trumps-ethereum-trading-volume-on-poloniex/

https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@whalepanda/what-happened-with-ethereum-usdeth-and-ethereum-classic-usdetc


Ideology

We believe in decentralized, censorship-resistant, permissionless, IMMUTABLE blockchains. We believe in the original vision of Ethereum as a world computer you can't shut down, running irreversible smart contracts. We believe in a strong separation of concerns, where system forks are only possible in order to correct actual platform bugs, not to bail out failed contracts and special interests. We believe in censorship-resistant platform that can be actually trusted - by anyone. Code is law.

More: https://medium.com/@bit_novosti/a-crypto-decentralist-manifesto-6ba1fa0b9ede


Motivation

Ethereum Foundation responded to DAO debacle in the worst way possible. Special interests controlling the Foundation are ramming through DAO bailout hardfork against principled opposition of a significant economic minority of Ethereum stakeholders. According to (diligently hidden, pro-fork) coin vote on Carbonvote, 19% of ETH holders oppose this hardfork. Also, about 22% of Ethereum miners voted against the previous 'DAO softfork' and would logically oppose hardfork as well. Such a significant minority of stakeholders should not be silenced or intimidated into submission - they should be given a clear choice.

If we want to continue to move forward and guarantee survival of the original Ethereum vision, we must fork Ethereum. This will lay the foundation to build secure decentralized applications that are actually censorship resistant.

More: https://github.com/ethereumclassic/freeworldcomputer-project


Goals

The main goal of the project is to ensure survival of the original Ethereum blockchain. We will strive to provide alternative for people who strongly disagree with DAO bailout and the direction Ethereum Foundation is taking their project. Anyone opting to remain on the original chain should have such opportunity.


Development

We fork Ethereum and maintain upstream patches similar to the relation between Redhat and CentOS, until a community can form around the project and create a road map. Until this happens we can fork multiple existing clients to help prevent a monoculture of clients. We plan to follow https://github.com/ethereum development except for any features they introduce into existing clients that violate the key principles of openness, neutrality and immutability.

Code: https://github.com/ethereumclassic


What can I do?

Please help us spread the word about this project in Ethereum community!


Volunteers

If you feel strongly about the cause, please get involved. With just days before the planned hardfork, we need your support to ensure original Ethereum survival. We need more developers, website designers, people who can write and advocate the need for Ethereum Classic. Please let us know what are your skills and how you would like to contribute. Redditors, please reply here. Github users, please open new issue.


Users

In order to remain on the original Ethereum chain, just don't upgrade to hardfork client version pushed by Ethereum Foundation. We will maintain non-fork versions of all major Ethereum clients (as well as other key software), so going forwards all the improvements will be available to you.

Fun fact. If you keep ETH under your direct control (not in a 3rd party wallet or exchange account), you will have two sets of coins instead of one post-fork. You could then install a forked Ethereum client in addition to Ethereum Classic, copy your private keys there and use your coins on both chains! You won't be so lucky if your ETH are locked with 3rd party going into the fork - some exchanges already announced that they will only return one type of coin post-fork to its users.


Miners

Miners supporting the original chain should just keep mining with current version of software for now, without upgrading to client version introducing the hardfork code. It will be always possible to download and build latest non-fork version from https://github.com/ethereumclassic.

The difficulty of the original chain will be quite high post-fork, but it will adjust to actual hashrate shortly (just 2048 blocks, a few hours). Since it is expected that most hashrate will move to hardfoked chain, post-adjustment it will be possible to obtain decent mining rewards in classic ethers even with solo mining.

Because the difficulty adjusts quickly, it will be also quite possible to solo mine soon after the fork. If you intend to mine Ethereum Classic, please don't upgrade to geth 1.4.10 just yet, due to potential vulnerability. We will inform you when it's safe to upgrade. For now, just solo-mine with geth 1.4.9 or any earlier version, or use Classic pool.


Traders

https://bitsquare.io/

Most important question for traders is 'will ETHC have market price'? There are all reasons to believe that it will. Essentially, ETHC is an Ethereum 'spinoff coin' with a wide user base of all current ETH users. Some of them will see the value of transacting on a censorship-resistant chain, some won't. This creates interesting arbitrage opportunities for smart traders. Additional reasoning why EHTC is very unlikely to be 'worthless'.

Both Poloniex and Bitfinex announced that they will assign their users both ETH and ETHC after the fork. This is a step in the right direction, now it's up to these major exchanges to enable ETH/ETHC trading that will no doubt be demanded by users. Decentralized exchange Bitsquare announced ETHC trading right after the fork. Other trading venues will follow since there is a strong business case. We are in touch with several other exchanges to add ETHC trading to their platforms. If your exchange is interested in ETHC trading, please contact us.

Let's make sure original Ethereum vision doesn't just "go gentle into that good night"!


https://github.com/ethereumclassic/README

Thanks for the input SirLancelot

Do you think there is a particular board or chain we should be sharing this with?

OpenRPC benefits any blockchain - and the more programmers who use it -- the better the ecosystem

Lots of development coming from ETC Labs Core

https://github.com/etclabscore/ECIPs/blob/master/ECIPs/ECIP-1054.md

https://github.com/open-rpc

Community building with The Ethereum Classic Show - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiiRaAc9ad3qgdi0ycmp_TA

And everyone's favorite guys, Ethernode, were part of the ETCLabs accelerator (if you don't know about them, you have to check them out. First hardware node for ETC and ETH)

OpenRPC isn't just for ETC - its blockchain agnostic and helps devs using JSON-RPC

The Ethereum Classic Labs Core (ECLC) team recently created the OpenRPC Specification. The specification emulates OpenAPI, the successful and widely adopted specification for REST APIs.

"The OpenRPC Specification defines a standard, programming language-agnostic interface description for JSON-RPC 2.0 APIs, which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of a service without requiring access to source code, additional documentation, or inspection of network traffic. When properly defined via OpenRPC, a consumer can understand and interact with the remote service with a minimal amount of implementation logic. Similar to what interface descriptions have done for lower-level programming, the OpenRPC Specification removes guesswork in calling a service."

The main developers were Zachary Belford and Shane Jones

1.0.0 release out today. - https://github.com/open-rpc/spec/releases/tag/1.0.0?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

https://spec.open-rpc.org

https://github.com/open-rpc

The duo are pretty active on Discord and answering any questions/taking feedback about the spec here

https://discord.gg/SPFQkPr

The Ethereum Classic Labs Core (ECLC) team recently created the OpenRPC Specification. The specification emulates OpenAPI, the successful and widely adopted specification for REST APIs.

"The OpenRPC Specification defines a standard, programming language-agnostic interface description for JSON-RPC 2.0 APIs, which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of a service without requiring access to source code, additional documentation, or inspection of network traffic. When properly defined via OpenRPC, a consumer can understand and interact with the remote service with a minimal amount of implementation logic. Similar to what interface descriptions have done for lower-level programming, the OpenRPC Specification removes guesswork in calling a service."

The main developers were Zachary Belford and Shane Jones

1.0.0 release out today. - https://github.com/open-rpc/spec/releases/tag/1.0.0?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

https://spec.open-rpc.org

https://github.com/open-rpc

The duo are pretty active on Discord and answering any questions/taking feedback about the spec here

https://discord.gg/SPFQkPr

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/776

The Ethereum Classic Labs Core (ECLC) team recently created the OpenRPC Specification. The specification emulates OpenAPI, the successful and widely adopted specification for REST APIs.

"The OpenRPC Specification defines a standard, programming language-agnostic interface description for JSON-RPC 2.0 APIs, which allows both humans and computers to discover and understand the capabilities of a service without requiring access to source code, additional documentation, or inspection of network traffic. When properly defined via OpenRPC, a consumer can understand and interact with the remote service with a minimal amount of implementation logic. Similar to what interface descriptions have done for lower-level programming, the OpenRPC Specification removes guesswork in calling a service."

The main developers were Zachary Belford and Shane Jones

1.0.0 release out today. - https://github.com/open-rpc/spec/releases/tag/1.0.0?from=groupmessage&isappinstalled=0

https://spec.open-rpc.org

https://github.com/open-rpc

The duo are pretty active on Discord and answering any questions/taking feedback about the spec here

https://discord.gg/SPFQkPr

ETC Labs Monthly Dev Update is out!

https://medium.com/etclabscore/monthly-dev-update-2-february-2019-core-development-update-d7ce645d4ac7

- More devs!
- Byzantium update
- OpenRPC
- ECLIP-3
- AMA Recap

Also in the news....Coinbase issues have been resolved

https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/coinbase-support-confirms-sending-and-receiving-of-ethereum-classic-eth-is-back/

ETCLabs.org is accepting applications for Cohort II

If anyone is looking into building on ETC, you should check this out and apply for the accelerator

https://discordapp.com/invite/8jztJk5

There is also another AMA in the works -- specifically for projects looking to develop on ETC and learn more information!

If you care at all about ETC -- you should be on Discord tomorrow to listen to the first ever AMA with the new dev team

https://discord.gg/zbbg2xQ

Tomorrow at 12pm EST you can ask any question and learn WHY 2019 is the YEAR FOR ETC! Learn what is being built and what will be the defining differences that make ETC shine

For all of you that keep asking questions or making statements without ANY information -- use tomorrow wisely! Ask your questions and make sure you listen to what is about to happen!