Instead of continueing to elaborate further details, I wanna cut the crap and finalize this analysis with the
FINAL CONCLUSION.
Taking the massive gap of supporting fundamentals and the underlying ideological intentions into account, the entire attempt to use Ethereum Clasic as a tool to execute a speculative attack on Ethereum can only be described as tragicomedy. While it is very tragical that exchanges (first and foremost Poloniex) decided to support an unsecure chain hi-jacked by a few individuals, it is equally hilarious that those butthurt Bitcoiners running the show, who switched form hating Ethereum to jumping on it post fork, obviously believe they can succeed, although failing on multiple levels simultaneously.
By exposing themselves not only as terrible economists with a very poor understanding for real market mechanisms, but also as dishonest hypocrites driven by a hostile /destructive mindset, they add further evidence for the complete (economical, ideological and community-wise) failure of Bitcoin. Since this is going to fire back badly in terms of accelerating the falldown of their own project, they might end up baghodling two failed cryptocurrencies after all... And, such scenario is more than just likely.
On the other side of the story, Ethereum will relentlessly continue to thrive based on further technical improvement as well as an exponential growth of its ecosystem. This becomes even more self-evident when simply realizing that the financial power of its backup outruns any amount ETC pumpers can possibly put on the table multiple times... One must wonder, if they are in complete denial, or just not aware of who they are dealing with here.
Well, time will tell...
All The Best & Happy Tarding!
(BTW, no hate /offense intended! ...I have been a Bitcoin supporter for the better part of the past 3 years. Such individuals, as involved in the ETC pump&fail scheme, and their attitude were a major reason for me quitting, not Bitcoin itself... Crypto World would be faaar better off without those clowns who have turned Bitcoin into an absolute joke. In case you are still supporting this circus, you might wanna think about it for a minute or two and re-consider, if this is what you want all cryptos to become. Peaz!)