ETH Classic Twitter Account Suspended, Cardano Founder Reacts

Twitter has suspended Ethereum Classic's Twitter account which had over 600,000 followers.

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Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, tweeted “Did the eth_classic Twitter handle seriously just get suspended?”

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He also pointed out that Ethereum Classic could lose all 670,000 followers despite the “drama” that occurred.

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Recently, the Ethereum Classic Twitter account has been replaced with a new account for Ergo (ERG), a popular Proof of Work (PoW) network.

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Bob Summerville, ETC Cooperative executive director revealed the reason for the change.

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He said trouble started after Ethereum Classic Cooperative withdrew its support for Input Output Hong Kong's 20% in-protocol financial fee.

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At the press time, Ethereum Classic price is $21.77 USD with a market cap of over $2 billion USD.

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