Ethereum Classic Successfully Executes 'Atlantis' Hard Fork

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Ethereum classic has successfully enacted a system-wide software upgrade as part of a bid to increase its interoperability with ethereum, the blockchain from the blockchain that split from it in 2016.

Dubbed "Atlantis," the hard fork requires all software users to upgrade their clients in order to stay within the rules of the network.

According to a release by ethereum classic startup Ethereum Classic Labs, 10 Ethereum Improvement Proposals were included in Atlantis to improve stability and performance and add opcodes, precompiled contracts, zk-SNARKs and enhanced security.

Rather, ETC Labs worked with Chainsafe System and ETC Cooperative, among other community members, on the hard fork.

Major exchanges Coinbase, Poloniex, Binance, Bittrex, Kraken, Shapeshift and OKEx confirmed with ETC Labs that they have updated their software to support Atlantis.

Speaking with CoinDesk, ETC Lab's CEO Terry Culver said Atlantis signals a desire to work with ethereum.

Many of Atlantis' EIPs have been on ethereum for years and should allow for more crossover between the platforms, especially for dapps.

"The hard fork clearly shows we are committed to compatibly and working with ethereum," Culver said.

Ethereum classic is 2016 hard fork of ethereum following The DAO, a hacked funding mechanism causing a rift in the cryptocurrencies community.

In the hours leading up to the hard fork, Digital Currency Group founder and CEO Barry Silbert dropped into a public Discord group for the ethereum classic community, joking that he was "Looking forward to getting [his] Ethereum Classic Atlantis coins."

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