Miners to Attack Ethereum Classic after Polonix's Listing

Chandler Guo, a well-known and respected figure in the Chinese  digital currency community stated that he, assisted by other miners,  will 51% attack Ethereum Classic as soon as possible. 

 Speaking to CCN, Chandler stated that they would isolate any block so  that transactions cannot be confirmed which was necessary because of  Polonix’s addition of Ethereum Classic as Ethc. Polonix, one of the biggest altcoin exchanges, shocked the community  this morning by listing a conceptually insecure and flawed coin,  Ethereum Classic, a deprecated chain that has barely any miners and thus  lacks any security. The chain was fully ignored and Ethereum’s community had already  moved on before Polonix made a surprising announcement while Europe and  America was asleep. Ethc’s price instantly crashed to pennies, before  slightly recovering while Ethereum’s price, although somewhat volatile,  continues to trade above $13, down $1 dollar since the news. 

 Many consider Polonix’s action to be utterly reckless as Ethc’s chain  can be easily double spent and due to its almost non-existent hashpower  the chain can easily be made unoperational. Uninformed users or traders  of that chain, perhaps perceiving the coin to have some legitimacy due  to Polonix’s action, may therefore lose all of their money as the coin  is fully insecure. Moreover, the development team of Ethc has clearly shown a lack of  basic understanding of public blockchains and their incentives by  choosing to retain the vastly discarded chain without changing proof of  work, making an attack, therefore, inevitable. This wouldn’t be the first time an altcoin has been 51% attacked. Luke Jr,  a Bitcoin Core contributor and Blockstream contractor, attacked and  destroyed Coiledcoin back in 2012 by using Eligus, a mining pool that he  owned at the time. Considering the clear incentives, an attack on Ethc,  therefore, should have been expected by both Polonix and Ethc  developers. 

Source : cryptocoinsnews