ETCDEV

"Success" in blockchains is not defined by more market cap, investors, developers or even users.

Success is defined by trust minimization, preservation of integrity and strict protection of property and agreements.

This is why BTC, LTC and ETC are the most successful blockchains.

Dogecoin gave a more relatable and funny face to crypto, and that augmented awareness for Doge and crypto in general. It also helped explain what the hell this stuff is. It was all over the media at the time.

[The successful 51% attack on ETC] is a significant setback, but I think ETC still has a unique positioning as a PoW + Turing-complete network with an active community, with sound principles. The question is whether a recovery in the medium or long term is plausible or if the network, unless it grows significantly, is perpetually vulnerable, therefore unusable.

I think that continuing to build the stack as planned (a secure PoW base layer, with layer 2 sidechains, plus developer tools, continuous efficiency gains, and adding of new features in the long term) will get ETC closer to the long-term vision of a blockchain perfectly suitable for secure decentralized computing.

ETC was the best thing to ever happen to Ethereum. It let us shed a lot of dead weight, so we can get back to work building a censorship-resistant global state machine.