Ethereum Classic outperforms the market
Optimism (OP), a leading Ethereum layer 2, ranks second with gains of 51.07% in the last 24 hours. The Grove (GVR) token is in the third position with 8.27%, followed by Solana (SOL) with 9.05%, while Terra (LUNA) is now in the fifth position in the ranking compiled by CoinMarketCap, rising by 10.53 % in the last 24 hours.
Ethereum Classic is up 27% in 24 hours
Ethereum Classic profit from the Merger?
Vitalik Buterin believes this change in the consensus mechanism can boost Ethereum performance by up to 100,000 transactions per second. A considerable gain in efficiency for the Ethereum blockchain.
As the upgrade looms, cryptocurrency miners are increasingly aware that the Ethereum Classic blockchain is one of the most attractive PoW networks for them. On this subject, the creator of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, invites people to switch to the ETC chain if they prefer this type of network, calling it “ a totally perfect chain”.
Meanwhile, Leon Lv, the CEO of AntPool – the mining pool affiliated with cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain – announced that his organization has invested $10 million in the Ethereum Classic ecosystem and that it would continue to support him financially.
This sum must encourage other developers and companies to build the future of Ethereum Classic. The idea is to develop more on the mainnet and also to increase its scalability through appropriate technological solutions. The aim is also to attract more projects using the Ethereum Classic blockchain in the future.
He made the announcements at Bitmain's World Digital Summit (WDMS) in Miami, where the maker also said that buyers of all of its Antminer models could pay for them using ETCs after launching its latest Ethereum mining model. , the Antminer E9, in early July.
Ethereum was one of the main blockchains attracting miners until then, it is only natural that miners would move to Ethereum Classic to continue their activity. We will see if ETC's impressive pump is confirmed especially after the Merge has taken place, the latter taking place at the end of September.
Some observers also highlight the qualities of this network, in particular, its monetary policy and the fact that the decentralized applications present on Ethereum can run on Ethereum Classic.
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