Ethereum

Blockchain Storytelling — Episode 002
⛓️✨ Story Continues | Part 2 📖🚀

@ethereum  – The Fork That Split a Community.

A thread 🧵👇

Ethereum is the world computer. The universal platform for cryptocurrencies, blockchain apps, stablecoins, and decentralized technologies.

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$60M drained.
Fear spread fast.

The code worked as written — but not as intended.
Ethereum had to make a choice:

Do nothing ("Code is law")

Fork to restore the stolen funds.

The debate was intense.
Philosophy clashed with practicality.

@vitalik.eth and the core devs leaned toward saving the ecosystem.

It was about protecting the builders.

In July 2016, a fork happened.

Now there were 2 Ethereums:

ETH: the new chain with restored funds

ETC: the old chain that refused to change


Same roots.
Different values.

ETH kept evolving.
It became the home of DeFi, NFTs, and innovation.

ETC stayed loyal to the original code — but lost momentum.

Both chains exist.
But ETH leads the new internet.

The DAO hack hurt — but it also hardened Ethereum.

It survived its first crisis.
It proved it could make tough decisions.
It chose the builders.

Next:
The DeFi boom, NFTs, and Ethereum’s growing pains.

The chain that nearly died would soon dominate.

If the chain didn't Fork would trust it?

In 2016, Ethereum was still young.
Excitement was everywhere.

Then came The DAO — a decentralized VC experiment.
It raised $150M in ETH.

But then…
A hacker attacked.