Leaderboard
947All-time rank
EC
Ethereum Classic
Jan 6, 2019
$220K
Lost
$220K
Recovered
$0
Net loss
$220K
Unrecovered0% recovered
A 51% attack on Ethereum Classic's Proof of Work chain allowed attackers to reorg the blockchain and double-spend 219,500 ETC on two separate occasions. Low mining hashrate and cheap rental hashpower via services like NiceHash enabled the attack.
- Target
- Other
- Classification
- Bridge & Cross-Chain
- Technique
- Forged Proof
- Attribution
- Unknown
- Chains
Ethereum Classic
Event timeline
- Jan 6, 2019Exploit executed — $220K drained via forged proof
- Attributed to Unknown
- Recovery status Unrecovered 0%